Job Summary:

             Purchase of assigned commodity/parts according to SCM (Supply Chain Management) Strategy, by monitoring and analyzing the commodities market and overall economic conditions to ensure that products are purchased at competitive prices.

Core Responsibilities and Activities: 

• Support and execution of the Manager/ Segment leader defined product area strategy
• Execution of the strategy in accordance to ALV standards and roadmap status
• Supply base management - preparation for board/management decisions of supplier development, qualification, consolidation and resourcing according to ALV processes
• Capacity follow-up / securing supply chain
• Re-/ Negotiation and execution of cost improvements and cost down ideas according to settled targets and frame
• Supplier management (execute Standards + legal documents, Roadmap, risk mitigation, breaking monopolies, …)
• Support of stakeholders like project Purchase and quality department in RFQs, negotiation and contract settlements.

Functional Competencies:

• Company core competences on product, process, structures and strategies as well solid purchase skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Analysis methods
• Commercial skills like cost accounting, controlling, quality management,
• Project management
• Contract management

Behavioral Competencies

        What are the three most critical behavioral competencies that will determine success in the role?

Take Ownership

• Lead by example and be clear on what to deliver and what not to deliver
• Don’t put things “under the carpet”
• Do things right and go where the job is done
• Be transparent with what you are doing
• Be a role model and take the lead and point out the direction to others
• “Have a dream”

Add Value

• Identify and anticipate needs
• Develop a plan and optimize
• Deliver and build a winning team!

Collaborate

• Align key objectives and critical actions
• Understand and balance conflicting priorities
• Ongoing sharing of priorities, plans and results

Make it easy

• Communication should be clear and concise
• Communicate in a way that other people understand – be flexible
• Choose simple over complex in all processes

Be curious

• Seek information, understand what’s going on outside
• Proactive curiosity rather than looking back
• Ask follow up questions
• Be open minded and learn from lessons learned
• Understand the company processes and give value to the process and question it

Previous Experience

• Several years of relevant experience in technical purchase, supplier/customer relations and the automotive development environment, in international context
• Experience in negotiations
• Experience in project management

Education:

• Technical or/and economics bachelor or master’s degree.

Languages:

• Fluent in English
• Fluent in Arabic
• French desired