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Our team is passionate about the automotive industry, dedicated to delivering quality and innovation for the future. We support lifelong learning and offer resources that help our team members establish a strong, solid foundation. We aim to promote from within, providing excellent opportunities for career growth and advancement.

Our talented team is hardworking and dedicated to keeping people safe. We foster a collaborative, open culture; as a global business, we encourage our team members to communicate and collaborate with colleagues worldwide. As our operations continue to grow, we are always seeking top talent to join our winning team.

Position Summary

The Purchasing Commodity Buyer is responsible for sourcing strategies and supplier management for assigned commodities within an automotive Tier 1 environment. This role integrates cost engineering expertise to ensure competitive pricing, robust cost analysis, and value optimization across the supply chain. Lead suppliers, commodity and budget strategies for various products under the regional and global Commodity Team. The Commodity buyer – Americas supports both regional and global objectives

Prerequisites

• College/University degree in Industrial Engineering, Business administration or comparable studies (preferable with a major in Purchasing management)
• Demonstrated experience as Commodity buyer with an emphasis in a comparable commodity with strong cost analysis, negotiation skills , knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Strong collaborative team member
• A strong KPI and fact-based thinker with an execution bias
• Awareness for absolute data integrity
• Proficiency in ERP systems and cost modeling tools
• Strong business excellence thinking
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools, especially Outlook and PowerPoint as well as a global purchasing system
• Excellent business English

Responsibilities

• To ensure the best price on a global supply market for all products - Commodity under their responsibility
• Develop a comprehensive global and regional Commodity purchasing strategy (3-5 years view) based on a global/regional business strategy and PBU strategy for their products
• Lead the global/regional implementation of the commodity strategy including plans in each region (road maps) under their responsibility
• Responsible for strategic and tactical steering of the purchasing volume in the assigned commodity
• To represent the global/regional commodity towards all suppliers and internal stakeholders
• To execute annual price negotiations with all relevant suppliers to (over-)achieve the budget saving/PPV target
• Perform cost breakdowns and build cost models to validate supplier quotes.
• Drive value engineering initiatives to achieve design-to-cost objectives.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Program Management, and Finance on new launches.
• Monitor market trends and mitigate supply chain risks.

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) and does not discriminate in any employment or employee relations based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran’s status, or any other basis protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Joyson Safety Systems does not provide immigration related sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if you will need JSS immigration sponsorship (e.g. H-1B, TN, OPT, etc.) now or in the future. 

“Joyson Safety Systems manages its recruitment processes internally. We do not accept resumes or profiles submitted by external agencies or headhunters that do not have an approved service agreement through the Joyson Safety Systems Purchasing department.

Any resumes sent to any employee of our organization without an approved contract will be treated as public information and will be considered free of charge. We will not recognize any fees or assume any financial responsibility arising from the hiring of candidates whose profiles have been submitted to Joyson.”