Senior Automotive Purchasing Specialist

Vestel A.Ş.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (preferably Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Industrial or Management Engineering),

• Master’s Degree is a plus (preferably Business Administration and Supply Chain Management),

• Strong written communication and presentation skills in English is must (second language especially German will be an asset),

• Min. 5 years Direct Strategic Purchasing experience in Automotive Industry (preferably Tier 1 or Tier 2 automotive manufacturing)

• Competent in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and ERP Programmes (SAP will be an advantage),

• Demonstrate a strong comradery with team members,

• Ability to close out open issues in a timely fashion,

• Supplier relationship management,

• Ability to collaborate with leaders across many functions and regions,

• Able to coordinate issue in the supply chain and understand the interactions of purchasing with other internal stakeholders such as planning, operational procurement, logistic, accounting and finance, quality departments and engineering teams,

• Ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering, Sales and Program Management,

• Analytical and conceptual thinking – using logic and reason,

• Business savvy, techno-commercial thinking, proven negotiation skills and problem solving skills – specifically high level topics,

• Proactive and self-motivated team member,

• No travel restriction.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Leading the potential cost studies with up to date quotations to ensure future pricing and supply guaranty during customer RFI and RFQ stages to turn new business opportunism into nomination,

• Identifying, proposing, developing, executing and managing the cost reduction projects and improvement plan to meet overall targetsin support of best cost, financial performance, and technical capabilities,

• Market analysis for global and local automotive sector and for related category to track key trends,

• Reviving Suppliers’ market positioning and product roadmap trends to declare supplier selection strategy for each sub category to internal stakeholders,

• Leading the periodical sourcing activities and price & contract negotiations with suppliers in related category,

• Leading of finalizing Supplier Agreement including all annexes of Quality, Indemnity, and Procurement/Logistic with related departments for each supplier and updating necessary change for each projects,

• Leading quarterly supplier scorecard evaluations with Procurement and Quality department for all existing supplier in the category and to track development activities to increase the supplier performance,

• Being role in Automotive Certification Audits and Customer Audits to improve excellent purchasing processes with necessary updates,

• Analysing the annual financial statements of each critical supplier and report the financial risks,

• Being responsible of keeping up to date certifications and Insurance forms for each suppliers,

• Defining category strategies by using Kraljic Matrix Method and Pareto Analysis,

• Preparing monthly, quarterly and yearend report and presentation for responsible category,

• Conducting a project plan in order to ensure timely delivery of materials for new projects,

• Managing and improving relationships with suppliers,

• Leading the cost down projects with sourcing acuities in order to lower total purchasing cost,

• Processing new supplier registration and be responsible to updating the necessary data of existing supplier is Supplier Life Cycle platform.

Eligible candidates will be invited to following processes: Tests (General Aptitude, English, Personality Inventory) and interviews (HR interview, technical interviews with line managers and Top Management evaluations).