Advanced Purchasing Buyer

Yazaki Otomotiv Yan Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş.

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We are looking for Advanced Purchasing Buyer for our engineering office in YKHT -( HUB Turkey), Tuzla- İstanbul.

What You’ll Do

• To have a command of the Project Processes at the point of recognizing the material contents,
• Execute Advanced Purchasing FR in regards to GPMS and ensure compliance with SM deliverables

• Leads Sourcing Process from RFQ preparation to SOP, including ECR management during mass production

• Supports assigned YEL customer sales/engineering function through Advanced Purchasing team with material, tool, and service cost data for RFQ's and engineering changes

• Purchasing responsibilities for global OEM project related tasks and activities (WWS) 

• Drives early involvement of suppliers (and internal sources) in the product design process according to company-wide strategies, ensuring that key/preferred suppliers are used within the project

• Closure of compliant sourcing decisions in cooperation with Global Category management

• Ensure availability of latest OEM price lists for components, inform Commodity

• Purchasing on price discrepancies and Business Unit's about latest OEM pricing

• Identification and execution of cost saving proposals for multiple projects

• Integration of game theory and cost-value-engineering principles in developing appropriate negotiation strategies

• Feed sourcing pipeline and determine best sourcing due date per category

Required Qualifications of Ideal Candidate 

• Engineering or Business Administration combined with technical background or skills, or equivalent Master or Bachelor Degree as a commercial / economical fields

• Minimum 5 years experience in similar positions

• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken

• Advanced level of MS Office Applications

• Self-motivated, analytical thinking, result oriented approach and good interpersonal skills are required competencies

• Male candidates should have completed military service