Description
Purchasing Operations & Supplier Support
• Support day-to-day serial purchasing activities for North American manufacturing plants
• Assist in managing supplier performance related to delivery, responsiveness, cost, and operational
stability
• Participate in problem-solving and escalation activities linked to supply disruptions, capacity
constraints, or invoicing issues
• Support tracking and follow-up of supplier recovery and improvement action plans
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Plants, Finance, Quality, Engineering, and Logistics teams as
needed
• Support monitoring of supplier capacity, tooling readiness, and sub-tier risks impacting module
assemblies
Cost & Commercial Support
• Support analysis of supplier cost increase requests, including data collection, volume analysis,
and initial validation
• Assist in preparation of negotiation materials, cost breakdowns, and benchmarking analyses
• Contribute to cost savings and productivity initiatives and support tracking of approved actions
• Support preparation of internal KPIs, reports, and presentations for management reviews and OEM
discussions
Process & System Support
• Support purchase order creation and modifications, as well as invoice alignment, in SAP
• Assist in maintaining supplier data accuracy, pricing updates, and commercial documentation
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives related to purchasing processes, tools, and
reporting
Project & Cross-Functional Support
• Support handover activities between program purchasing and serial purchasing, particularly for
complex modules
• Assist commodity buyers and purchasing managers on ad-hoc projects, such as supplier
relocations, resourcing actions, localization activities, and risk assessments
• Support coordination of commercial and operational impacts related to engineering changes
during serial production
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives aligned with regional and global purchasing objectives