Procurement Interior

Objective:

• As buyer for Interior products, you will be the central contact person regarding all commercial and sourcing process related issues within the MP China Hub.
• Your responsibility as interface between Germany Procurement organization and Chinese Joint Venture is to ensure the balance between global business case optimization and localization interests.
• You will carry out short visits to potential suppliers, join negotiations and develop and align sourcing strategies together with the headquarter organization.
• A close collaboration with the procurement organization in Germany, cost planning function, quality engineers, development department and the Joint Venture is part of your daily work.

Task Description:

• Support Mercedes-Benz carline project on Interior part nomination, develop and align different strategies for supplier base optimization.
• Working together with JV purchasing department, Engineering department and cost planning department for sourcing, cost optimization and change management.
• Communication with suppliers, handling issues with high complexity, discuss technical driven issues with engineers in China and Germany from purchasing point of view.
• Supplier management, evaluation and continuous improvement.
• Prepare and present decision and sourcing documents to management meetings.

Qualification:

• Bachelor or above degree in Automotive, Engineering or Management and Administration area.
• Minimal 3 years working experiences in procurement area, automotive components of interior, seating system or E/E experiences is preferred.
• Strong communication and negotiation capabilities.
• Good English (speaking and writing) language skill, able to read/write/speak German is preferred.
• Good computer skills (Microsoft office etc)
• Highly motivated and proactive working attitude, good industrial management thinking is preferred.