Senior Buyer Indirect

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Automotive
The Role
Manage a buying portfolio, execute RFQ processes, and develop strategies for packaging commodities while maintaining supplier relationships.
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Senior Buyer Indirect

What can you expect?

Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With 70,000+ employees in 29 countries, Adient operates more than 200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual foam, trim and metal components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, visit www.adient.com.

At Adient, we are proud to offer hybrid working to our employees, which involves being able to work remotely for up to 3 days per week based on the agreement within specific department.

What will your responsibilities be?

  • Manage a buying portfolio of 30 Mio. € across our European plants in co-operation with the local plants.
  • Execute a comprehensive RFQ process.
  • Develop and execute commodity strategies for packaging commodity.
  • Implement successful saving ideas.
  • Manage relationships with suppliers and co-operate with related central departments.

Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain or related technical field.
  • Several years purchasing experience, in automotive industry preferred.
  • PC knowledge (Office) and cost analysis knowledge.
  • Ability to cooperate with people of different levels inside / outside the company and to interact with people to reach team goals and business objectives.
  • Ability to recognize and respond to internal customer expectations with sense of urgency.
  • Ability to gather information, analyze data, prepare and lead negotiations as well as deliver a recommendation.
  • Some travel may be occurring.

Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.

We are looking forward to receiving your application including your salary expectations and your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dagmar Sováková on +421 910 828 746.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Bratislava Business Centre

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The Company
HQ: Plymouth, MI
12,048 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 77,000 employees in 32 countries, Adient operates 202 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into more than 19 million vehicles every year.

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