Senior Sourcing Buyer

JOB DESCRIPTION

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?

• Lead all sourcing activities in coordination with relevant Adient functions to drive a competitive advantage for Adient with financially stable suppliers.
• Leverage of purchases across all business units and global programs.
• Ensure the sourcing will be completed in line with given nomination time deadline costbook, quality requirements, OEM recoveries, delivery plan according to program deliverables and commodity strategies.
• Contribution meeting or exceeding profit plan goals related to the EMEA Tubes Commodity including cost savings, economics, quality, supplier rationalization, working capital improvements and other key metrics through market sourcing benchmarks.
• Support purchasing strategies for the EMEA Tubes Commodity.
• Support of proper Make vs Buy decisions

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.
• Metal and Tube commodity experience preferred
• Negotiation skills and knowledge of different approaches and leverages to suppliers
• Understanding of purchasing tools and practice.
• Ability to gather information, analyze data, prepare and lead negotiations as well as deliver a recommendation.
• PC knowledge (MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and cost analysis knowledge.
• Profound SAP 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.
• Some travel may be occurring.

Which benefits do we offer?

• Base monthly salary starting from 2900 EUR gross. Our salary is fair and competitive and can be higher than the starting minimum in the advert
• 13th salary
• Language and proficiency courses
• Meal vouchers - 7€ (fully paid by employer)
• Flexible working hours, possibility to work remotely including days from abroad
• Extra holiday entitlement
• Inclusive allowance scheme including Health support allowance, Jubilee allowance, Housing allowance
• Referral bonus
• Employee Assistance Program "Felix"
• Volunteer days
• Active life with colleagues, full of various sports activities
• Various CSR Activities
• Modern relax areas, play room
• Coffee and tea at the workplace

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 Kristián Psotný on +421257271162.

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