Lead Commodity Purchasing Specialist

Location Xiamen, China

FORVIA HELLA is a listed, international automotive supplier. Coming together with Faurecia in the FORVIA Group, we build the world's seventh largest supplier of automotive technologies. As a global market leader in high-growth areas, FORVIA employs 157,000 people worldwide. FORVIA HELLA therein stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, we cover a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles with our Business Group Lifecycle Solutions. With around 37,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of € 8.1 billion on a preliminary basis in the fiscal year 2023.

YOUR TASKS

• Job Objective
• Define China Hybrid Parts & Connector Material Group Supplier strategy, Increasing supplier base competitiveness.
• Observing market situation and technology trend, bring the smart parts design and supplier chain concept into Hella internal operation, supporting company competence increasing.
• Continuous improving responsible material group cost level by commercial leverage and combining with VA/VE
• 1 Analyze the purchasing market
  taking into account the needs and requirements of the relevant Product
  Centers and Hella Companies. Prepare and update supplier matrix, prepare
  qualified supplier evaluations and build up alternative suppliers to meet or
  overachieve purchasing targets in the dimensions of “Cost”, “Time” and
  “Quality” in alignment with the responsible party from Product Centers and
  Business Division
• 2 Prepare and implement a
  purchasing strategy for highly complex material groups with defined strategy
  teams. Establish a standard and optimized supplier basis worldwide to realize
  synergies by bundling purchasing volume, concentrating on efficient suppliers
  and optimizing the global process chain
• 3 Negotiate supplier frame
  contracts, define sourcing concept and realize sourcing activities incl. but
  not limited to sending RfQs, negotiating and nominating suppliers for tools
  and components within the material group (new projects, lifetime extensions,
  change management, etc.)
• 4 Define material cost changes
  (budgeting) in agreement with the Hella Companies and superior in order to
  create an aligned planning basis and to achieve business division objectives
• 5 Generate measures and support
  the measure generation for commercial and technical optimization of
  components or purchase volume to reduce costs and improve quality and
  security of supply
• 6 Analyse suppliers in
  cooperation with the suppliers, identify opportunities for improvement and
  derive corresponding qualification measures, involving internal organizational
  units, in order to optimize the process chain between the supplier and Hella
• 7 Consolidate the annual
  material requirements within a material group and steer central negotiations
  with suppliers to achieve optimum purchasing prices through bundling
• 8 Initiate talks, carry out
  negotiations and prepare contracts to reduce costs, as well as to optimize
  procedures between supplier and Hella and to enforce Hella interests
  considering schedules, quality, quantity and delivery conditions
• 9 Create standardized
  international purchasing processes, methods and tools within the global
  network and strengthen purchasing power towards suppliers world-wide
• 10 Aligning tasks and decisions
  with supervisors if necessary
  
  
  

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• 1. Bachelor or above, major in engineering, Mechanical related major is preferred.  
  
• 2. With 5-year or above working experience in Commodity Group Purchasing, Very good at high level negotiation skill and negotiation strategy, rich experience to cooperate with internal and external stake holder.
  
• 3. Familiar with Plastic and Stamping material group manufacture process and cost structure
  
• 4. Strong execution ability/ Logic analysis /Quick learner
  
• 5. Good written and spoken English

Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

Please send us your application via our career portal, stating your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, with the reference number req15404. 

HELLA (Xiamen) Electronic Device Co.,Ltd.
Stacy Fu
[email protected]