Auburn Hills
Commodity Buyer
As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.Your tasks
- Responsible for the implementation of the global supplier strategies
- Management of assigned commodities and suppliers within specific regions
- Continuous cost optimization for the assigned commodities
- Implementation of cost targets for the goods / services
- Bundling, analyzing and managing demands within assigned commodities
- Market and product research for assigned commodities/ projects to identify new production
processes and technologies
- Identification of alternative suppliers
- Bid evaluations considering the assumptions specified in the quote
- Preparation and conduction of negotiations with suppliers
- Preparation and presentation of supplier choice for the decision meeting
- Conduction of supplier assessments according to Brose Group technology audit guidelines
- Contract management and master data management
- Responsible to meet established department KPIs
- Provision of relevant data for strategic decisions (category portfolio management, supplier portfolio management)
Your Profile
Bachelors degree in related field.
3-5 years of experience
Microsoft Office, SAP, Negotiation, Presentation / Public Speaking, Basic Legal and Accounting Knowledge