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Brose Group · 18 hours ago

Program Buyer - Seat Systems Purchasing

Auburn Hills, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Brose Group is a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, offering challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities. They are seeking a Program Buyer to lead procurement for seat systems, managing the lifecycle from supplier contract awards to production launch while ensuring cost, quality, and delivery requirements are met.

Automotive

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and lead Commodity Buyers in procurement of injection molded motor carriers/wire harness brackets, stampings, assemblies, technical plastics, spring mats; and steel/plastic raw materials for Brose seat systems produced at Brose U.S. (Vance, AL & New Boston, MI), Mexico (Queretaro, Mexico), and Spain (Santa Margarida, Spain) manufacturing plants, for delivery to OEM vehicle maker

Calculate and assure cost, budget, delivery, timing, negotiated price terms, quality, warranty, and lifetime profitability requirements for injection molded plastic parts (motor carriers/wire harness brackets); stampings; tubes, welded assemblies; and hybrid assemblies (Bowden cables, spring mats) and blanking/spindle assemblies

Coordinate and manage procurement lifecycle, from initiation of supplier contract awards to supplier Part Approval Process (PPAP) supply chain acceptance, and assure project milestones from quotation, development of parts, validation, rampup, to launch and Start of Production (SOP)

Qualification

Cost calculationSupplier managementProcurement lifecycleBachelor's degreeExperience as BuyerNegotiation skillsSoft skills trainingLanguage education

Required

Education: Bachelor, Business Administration, Marketing, Engineering, or related

Twenty-four months' experience as Buyer or related, calculating or assuring cost, budget, delivery, negotiated price terms, and lifetime profitability requirements for plastic parts such as motor carriers or wire harness brackets and hybrid assemblies such as Bowden cables, or related