Senior Buyer
Charleston, South Carolina Area
A top global automotive supplier is currently looking for an individual to be a part of a rapidly growing organization as a Senior Buyer. This opportunity provides significant room for upward progression and increased responsibilities within the business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Sourcing and purchasing of production/non-production materials through various suppliers both domestic and international
- Meeting program timing and cost in support of the organization's goals and objectives
- Negotiate prices, capacity, timing for prototypes, and tooling with relevant industry suppliers in order to meet targets
- Submit RFQs to suppliers and work with engineering team for necessary adjustments
- Represent Purchasing department in cross-departmental leadership project teams as well as coordinating activities with other Buyers from international branches of the organization
- Analyze data and propose sourcing solutions
- Support Low Cost Country strategies and drive efficiency
- Create and present purchasing activity reports
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree required in Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, or similar field
- At least 3-6 years experience in direct purchasing machine components within the automotive industry
- SAP experience required - Key User or Super User preferred
- Bilingual a plus (Spanish or German)
- Experience leading a team