Purchasing Project Manager

As part of the Project Management team, the Purchasing Project Manager is both the representative of the Purchasing Department within the project team and of the project team within the Purchasing Department.

Mission:

• Coordinate the Global/Regional Purchasing activity for the projects assigned
• Guarantee the adequacy / alignment between the project and the commodity teams on sourcing strategies for all parts, including carry over, also taking into account the supplier risk
• Contribute to the development of economic targets
• Guarantee the achievement of project targets through the selection of suppliers
• Ensure compliance with the conditions of execution of the supplier contract (in particular cost, time and production capacity, etc.) in the development, industrialization and / or mass production phase
• Monitor the supplier's economic impacts for evolutions during development
• Support to detect failing suppliers as early as possible and ensure the right level of reactivity and escalation to deal with these cases of failure
  

Expected Achievements:

• Elaborate and obtain the validation of the Sourcing Plan in Sourcing Table and Contract Milestone, integrating the international dimension, if necessary
• Ensure the respect of the RFQs and supplier selection schedules
• Formalize the project assessment at the supplier's choice
• Maintain the project Target in terms of DMC, CAPEX and R&D at the supplier's selection and during the development phase
• Ensure the proper execution of the supplier contract during the industrialization
• Guarantee the achievement of 'Tool Kick off' with supplier in line with the planning and the capacity requirements of the project
• Validate the transition to critical supplier monitoring escalation
• Guarantee the robustness of final price for Mass production

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited university or a Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Economics or related field from an AACSB accredited program
• Minimum 8 years of experience in purchasing or a related field
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong regional and global relationships
• Must be well organized, self-motivated, capable of managing conflict, and resourceful when managing complex assignments
• Must be comfortable and excel in a fast paced environment
• Results oriented and ability to lead cross-functional and global teams in issue resolution
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to think and act strategically
• Strong communication skills required; must be comfortable interfacing with all levels of management
• Customer focus and Strong knowledge of business processes across group purchasing
• Ability to lead Program Buyers

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA
• Program Management Certification