IDP Purchasing Country Buyer at Faurecia

The main missions of the role are:

• Performance / Savings:
• Manage local spend based on commodities in scope
• Run sourcing processes based on needs coming from business, in line with the commodity strategies
• Perform rigorous analysis on cost base and suppliers to ensure delivery of spend targets

Quality:

• Ensure supply of product and/or services to the business and execution of local purchasing
• Supplier management: 
• Own, manage and negotiated local supplier relationships
• Manage local supplier performance (performance to SLAs, continuous improvement – cost innovation)
• Stay abreast of market conditions and trends (including global pricing benchmarks) to inform strategy and ensure supply continuity

Commodity Management:

• Define and implement a local commodity strategy if not covered by global and/or regional teams

Purchasing Excellence:

• Implement best practice commodity management techniques
• Implement standards, processes and tools consistent with the overall purchasing function

Compliance:

• Comply with overall purchasing spend and preferred supplier policies, and monitor compliance of business end users

Team and skills management:

• Participate in local and central skill development activities
• When required, organize and lead escalation meetings with supplier leadership to address disruptive suppliers that are impacting FORVIA plants and programs and jeopardizing FORVIA customer deliveries
• Propose continuous improvement ideas in business efficiency and cost reduction
• Capitalizes on knowledge and shares best practices / lessons learned across organization and within the site
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards and adherence to:
• Faurecia Group Code of Ethics
• Faurecia Group Code of Management
• Faurecia Group Environmental Policy
• Faurecia Group Quality Policy
• Your profile and competencies to succeed
• Minimum education level: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (industrial or mechanical preferred) or Business.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ Automotive manufacturing experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in purchasing in an industrial environment
• Experience of successfully managing and negotiating contracts

Skills & Competencies:

Negotiation skills

• Supplier Management experience
• Purchasing financial skills, including data analytics, budgeting and savings calculation
• Business acumen and strategic thinking ability
• Drive, creativity and willingness to learn
• Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of core AIAG Standards
• Proactive and results oriented
• Good analysis skills and able to meet deadlines
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Financial acumen
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams
• International mindset
• Fluent in English
• Must have very good Excel and Word skills
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards and willingness to adhere to Faurecia’s Code of Ethics and Code of Management
• What we can do for you
• At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.  
• We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development. 
• We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count. 
• We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility.  Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world) 
• We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans. 
• Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.