Key responsibility areas would include:

1. Coordinate the purchase of non production supplies for Company according to project requirements :

·       Follows up of Lear procurement process rules  for non production products

·       Communicates preferred suppliers list to local / plant teams and purchasing

·       obtains engineering or other relevant specifications

·       manage the quotation process together with the responsible cost centre managers (IT, Engineering, HR, etc.)

·       makes sure suppliers receive RFQs in line with Lear requirements  (including low cost country suppliers)

·       presents supplier comparison and summary to Management for final sourcing decision

·       negotiates different types of contract (services, works, capex)

2. I-Procure / NP1 / new non production system as implemented

·         Support/Training – Interface with users to support, train and motivate to use I-Procure / NP1 to increase usage of the tool

·         Interface with Infor/Datastream/Netlink as issues arise and for needed system improvements

·         Supplier contracting – work cross functionally with facilities’ personnel to develop sourcing strategies and plans to add and delete suppliers from the vendor base.  Drive development of supply agreements to maximize material cost savings

a.        Establish supplier contracts to support plant requirements

b.       Approve / reject catalogs

c.        Monitor spend via catalog versus local requisition / process

d.       Perform benchmark price comparison, savings by supplier, item and site

e.        Monitor performance of suppliers and resolve quality, delivery, price and service issues

3. Cost and savings management

·         setting of PAR targets

·         monitoring cost target processes

·         reporting of cost target status

·         roadmap maintenance including target setting, idea generation and implementation

4. Coordinate sourcing requirements, terms & conditions, general purchasing requirements, statement of works according to Non Production Purchasing and European Purchasing where required.

5. Agree on sourcing strategy with Non Production Purchasing as well as US / Asia Purchasing (preferred supplier).

6. Cascade all relevant Purchasing project information to all purchasing functions and affected teams including Industrial Engineering functions.

7. Negotiate Company Supplier Agreements with suppliers to improve cost and prices.

8. Ongoing updates of procedures; improvement of existing procedures for TS16949.

9. Defines European Strategy together with his supervisor and develops new concepts and ideas, restructures existing processes and always challenges and scrutinizes those existing