Senior Program Buyer - Trailer Products
Job description:
About the Team: The Senior Program Buyer will be responsible for new product’s BOM costing and sourcing, identifying, and executing cost reduction projects, ensuring capacity in the supply-chain and working as the first commercial escalation level for the operations team. We are looking for a new colleague to join our Program Purchasing Team at our plant in Gray Court, South Carolina, responsible for Trailer products.
What you can look forward to as a Senior Program Buyer:
• Work with the corporate commodity team to source the direct materials.
• Lead the resourcing and technical changes execution to delivery yearly targets.
• Manage the whole purchasing process for new products or localization of existing products through supplier search and Bill of Material cost management; support the commodity organization in their request for quotations, commercial negotiations, contractual agreements including RFQ preparation, demand forecasting, prototype orders, and purchase orders and/or scheduling agreements.
• Monitor the performance of the suppliers during program launch and through product life cycle.
• Continuously review cost performance to target; nominate parts for Global Competitive Sourcing.
• Analyze the supply base to prepare and recommend suppliers to be added/removed from the approved supplier list as well as nominate suppliers for the Strategic Supplier List.
• Perform market research and monitor changes/trends for purposes of benchmarking and cost controlling.
• Track costs through life cycle of product, while maintaining detailed cost tracking with suppliers.
Your Profile as a Senior Program Buyer:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in a professional purchasing capacity (i.e., technical/commodity purchasing, purchasing project management, procurement, etc.).
• Experience with supplier analysis and evaluation (i.e., quality, capacity, cost, etc.).
• Experience with supplier bidding process, negotiation, and cost estimate.
• Experience with APQP and/or project management tools and methods.
• Deep knowledge of purchasing tools, negotiation methods, and business communications.
• Deep Knowledge of cost improvement/containment topics and techniques.
• Experience with SAP and Excel (i.e., Pivot Tables, Formulas, Filters, etc.).
*Ability/willingness to travel domestically.
Why Choose ZF in Gray Court?
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation
• Hybrid work model (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Supply Chain
Full-time