Senior Category Buyer
- Chihuahua, Chih.
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
Enabling a software-defined, electrified future.Visteon is a technology company that develops and builds innovative digital cockpit and electrification products at the leading-edge of the mobility revolution. Founded in 2000, Visteon brings decades of automotive intelligence combined with Silicon Valley speed to apply global insights that help transform the software-defined vehicle of the future for many of the world’s largest OEMs. The company employs 10,000 employees in 18 countries around the globe.Senior Category BuyerThe Mission of the Role:The mission of this role is to develop and own implementation of semiconductor commodity strategies in the specific areas of SoC and high performance compute that drive cost savings, improve product reliability, and foster innovation while ensuring a maximum competitive advantage for the organization.Key objectives of this Role:Focus on procurement of semiconductor direct material from external manufacturers and distributors while driving cost, quality, and commercial relationship management. Responsibilities include the relationship management of specific direct material suppliers with local, regional, and global accountability to ensure supply continuity, business profitability, product reliability, and optimal material cost.
- Develop and implement commodity strategies to deliver maximum competitive advantage.
- Support Commodity bid lists, track supplier performance, and source new business.
- Lead negotiations to deliver savings supporting corporate cost objectives.
- Benchmarking, rationalization, development, and management of critical and strategic suppliers.
- Support new business pursuits and maintain a database of key supplier technology capabilities.
- Execute best-in-class sourcing process to secure the sourcing nomination of optimal total cost solution to support Visteon programs, through regional/global supplier quotations, negotiations, and successful contract management.
- Identify new technologies and suppliers to give Visteon a competitive advantage.
- Develop knowledge and utilize modern purchasing tools and techniques to achieve successful cost-down activity.
- Work closely with Buyers, Program Purchasing, and Engineering teams globally to support market intelligence analysis, supplier and technology selection, and competitor benchmarking activity.
- Able to balance risks to achieve the lowest material cost within very tight deadlines.
- Annual net PPV objective on impactable spend.
- Supplier payment term achievement.
- Supplier claims recovery.
- Peripheral supply chain support objectives (delivery, quality, inventory, pursuit support).
- Manage and evolve SoC and HPC technology strategy
- Develop Internal and External stakeholder relationships.
- Achievement of annual purchasing KPIs.
- +6 years in responsible roles within a global business environment and procurement/purchasing and/or sales/FAE experience.
- Ability to present commodity strategy and performance results to executives and drive to closure key actions.
- Experience in sourcing or sales and negotiating and using strategic techniques to achieve results.
- Effective negotiation skills
- Supplier evaluation/selection
- Effective presentation skills and Strong communication skills.
- Semiconductor experience (engineering, purchasing).
- Strong knowledge of the semiconductor industry (Suppliers, Technologies, Components)
- Experience in sourcing or sales and negotiating electronic components
- Value Chain Analysis (VAVE, TQCM)
- Lead from the front
- Inspire change
- Lead the market
- Strong business partner
- Critical thinker
- Visionary
- Resilient
- Perseverant