Procurement ADAS/Infotainment

Objective

- As buyer, you will be central contact for all commercial and sourcing activities of local projects in cooperation with our development, product team, project team, legal and JV partners, etc..

- You will be responsible to ensure timely implementation of purchasing for related topics.

- You need to ensure the creation of RFQ collecting comprehensive input from internal partners.

- You will carry out short visits to potential suppliers, develop and align sourcing strategies, lead negotiations, support nominations and contracts.

- You will need to create and work on a local market map of those Chinese suppliers, with their technical trends and capabilities, to ensure the full competition.

Task Description

- Support Mercedes-Benz supplier development, strategies alignment, nomination and contract for supplier base optimization

- Working together with JV purchasing department, JV operation and cost control department, Engineering department and other project related departments for sourcing, cost optimization, contract negotiation and change management.

- Communication with suppliers, handling issues with high complexity, holding technical workshops and discuss technical driven issues with engineers in China from purchasing point of view.

- Supplier management, screening, evaluation and continuous improvement of purchasing process.

- Prepare and present decision and sourcing documents to management meetings.

- Bachelor or above degree in Automotive, Engineering or Management and Administration area.

- Minimal 5 years working experiences in procurement area

- Good understanding of the related markets and technologies

- Strong communication and negotiation capabilities.

- Continous self-motivation, proactive spirit, quick learning skills and agility in daily job are highly preferred

- Strong teamwork spirit and skills to work with multiple internal stakeholders

- Good English (speaking and writing) language skill, able to read/write/speak German is preferred.

- Good computer skills (Microsoft office etc.)