Buyer

Sourcing Execution & RFQ Support

• Execute RFQs, quote collection, supplier follow-up, and commercial data consolidation for assigned commodities and programs
• Prepare sourcing comparison summaries, supplier quote analyses, and recommendation support materials for review by Senior Buyers and Commodity Managers
• Support sourcing packages, nomination documentation, purchase order alignment, cost breakdown collection, and system updates
• Own OneSRM transactions and execute required sourcing-system activities for assigned commodities, suppliers, and programs
• Support market analysis and new supplier onboarding by collecting supplier information, coordinating qualification inputs, and maintaining required sourcing documentation

• Ensure supplier quotations are complete, comparable, and aligned with technical, timing, commercial, and quality requirements

  Supplier Communication & Commercial Administration

• Serve as a primary day-to-day procurement contact for assigned suppliers under the direction of Senior Buyers or Commodity Managers
• Track supplier responses, open commercial items, cost reduction actions, documentation gaps, and procurement deliverables
• Manage supplier setup and vendor master activities, including vendor setup, supplier location changes, BPM requests, and coordination of required approvals
• Administer supplier agreements, including Award Letters, SSOWs, Feasibility Agreements, and LTAs, ensuring documents, approvals, and records are complete and current
• Support material economics and commercial change management through data collection, supplier communication, documentation, follow-up, and escalation of unresolved items
• Support PLA, VAVE/CI, and book-of-business commercial activities, including data preparation, action tracking, supplier follow-up, and documentation of agreed outcomes
• Support supplier negotiations by preparing data, maintaining records, and following up on agreed actions

• Help resolve routine supplier commercial issues, invoice/payment discrepancies, purchase order questions, and documentation requests

  Program & Operational Support

• Support customer program sourcing deliverables, engineering changes, launch readiness activities, and production continuity requirements
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Program Management, and Manufacturing to escalate timing, capacity, quality, or supply risks
• Track procurement milestones and ensure assigned actions are completed in support of launch and current production requirements
• Support containment and recovery actions when supplier issues impact production, timing, or customer commitments

• Support financially distressed supplier management and resourcing activities by tracking risks, coordinating actions, maintaining documentation, and escalating timing or continuity concerns

  Cost, Data & Performance Management

• Maintain accurate sourcing, supplier, spend, savings, contract, and purchase order data in procurement systems
• Support cost savings initiatives, cost avoidance tracking, and productivity project documentation
• Monitor supplier performance data and assist with supplier scorecards, business reviews, and action plans

• Use data to identify quote gaps, cost variances, supplier response risks, and opportunities for improvement

  Development & Career Progression

• Develop foundational knowledge of automotive procurement, supplier management, sourcing governance, commercial negotiations, and cross-functional execution
• Build readiness for progression into either Program Senior Buyer or Commodity Senior Buyer roles based on business needs, performance, and development interest

• Demonstrate increasing independence, ownership, business judgment, and ability to manage supplier interactions with professionalism and urgency

  Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience
• 1-4+ years of procurement, supply chain, purchasing, program, manufacturing, or related business experience
• Working understanding of sourcing processes, supplier communication, cost analysis, and procurement documentation
• Strong analytical, organizational, follow-up, and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively across functions
• Ability to travel to suppliers and internal plants up to 15% of the time

• Fluent in English

  Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive or complex manufacturing environment experience
• Experience with ERP, SRM, purchasing, or supplier management systems
• Exposure to RFQs, cost breakdowns, purchase orders, supplier scorecards, or program launch activities
• Interest in developing toward Program Senior Buyer, Commodity Senior Buyer, and Commodity Manager roles

Essential Common Requirements for all Employees:

• Quality System: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Quality requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements
• Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.