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.