Project Buyer

Job Title: Project Buyer

Job Location: Southfield, MI

What we offer?

Veoneer Safety Systems is the world leader in Automotive Electronic Safety Systems. Veoneer’s scalable, best-in-class restraint control systems are mitigating the effects of a car crash. To date, we have delivered more than 1 billion devices to car manufacturers globally.

Veoneer Safety Systems has an international and collaborative team of 2,700 employees in 11 countries.
We empower our people and are dedicated to their professional development and growth.

Veoneer Safety Systems – Saving Lives Every Day.

What you'll do?

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  Establishes and manages a timeline for all (local, regional or global) purchasing activities to meet project milestones and Purchasing deliverables in VPDS.

• Link between Project Team and Commodity Buyers to ensure the sourcing of preferred suppliers.
• Ensures that the supplier complies with Veoneer’s procedures. (contract reviews, TFC, etc.)
• Works with manufacturing/logistics to ensure component availability and supplier readiness on new programs, as required.
• Call/participate launch readiness reviews.
• Coordinate schedule for Run@Rates.
• Cross-functional team member by customer /product.
• Maintain purchasing required information in component tracking system.
• Responsible for launch VE/VA activities (with Commodity Buyer support)
• Plant visits & Supplier visits, if required.
• Coordinates with SQE to ensure supplier deliverables meet the project requirements. (collect Q.O.S. data (e.g. PPAP & D.R.).
• Help support engineering change, when requested by commodity buyer.
• Works with manufacturing/logistics to ensure component availability and supplier readiness on new programs, as required.
• Create constraint plans, as required.
• Ensure component capacity in place for customer programs, as required.
  Issue discrete PO's for Samples (not prototypes) prior to SOP, as required
  

What you'll bring

• 2 to 5 years of applicable experience preferred, preferably in automotive electronic components.
• Negotiation skills.
• Strong organizational and communication skills are critical.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in excel required.
• Knowledge of MRP systems (JDE) is beneficial
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management preferred (or other related degree).