Commodity Buyer

Title: Commodity Buyer-

Duration: 12 months++

Location- Farmington Hills, MI

• Buyer - EXEMPT - Contractor should be paid 40 hrs regardless of hours worked
• Location: Farmington Hills, MI
• MVR required
• Hybrid Schedule - 2-3 days in office, VO the other days - May need to be in the office more the first couple months

Job Summary

Negotiates pricing, facilitates purchases, and coordinates all activities required to purchase production or non-production parts and services, and accessory commodities for Smyrna, Nismex and Canton plants. Locates and develops suppliers that can meet current and future production or non-production parts requirements. Ensures suppliers meet Nissan's goals of quality, cost and delivery. Coordinates with other departments to ensure an uninterrupted supply of parts to production lines and to solve supply problems. Maintains daily business support activities of department administrative support personnel.

Contributes to building brand value and achieving enduring profitable growth.

Job Functions

• Negotiates and establishes commodity prices for production parts. Handles assigned commodities. Ensures cost control in accordance with the Nissan revival plan cost reduction goals and requirements. Locates suppliers and develops their abilities to meet current and future production parts requirements.
• Ensures suppliers meet Nissan's goals of quality, cost and delivery. Performs comparative analysis of competing suppliers to select most competitive source for a specified commodity.
• Establishes contracts for assigned commodities; maintains purchase orders, and related purchasing records; maintains files and records of current and potential suppliers, materials and prices.
• Coordinates activities between all departments and supplier base to ensure uninterrupted supply of parts and resolution of supply issues and problems. Plans, develops, implements and maintains cost reduction plans in support of the department's cost reduction goals.
• As necessary, performs other related duties of which the above are representative.

Minimum Qualifications

Commodity and market knowledge. Commercial and legal regulations knowledge; Good communication skills-both verbal and written; interpersonal; negotiation and cost and manufacturing process analysis skills.

Three to five years of related experience at a professional level.

None

Bachelor Degree from an accredited college or university

Working knowledge of word processor, spreadsheet, other PC applications, or mainframe applications to produce non-standard, creative products.

Approximately 20% day and overnight travel.

Additional Notes

Commodity: Washer/Wipers/Horn

Some travel including 1-2 nights

BS degree required open on discipline – business or technical, supply chain is good background to have, direct or indirect purchasing experience launching board into senior or manager roles.

3-5years required in either purchasing or supply chain. Do not need very seasoned, just in that range of 3-5 ish

Washer systems, wiper systems horn. Working with suppliers globally local reps to work with – new business, material adjustments, PO updates general administrative duties

“Quarterback” between Nissan and the supplier, may not be responsible, but they are included

If there is a delivery issue, the buyer is notified, they are generally in the loop. They will alert the broader team, work with the supplier, remind them of contractual requirements, work with supply chain to work thru resolution

Will be some new model sourcing current model management, design related activities, work closely with the product team on design changes, current or new

Excel is extremely important, simple macros, formulas, manage and maintain in executive reporting format

SAP is key program

Commodity deck – 12-15 suppliers to manage – more of an entry commodity role – annual spend for this role is 36 mil.

Skill

Required /Desired

Amount

of Experience

Bachelor Degree from an accredited college or university

Required

Three to five years of related experience at a professional level.

Required

Commodity and market knowledge. Commercial and legal regulations knowledge

Required

MVR will need to be included in screens for the selected candidate

Required

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $36.22 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Commodity buyer: 5 years (Required)
• Negotiates pricing: 4 years (Required)
• facilitates purchases: 4 years (Required)
• MVR: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Farmington Hills, MI 48335: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Farmington Hills, MI 48335