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SalaryThe Sr. Commodity Buyer is responsible for the assigned auto part’s (increased complexity) piece price, investment, and annual cost reduction, all of which have significant impact on HDMA financial performance. Establishment of part and supplier strategies through understanding of the Global and North American supply base, manufacturing process and critical part design elements. Considering input from key stakeholders, propose the selection of the best cost, quality, development, and delivery supplier. Effectively manage Team level project roles.
- Develop, gain approval, & execute purchasing strategies for assigned commodities/suppliers between 8~10 suppliers with $300M ~ $500M in annual spend
- Responsible for accurate and timely supplier selection & BOM maintenance
- Establish and achieve logical new model cost targets through supplier selection/negotiation
- Responsible for achieving annual mass production cost improvement goals (ACR), between $7M ~ $12M
- Ensure accurate and timely quotation processing to ensure efficient payment to suppliers
- Responsible for building supplier relationships and monitoring industry trends/characteristics
- Gain consensus on new model supplier selection, managing multiple model (13-17) developments through correlation activity with design
- Effectively manage projects that support business needs (ACR, GML, Diversity)
- Create and implement continuous improvement activities to support Honda lean practices
Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience (Business Degree preferred)
Average Experience: 2-3 Years of Purchasing, Sales, Quality Control, or Engineering (Purchasing preferred)
Other Job-Specific Skills:
- Ability to negotiate based on logic
- manage cost
- manage supplier relationships
- work in teams to build consensus, solve problems and manage projects
- analyze blueprints
No. of Direct Reports: None
No. of Indirect Reports: None
Financial Dimensions: Annual Desk Spend ($300M - $500M), Annual Cost Down Target ($7M ~ $12M)
- Make recommendations for supplier selection for all NA regional new model launches.
- Lead ACR strategy recommendations to support target achievement through logic, target $7M ~ $12M
- Collaborate on part strategy consensus with design and plant on future technology direction and research.
- Perform analysis through NSP on whether to qualify new suppliers on the basis of Q,C,D,D,M
- Lead/influence Jikon/TMM meetings with affiliate suppliers and give support for improvement
- Initiate continuous improvement decisions that impact the organization and support lean principles.
- International travel may be required once or twice a year with an average length of 1-2 weeks per trip (5%)
- Willingness to work overtime due to the cyclical business needs of our NM launches.
- Open office environment with moderate level of noise and activity.
- Expect around 90% of your day spent at a computer and desk (Sedentary), 10% for meetings/plant visits (Active)
- Blended remote work is an available option based on management discretion and operating needs.
- Regular occurrence of communicating and presenting information in groups for evaluation purposes.
