What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electronics Buyer position at Hanon Systems?
Description
Hanon Systems, a global supplier of innovative automotive thermal and energy management solutions, is seeking a Electronics Buyer. This candidate is responsible for managing and delivering Americas’ Purchasing related activities and deliverables for all new business pursuits, forward model programs, and current model programs. This includes ensuring the successful launch of all forward model programs by delivering those programs on time and at/below budget.
- Purchasing Experienced (automotive preferred, electronics preferred)
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead purchasing interaction with program teams for regional and/or global programs and pursuits
- Develop, update, and maintain costed Bills Of Material (CBOM)
- Ensure financial commitments are met by the launch
- Develop, maintain, and drive implementation of cost roadmaps, as required
- Consolidate and analyze regional CBOMs for global programs/pursuits and identify potential global sourcing opportunities
- Ensure that all major timing deliverables are achieved, including but not limited to supplier sourcing, tooling kick-off, part development, validation, and PPAP
- Manage change control, including RFQ, cost, timing, and implementation
- Manage all Program Purchasing deliverables, including Gate Reviews and Launch Readiness Reviews
- Coordinate program cancellation and obsolescence cost recovery, as required
- Sourcing selection
- Conduct supplier benchmarking exercises and commercial analyses
- Send RFQ's to preferred suppliers based on Commodity Strategy
- Conduct analysis on supplier quotes based on pricing, quality, delivery, and commercial ratings, including completion of Initial Sourcing Rationale
- Negotiate and issue sourcing contracts with suppliers
- Participate in Commodity Strategy development
- Supplier relationship management
- Productivity negotiations
- Deliver costed BOM inputs for new business pursuits (piece price, vendor tooling, timing, etc.)
- Lead/support Supplier Business Reviews with preferred suppliers as defined by Commodity Strategy
- Act as the Purchasing single point of contact for commercial issues
- Manage Risk Mitigation process, including maintaining list of open Purchasing issues (RIO’s)
- Support sourcing board meetings and program/phase reviews with cross-functional team to deliver cost and timing targets, as required
- Support Capacity Study confirmations with suppliers, as required
Education:
- BS in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering