Advance the automotive market and advance your career at Gentex! Join a collaborative culture devoted to innovation, cooperation, and continuous improvement. Your ideas are not just heard, they are celebrated! Explore Gentex today! POSITION OVERVIEW This role will purchase goods, materials, and services the meet or exceed the expectations of the organization, considering price, quality, and delivery. This role will also have responsibility supporting new product and launch activities within our electronic procurement team. WHAT YOU’LL DO Purchase goods, materials, and services that meet cost, quality, and delivery targets. Request and evaluate supplier quotations. Perform cost analysis on good purchased through should cost, competitive bid, and/or cost breakdown analysis. Request initial sample cost estimates and ensure suppliers meet launch timing and cost targets. Generate purchase orders that comply with company requirements. Communicate and work to mitigate any supply problems which may impact our business operations. Act as the interface between suppliers and other departments at Gentex, i.e., launch, finance, and engineering. Lead cross-functional communication of project status as it relates to procurement activities. Identify risks and drive solutions to mitigate risks and escalate when needed. Monitor market trends and drive favorable actions for Gentex. Develop and implement cost reductions to ensure favorable Purchase Price Variance (PPV) targets are achieved. Manage supplier relationships and insure two-way professional relationships exist. Monitor supplier performance and provide feedback. Identify and assess new suppliers that can meet the cost, quality, and delivery expectations for Gentex. Work closely with internal commodity managers to assist in supplier onboarding activities and work closely with internal planning team on the transition from prototype to the production environment. Other duties as assigned. HOW YOU’LL DO IT Knowledge of supply chain and purchasing systems and procedures. Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal, and influencing skills. Planning, negotiations, and contract management experience. Project management experience. Good technical knowledge of Purchasing and ERP systems. Able to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks. Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations well. Manage and maintain required documentation. Develop strong supplier relationships. Complying with all company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace. Maintaining high level of honesty, integrity and confidentiality with respect to company matters. WHAT TO BRING Bachelor’s degree. 3 – 5 years professional experience. 1 – 3 years of purchasing experience. English fluent, and other language is a plus. WHAT WILL HELP Requires a person who is self-motivated. Proficiency with Microsoft Office software. Oracle software experience. Willingness to travel up to 20% of your time. Commodity specific experience and knowledge. Automotive industry experience. Gentex is an equal opportunity employer Gentex extends equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), disability, marital status, military service, height, weight, genetic information, or any other reason protected by law. Assistance Gentex is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at recruiting@gentex.com. Gentex will not discriminate against any qualified individual who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation. Understand your right to work At Gentex, we use E-verify to confirm you're authorized to work in the U.S. E-Verify – English & Spanish Right to Work – English Right to Work - Spanish Gentex develops and manufactures high-quality products for the automotive, aerospace, and commercial fire protection industries. As a pioneer in the industry, we don’t do average. Exploration, failure, persistence, and discovery are words our team members live by. Our collaborative culture is founded on a devotion to quality and innovation. Everyone shares an ownership mentality and the leadership team embraces an unpretentious management style. Team members work in a fast-paced environment where they enjoy a wide-range of perks. We believe when our company does well the team members who helped it succeed should be rewarded, so we provide quarterly profit sharing bonuses and employee stock purchase plans alongside our 401k matching program. Gentex is located near the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan, yet we're only 30 minutes away from the metropolitan Grand Rapids area.