American Battery Solutions (ABS) needs a Senior NPI Buyer to manage purchasing activities for purchased components and materials for new programs, ensuring component piece price and tooling costs are managed effectively to meet project milestones and purchasing deliverables.
Requirements
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in purchasing in the automotive industry.
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience purchasing battery management systems components or similar components in a manufacturing setting.
- Battery module background preferred.
- Material Resource Planning (MRP) system experience (Plex preferred).
Responsibilities
- Responsible for sourcing all components needed on the new programs.
- Evaluate potential suppliers, assess their capabilities and reliability.
- Negotiate contracts including pricing, terms, and services expectations.
- Identify and manage supply risk mitigation strategies
- Manage component budget and activities to meet overall program financial goals.
- Utilize market research and industry data to analyze trends for the category and develop strategies that align with the future trends for the market.
- Develop recovery plans for components' late deliverables.
Other
- Represent purchasing organization in the cross-functional team from the conception of the program until three months after Start of Production (SOP).
- Responsible for handing over all components from program to category leads.
- Support the business segments and cross-functional team on business pursuits for all purchased components and assist in cost estimating pre-quotations.
- Coordinate with American Battery Solutions (ABS) team the source selection and kick off purchased components to meet or exceed the awarded program cost, quality, and delivery.
- Support cross-functional team initiatives around lead time reduction and cost improvements.
