Commodity Leader

**Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader**:
We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

**Your mission, roles and responsibilities**:
**Overall responsibilities and duties**:

- Improve financial performance of the Division through supplier negotiations, resourcing and productivity actions
- Monitor supplier Quality, Cost and Delivery performance and challenge supplier when supplier is falling short of targets

**The main responsibilities of the role are**:

- Develop and execute segment Commodity Strategy;
- Define and lead activities aligned to Commodity Strategy
- Responsible for delivering purchasing budget, updating forecast, reporting monthly savings
- Support Program Buyers with sourcing of new segments and supplier Panel definition
- Pursue optimally economical costs for goods/services required, in conjunction with obtaining continual long term agreement savings opportunities
- Performs continual review and evaluation of the current supply base and also new potential suppliers through cross-functional supplier audits/visits based on the criteria provided by Group
- Facilitate continuous improvement activities with the supply base to support VA/VE savings opportunities
- ECR/EO activity - obtain quotes for engineering changes, understand and challenge supply base assumptions
- Lead supplier VA/VE activity and participate in lean manufacturing workshops
- Progress savings from inception through to implementation
- Conduct management meetings to review and improve supplier performance
- Manage and understand supplier´s tool life and monitor/secure capacity Other duties and specific projects as identified to support commercial targets and supplier optimization
- Identify savings, update forecast file and follow through to completion. Take ownership and responsibility for actions under buyer, lead activity
- Identify savings at month end and cross-reference against productivity file to confirm completion.
- Report savings each month to Manager and confirm with Controller that they are captured.
- Charge Back validation costs via QSS database for poor quality and delivery performance.
- Follow supplier debits from forecast to debit memo to receipt of cash
- Calculate retroactive debits/credits for late identified savings, ensure they are captured at month end, follow through to cash receipt or debit execution.
- Hold monthly supplier management reviews to identify savings gaps, get up to speed on quality issues, communicate FAS intentions, understand supplier glide path to target etc.
- Interface between department and plant or Commercial Business Unit.
- Issue PO for approval for changes required/authorized
- In event of supplier disruption to plant (quality or delivery), understand root cause/scope of issue and facilitate supplier interaction to help resolve issue
- Monitors of the Supplier Global Performance Measurement in terms of quality and service of the cost via the SBG reporting structures
- Follows market trends for specific commodities and raw materials
- Prepares and deploys Commodity Strategies & Cost Models for various commodities
- Understand all cost break-downs and challenge supply base accordingly to ensure cost is optimized
- Have the ability to fully understand cost models and be able to provide input towards generating a cost model

**Your profile and competencies to succeed**:
**Minimum education level**:Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field.

**Experience**:

- 3 years in automotive industry
- 3 years in purchasing functions
- SAP experience (preferred)

**Skills & Competencies**:

- Must have very good Excel and Word skills
- Strong communication skills
- Able to accommodate ~15% - 20% travel (domestic & international)
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards and willingness to adhere to Faurecia’s Code of Ethics and Code of Management
- Team Player

**What we can do for you**:

- At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
- We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
- We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
- We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
- We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We bel