Buyer - (Pa 1184)

**Job Description and Responsibilities**:

- The identification and development of local and import parts and tooling in order to meet project requirements.
- Establish benchmark pricing and perform value analysis to ensure competitiveness.
- Conduct quotes and sourcing activities via various purchasing systems and prepare and present recommendations for managerial decision-making purposes.
- Seek and develop new supply sources, nationally and internationally.
- Negotiate supplier price adjustments.
- Negotiate and maintain commercial contracts with suppliers.
- Perform capacity planning to ensure supplier tooling and facilities can adequately support VW production requirements.
- Incorporate engineering changes or quality improvements into existing components.
- Identify local sources of supply for potential export components to the VW Group.
- Prime project management accountability for ensuring components are approved by Engineering or Quality and introduced into production or exported.

**Education and Experience**:

- Have a recognized university Diploma / Degree in the following disciplines - Purchasing, Logistics, Commerce, Finance, Business Management or a technical qualification (Polymer, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Quality, Operations or Production Management).
- Have a minimum of 3 years purchasing experience in the automotive or supplier industry.
- Experience with Production Components would be an added advantage.

**Skills, Attributes & Other requirements**:
ESSENTIAL:

- Possess negotiation and problem solving skills.
- Have the ability to communicate across all levels within the Company (oral and written).
- Have good presentation skills.
- Demonstrate above average computer literacy, especially MS Office package.
- Have a good understanding of financial analysis and costing ability.
- Have business management and project management skills.
- Have customer interface and conflict management skills.
- Be self-motivated and driven.
- German language proficiency will be highly advantageous.