Advanced Purchaser

Job ID: 24400- Standort: Regensburg, DEThe position of Advanced Purchasing is located within the Product Line Mild Hybrid (MHD) in Electrification Solutions and plays a key contribution to the overall global success of Vitesco Technologies. You will be the key link between supplier base and product line taking over responsibility for Bill of Material costing and timing for all components within a project. You are the perfect fit for Advanced Purchasing in the tremendously growing field of automotive electrification, if:
**Your New Responsibilities**:

- Perform early technical & commercial alignments with suppliers (ESI) to reach the overall value sweet spot
- Manage our supplier base to fulfill contracted timing and quality from nomination until SOP and Ramp-up of international customer projects
- Driving technical & commercial gap closure (cost reduction programs)
- Run design for - manufacturing (DFM )& cost (DTC) workshops to secure producible cost-effective products
- Perform cost-oriented supplier research for new technologies and introduce them to PUR & R&D
- Run commercial supplier ratings, initiate & execute supplier development strategies
- Cooperate with the Advanced Value Engineering team for new technologies
- Cooperate with Supplier Quality Management team and R&D department to prepare and perform supplier selections
- You are part of defining local supplier strategy and local benchmark activities in cooperation with Central Purchasing
- Drive expert leadership in order to improve component value with focus on positive commercial effects
- Screen global supply bases in order to identify technical & commercial white spots & opportunities and drive localization in the respective areas
- Drive acquisition activities for worldwide customers

**Your Profile**:

- Completed studies with a (technical-) commercial background or a comparable qualification
- You gained long-term experiences in the relevant field of work, ideally in the area of supplier management or industrial engineering for mechanical components
- Confident in collaborating with suppliers
- Fluent English and German language skills (written & spoken)
- You demonstrate Project Management capabilities
- Willingness to travel (approx. 20%)
- You are an open minded & passionate person

**Arbeitszeit**: Vollzeit

**Ihr Ansprechpartner**: Benjamin Pietsch

Vitesco Technologies ist ein international führender Entwickler und Hersteller moderner Antriebstechnologien für nachhaltige Mobilität. Mit intelligenten Systemlösungen und Komponenten für Elektro-, Hybrid
- und Verbrennungsantriebe macht Vitesco Technologies Mobilität sauber, effizient und erschwinglich. Das Produktportfolio umfasst elektrische Antriebe, elektronische Steuerungen, Sensoren und Aktuatoren sowie Lösungen zur Abgasnachbehandlung. Vitesco Technologies erzielte 2021 einen Umsatz von 8,3 Milliarden Euro und beschäftigt rund 37.000 Mitarbeitende an rund 50 Standorten. Vitesco Technologies hat seinen Hauptsitz in Regensburg.