Program Launch Buyer

**Position summary**

Work in relationship with internal clients and experts in the field, participate in the development of the specifications of need, suggest purchases, adapted in relation to the purchases strategies of CSA, for each project.

Prepare national or international consultations, make evaluations of bids from the suppliers, negotiate and make agreement with suppliers.

Track and respect the costs; quality and deadlines for the project until passage in life serie and

track project validation phase.

**Essential responsibilities, duties and authority**
- To negotiate the prices and conditions in cooperation with the commodity buyer
- To realize the personnal goals given in Workday
- To answer to the product manager for the RFQ from the customers, if needed
- To be involved in the project, kick of meeting, projects reviews
- Compile CS' customer RFQ information to create suppliers' RFQs (with eng, cost est., sales support)
- to manage the RFQ to the suppliers in compliance with the strategy and the approved supplier panel
- Send RFQ to Customer Directed Sources
- Answer Supplier RFQ Questions regarding Program Information
- To negotiate the main conditions, costs (parts, protos, tools), quality, lead time
- Compile Supplier RFQ Information and Provide to Cost Estimating
- Receipt of New Program Award from Sales
- Component Risk Assessment
- Supplier Pre-Award Meeting and Follow-up
- To prepare the presentation to the sourcing committee
- To manage the follow up of the projects with the suppliers
- To create and up date the project dash boards
- To request to the logistic, the orders for prototypes, tools, Off tools components, preserial
- To manage the technical evolutions of the components, new design and so on
- To manage the switch from project to mass production (PSW)
- To manage the local IATF audit or customer audits or SOX audit for the program purchasing activities
- If applicable:_
- Include additional requirements to ensure the employee is aware of its impact on the Cooper Standard product quality, customer specific requirements._
- Describe the level of authority the incumbent has over other people, the function or the product_._

**Required knowledge/education, qualification/ability and/or experience** _(typical education, years of experience and functional technical qualifications, required certifications)_
- Experience in the field of procurement and logistics and industrial for an internal recruitment
- 3 - 5 years experience including 2 years in contact with suppliers for an external recruitment
- Negotiation
- Good communication skills
- Management of projects
- Knowledge of the Juridical bases of Commercial activities
- Dipl. Ing. or Bachelor/Master Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Plastics Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
- Fluent in English, additional European languages are valued
- Describe level of Qualifications/Competencies/Skills: basic knowledge, practical ability, advanced expertise _

**Required soft skills** _(needed to perform the essential functions of the job)_

Problem solving. High degree of task and objective orientation Capability for Contacts and Cooperation Capacity for teamwork Organized Reactivity Rigour

**Work environment/ work conditions** _(environment within which the work is performed and any physical requirement of the position, e.g. travel, remote)_
- Office working conditions
- Ability to travel

Act per:

- ISO 14001, IATF 16949
- Integrated Management System (IMS) and Cooper Standard Operating System (CSOS)
- relevant quality / HSE objectives
- internal policies and guidelines

All employees, regardless of role, are leaders through their thoughts and actions. Whether a manager or an individual contributor, we expect each employee to embrace the capabilities (Capabilities Model), as they align our actions and behaviors in the workplace.

This job description is intended to describe the essential job duties and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not intended as an exhaustive statement of all duties that may be assigned or required.