Associate Direct Material Buyer

**What to Expect**

Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. Revolutionary strategies and products were developed within a few years and successfully launched on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation, and efficiency. Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla's incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this is our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we achieve our goals. We are looking for you to continue and expand this success story together.

The Tesla Direct Procurement team is looking to hire a skilled Associate Direct Material Buyer to support the purchasing process for chassis components. You are involved in the development process for new products from an early stage and you are the link between external suppliers and internal customers. You work closely with the Supply Chain Managers in the US and can develop your own commodity strategy in alignment with all stakeholders. You are also the reference person for Engineering and Material Planning teams on product groups you manage.

This contract will have a fixed term of 1 year.

**What You'll Do**
- Responsible for selecting suppliers and carry out contract negotiations. This is done by focusing on global commodity strategy, quality, specification, price and reliability of supply
- Ensure supplier readiness before SOP and during ramp-up
- Evaluate supplier business proposals and present recommendations that will result in cost savings, avoidance or containment
- Evaluate and provide guidance on final selection of suppliers; Perform value analysis for final selection of suppliers
- Based on key performance indicators, you demand continuous improvement from your suppliers
- You strive to involve suppliers as early as possible in our development processes
- You also continuously undertake market research and benchmarking in order to benefit from new trends in the global supplier market
- Work collaboratively on a cross-functional level with other departments like engineering, supplier industrialization, quality and many more
- New supplier introduction and management
- You manage commodity accounts in the operational level supporting the continuity of Tesla manufacturing

**What You'll Bring**
- Availability to fulfill a fixed-term contract of 12 months
- Hold a valid work permit for Germany
- Specific diploma’s Supply Chain/Purchasing are preferred
- Automotive experience preferred but not mandatory
- You are fluent in English and/or German

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.