Category Buyer Electronics & Instrumentation

Yazaki Component Technology, part of Yazaki Corporation, represents a world leader in developing and manufacturing of electrical and electronic components for the greatest car makers in the world.

Your profile:

Master or Bachelor degree in Business Administration combined with technical background and skills or equivalent Master/Bachelor degree in Commercial/ Economical Engineering;
4-6 years of experience in purchasing management activities or equivalent professional record in electronics automotive industry;
Ability to analyze complex data and develop strategies to manage purchasing tasks;
Condense and present complex information to key personnel in meaningful reports and compiling presentations;
Very good computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office);
You effectively communicate on any level and towards suppliers;
You are a strong team player;
You are having problem solving skills and like to negotiate;
Your English skills are on a business proficiency level in speaking and writing;
Willingness to travel.

Your responsibilities:

Sourcing responsible for all Business cases related to asigned sub-category and suppliers;
Develop sub-category strategy , align globally with other regions and deploy among relevant Yazaki Business Units & Central Functions and towards suppliers;
Negotiate and agree tooling costs, component price and conditions with suppliers to achieve overall targets by leveraging category volume bundling, material standardizations and localization/ point of purchase/ supply base optimization initiatives;
Management of Supplier Scorecards (Terms & Conditions, Saving Achievements, Cost Recovery, RFQ Performance, General Service Indicators, etc.) for assigned sub-categories and suppliers;
Lead and support benchmarking studies and VAVE activities to identify cost reduction opportunities and to achieve market price levels for new projects and current mass production;
Manage RFQ/ benchmarks, sourcing pipelines and saving projects and present in Sourcing Boards for final implementation along the Purchasing Process;
Close collaboration with Design Engineering, Advanced Purchasing and Cost Engineering.

The Category Electronics & Instrumentation is responsible for the strategic purchasing of products such as active & passive electronics parts, Displays, PCB & EMS and electro-mechanical parts used in various electronic products.

Our goal is to deploy a World Class Purchasing Organization to achieve a supply base competitive performance which is directed towards a total cost approach, including quality, delivery, and service objectives globally.