We are looking for a Commodity Buyer for our Technical Center in Valls, Spain. This role focuses on commodity purchasing for T&C; component products in Europe with support for other regions, for E-Systems.
**Responsibilities**:
- Support the development and implementation of T&C; component strategy and own day-to-day actions
- Single point of contact for suppliers and cross-functional teams for all T&C; related activities in Europe
- Develop new commodity suppliers according to strategy and monitor their implementation within Lear
- Achieve commodity savings targets by negotiating and implementing Supply Cost Technical Optimization (SCTO)
- Support the entire product life cycle from the procurement phase of new customer programs through mass production to end of life
- Lead T&C; component commodity initiatives for assigned vendors, including sourcing new and existing T&C; component spend (RFQs, benchmarking, negotiation rounds, bid and scenario analysis to source proposal submissions, resources, annual negotiations and special initiatives, etc.)
- Management of T&C; Directed suppliers
- Support the development of regional commodity and supplier strategies
- Align goals, strategies, actions with plants, program teams and commodity manager
- Organize and coordinate supplier workshops with Engineering to work on cost reduction ideas and implement them
- Ensure alignment of resources/processes and global procedures and delegation of authority (DOA) through SRM, SAP and Coupa systems
- System maintenance with price list updates, supplier contracts, parts approvals and other day-to-day administrative tasks
- Maintaining a good knowledge of the current market and future trends to support the identification of alternative sources
- Support plants on logistics and quality issues with suppliers
**Requirements**:
- Engineering or Business Administration degree preferred with work experience (if possible for automotive and T&C; components), not required
- Very good negotiation skills and knowledge of the English language
- Good communication skills in a general organization, ability to solve problems and analysis, independent, highly trustworthy person, team player
- Good time and workload management