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The Multisite commodity buyer will be responsible for all the suppliers related to his commodity (specialty), all over Europe, in terms of purchase strategy.
- He is responsible for making sourcing decisions: to propose new suppliers to be consulted, to select a serial supplier, to make supplier fact profiles, to make risk analysis and cost savings proposals
- He is responsible to collect and analyze strategy & goals, technical trends and potential suppliers, and to make global cost analysis
- He is responsible for the strategy of his commodity: planning, overall targets, action plans, supplier consolidation and to define steps in the projects, and also to assure capacity management
- Responsible for supply base management: to negotiate the serial price, to develop the suppliers, and to evaluate other potential suppliers
- He will have to verify constantly if the local strategies comply to the global/ commodity strategies
3 years of experience as purchaser (in automotive industry if possible) or 2 to 3 years in production or process engineering
Mechanical Engineer Diploma or Engineering Diploma with knowledge about metallic component manufacturing process
Knowledge in mass production industry, in managing projects
University Degree
Advanced communication skills in English, French is a plus
Leadership, honest, conscientious, independent, well organized
Good interpersonal skills
Good communication and negotiating skills
Structured in a sense of figures, decision-maker
Good resistance under stress and time pressure
Ms Office,
The opportunity to work in a challenging, multinational environment.
Business travel & networking with all Autoliv group and group suppliers.
The opportunity to be involved in decision making and strategies for Autoliv growth in Europe.
External high-level trainings to increase the skills on the job.
Laptop, bonus.
Autoliv is a worldwide leader in automotive safety and a technology leader with the widest product offering for automotive safety. All the leading automobile manufacturers in the world are our customers: Volvo, Ford, Renault, Mazda, Volkswagen, Skoda, Opel, etc. We service them from 80 subsidiaries in 30 countries. We test their cars and products at 20 crash test tracks in nine countries, and we have 40,000 people globally to support them.
For us, it isn\'t just about having the right product. It’s about having the right passion. Because we can\'t predict when accidents might happen. And because life is too precious to take for granted.
That’s why we have a passion for saving lives.
