Commodity Buyer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Drives improvement in BOS metrics (quality, delivery, service and cost) for specific commodities.
  • Manages commodity savings and strategies for areas of responsibility.
  • Champions cross-functional VA / VE and TVM activity between Tenneco and suppliers.
  • Provides day-to-day coaching support to other buyers on tactical and strategic issues.
  • Drives flawless launch strategy requirements for the supply base with all buyers on all programs.
  • Ensures teams are aligned with department and corporate goals, objectives and values.
  • Ability to assess issues and develop action plans to bring quick and effective resolution.
  • Drives activity to identify and source low cost country suppliers.
  • Prepares, presents and negotiates proposals and long-term commercial agreements in collaboration with Exec / Commodity Director.
  • Ensures department and suppliers comply with Purchasing policies and procedures.
  • Negotiates regional and global contracts.
  • Leads by example in terms of focus on detail, execution of tasks and professional interaction with both internal and external contacts.
  • Special projects as assigned by Purchasing leadership.
  • Aggressively pursues objectives and tasks.
  • Ensures buyers achieve commercial and timing objectives for launching programs.
  • Explores and exploits opportunities within the supply base to support Tenneco business objectives.
  • Comments on and defines need for action and drives accountability are aligned with supplier launch.
  • Attends program and management review meetings.
  • Other duties as required.
  • Develop and manage project plans in alignment with Front-End PE leader in Global regions.
  • Optimize resource allocation to maximize efficiency and productivity. Adhere to agreed KPIs and ensure project is ontrack with deliverables.
  • Support BOM management, ECN executions, VAVE and CI projects, TEN-Plus documentations, program status reporting to Regional PE

Experience: 12-14 Years

Education: BE in Mechanical Engineering & MBA is an additional advantage

Skills:

• Must possess leadership qualities, excellent communication skills, strong negotiation abilities, excellent decision-making skills and sound analytical ability.
• Strong leader of cross-functional teams.
• Corporate SCM experience with international business desired (LCC preferred.).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills and proven success working under pressure driving projects to closure.
• Familiarity with drawings, specifications, materials and manufacturing processes.
• Self-directed with the ability to work with all levels of the organization within multiple cross-functional areas.
• Solid computer and organizational skills.
• Must possess excellent analytical ability.

Travel:

• Ability to travel as required (estimate 30-50%).

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Vision abilities required include close vision.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.