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Program Buyer

Posted October 21, 2025
Full-time Mid-Senior Level

Job Overview

The Program Buyer is responsible for managing interface between program and suppliers for a program or programs with high complexity, including multiple client plant locations; various start of production dates, across a full spectrum of new products, and requiring leadership of a team of Program Buyers across multiple divisions/regions.


 Role's responsibilities: 

  • Anticipate the specific requirements for new programs (supplier technologies, geographical location and target costs)
  • Ensure the commodity panel strategy is appropriate to support the program, select and pilot suppliers from the agreed supplier panel in order to achieve Program objectives
  • Manage RFQ process with suppliers shortlisted by commodity according panel strategy
  • Define the sourcing Tactic in coordination with the Commodity buyer 
  • Negotiate with suppliers (coordinated with Commodity for sensitive/strategic contracts)
  • Lead the global steering and sourcing committee meetings for the program, ensure supplier selection from the list provided by Commodity Buyers and that the
  • purchasing assumptions are optimized on a global basis, considering local and global sourcing options and selecting the option aligned with the cost models and performance
  • Manage suppliers in the program phase
  • Representative of Purchasing in the Core team of the program
  • Accountable for PMS deliverables
  • Manage specific mandated suppliers when requested and agreed with customers
  • Leverage PSP support for administrative project-related tasks, and ensure the quality of inputs to PSP
  • Track performance during the program phase for BOP and T&E until GATE 4: Cost, Cash, Quality, Delivery
  • Ensure industrialization follow-up incl. Material cost and Material Tool ordering
  • Negotiate and follow up on Engineering Change Requests 
  • Accountable for validated parts transfer to plants
  • Ensure efficient handover to Operations, Quality and Purchasing Productivity managers 
  • Accountable for budget (D&D cost, main KPI) realization for their Programs

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