Program Buyer

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