Program Purchasing lead - Europe

Palmela, Setúbal
Permanente
Horário completo

Há 2 mêses

Description :Program Procurement Lead for Europe – Sr ManagerEnabling a software-defined, electrified future.Visteon is a technology company that develops and builds innovative digital cockpit and electrification products at the leading-edge of the mobility revolution. Founded in 2000, Visteon brings decades of automotive intelligence combined with Silicon Valley speed to apply global insights that help transform the software-defined vehicle of the future for many of the world’s largest OEMs. The company employs 10,000 employees in 18 countries around the globe. To know more about us click here.Enabling a software-defined, electrified future.Visteon is a technology company that develops and builds innovative digital cockpit and electrification products at the leading-edge of the mobility revolution. Founded in 2000, Visteon brings decades of automotive intelligence combined with Silicon Valley speed to apply global insights that help transform the software-defined vehicle of the future for many of the world’s largest OEMs. The company employs 10,000 employees in 18 countries around the globe and generated $3.76 billion in sales (USD) in 2022.Mission of the Role: This role champions India leadership in direct material procurement, orchestrating value from commodity purchasing and other cross functional teams to secure new business wins for Visteon India and ensure flawless launch execution. The mission is also to provide leadership to the entire purchasing team (including provide regional leadership to the commodity teams), play a strategic role in helping to drive actions towards profitable businesses for India.Key objectives of this Role:

Lead and develop the Europe program purchasing team to a high-performance team that strives to find innovative and cost-effective solutions to maximize Visteon revenue through new business wins and strives to improve profitability on awarded projects.
Be the voice of Europe program, Purchasing to the leadership and cross-functional teams
Lead the team to drive for an early engagement with key stakeholders to arrive at a competitive cost and work towards design to cost (a bottom-up focused approach)
Drive for on-time costed BOM submissions for new business pursuits, and ensure quote robustness until the award of business
Spearhead efforts in purchasing and provide leadership to the cross-commodity teams on all Europe cost initiatives related to new technologies (display, electrification, high-performance computing etc) and Product Line development actions
Pro-actively work with the sales, Product Line groups, and commodity teams, challenge assumptions, and drive for the optimized costs that would lead to competitive costed BOMs that secure new business wins at the targeted margins.
Drive overall strategies of the organization to ensure cost savings through all phases of program development (procurement and supply chain perspective):
Work with program and commodity teams for the implementation of new cost reduction ideas
Concept Development and influence make vs buy decisions
Costed BOM analysis with a total landed cost view, including supply chain cost influencers
Product Development recommendations based on market trends
Commercialization and industrialization (Regional Level)
Drive for a positive business equation for the organization (Sales and purchasing)
Work closely with Product Development in developing “design for sourcing” strategies
Material Margin focus: Drive PDM (price decision matrix) approach with commodity teams to target on-time sourcing to better the prices considered at the award stage
Drive for actions on BOM cost and other commercial elements that help improve cash flow at a project stage
Drive cross-functional Sourcing Boards for alignment and final sourcing approvals, meeting project milestones and commercial expectations
Drive and ensure customer group expectations in different regions, ensuring program profitability
Lead efforts with cross-commodity teams to drive for India localization initiative, supplier sourcing strategies with the “total landed cost“ approach during the pursuit and sourcing phase

Key Performance Indicators:

Secure New business wins with competitive costed BOMs
Drive for early platform based design solutions to help achieve above
Flawless execution of new product launches
Drive for profitable businesses and improve material margins

Qualification, Experience and Skills:

Bachelor’s Degree with Masters degree (preferred), Electrical Engineering preferred
Around 12-15 years in responsible roles within an international business environment and procurement/purchasing lead experience
Strong knowledge of supply base and costing of various commodities
Ability to clearly present sourcing strategy for projects and risk assessments
Ability to lead cross functional teams with focus and accountability.
Effective negotiation skills
Value Chain analysis (VAVE, TQCM) mindset
Effective presentation skills and Strong communication skills
Knowledge about EV market and suppliers to support EV Product portfolios .
Ability to balance risk and achieve lowest material cost within very tight deadlines

Key Leadership Behaviors:

Lead from the front
Inspire change
Build strong teams
Lead the market
Strong business partner
Critical thinker
Visionary
Resilient and highly adaptable to changes
Perseverant

Reporting Structure:

Reports to the Global Head of Program Procurement

Visteon Culture: If you thrive in a fast-paced, organizational culture that requires agility, adaptability, and a growth mindset from its employees to thrive and stay ahead of the curve Visteon is the place. We value high performance and a drive for results. Innovation, risk-taking, and continuous learning help us keep up with the ever-changing landscape of our industry and be Market leaders. At Visteon you can be more.Experience : 0 years: 6+ years

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