Buyer - (Pa 1184) - Kenton on Sea, South Africa - Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen Group
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Kenton on Sea, South Africa

2 weeks ago

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Job Description and Responsibilities:


  • The identification and development of local and import parts and tooling in order to meet project requirements.
  • Establish benchmark pricing and perform value analysis to ensure competitiveness.
  • Conduct quotes and sourcing activities via various purchasing systems and prepare and present recommendations for managerial decisionmaking purposes.
  • Seek and develop new supply sources, nationally and internationally.
  • Negotiate supplier price adjustments.
  • Negotiate and maintain commercial contracts with suppliers.
  • Perform capacity planning to ensure supplier tooling and facilities can adequately support VW production requirements.
  • Incorporate engineering changes or quality improvements into existing components.
  • Identify local sources of supply for potential export components to the VW Group.
  • Prime project management accountability for ensuring components are approved by Engineering or Quality and introduced into production or exported.

Education and Experience:


  • Have a recognized university Diploma / Degree in the following disciplines
  • Purchasing, Logistics, Commerce, Finance, Business Management or a technical qualification (Polymer, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Quality, Operations or Production Management).
  • Have a minimum of 3 years purchasing experience in the automotive or supplier industry.
  • Experience with Production Components would be an added advantage.

Skills, Attributes & Other requirements:


ESSENTIAL:

  • Possess negotiation and problem solving skills.
  • Have the ability to communicate across all levels within the Company (oral and written).
  • Have good presentation skills.
  • Demonstrate above average computer literacy, especially MS Office package.
  • Have a good understanding of financial analysis and costing ability.
  • Have business management and project management skills.
  • Have customer interface and conflict management skills.
  • Be selfmotivated and driven.
  • German language proficiency will be highly advantageous.
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