Category Buyer Connections Systems

Join Yazaki. Connect to the future.

Country: Türkiye (TR)

City: Sakarya

Worksite / Location: Logistics Hub Istanbul

Job Function: EDS_Purchasing

Job Discipline:

Job Family: Category Purchasing

Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. Join a family-owned company committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of its business, contributing to society, and inspiring trust. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Category Buyer Connections Systems in our plant in [[location]].

Main Responsibilities

•Sourcing responsible for all Business cases related to assigned sub-category and suppliers

•Develop sub-category strategy , align globally with other regions and deploy among relevant suppliers

•Negotiate and agree tooling costs, component price and conditions with suppliers to achieve overall targets by leveraging category volume bundling, material standardizations and localization/ point of purchase/ supply base optimization initiatives

•Management of Supplier Scorecards (Terms & Conditions, Saving Achievements, Cost Recovery) for assigned sub-categories and suppliers.

•Lead and support benchmarking studies and value analysis activities to identify cost reduction opportunities and to achieve market price levels for new projects and current mass production,

•Manage RFQ/ benchmarks, sourcing pipelines and saving projects and present in Sourcing Boards for final implementation along the Purchasing Process

•Close collaboration with Design Engineering, Advanced Purchasing, Cost Engineering, Value Creation and Vertical Integration

Qualifications

•Minimum Bachelors degree in Business Administration or Engineering field combined with technical background and skills, Master is a plus,

•4-6 years of experience in purchasing management activities or equivalent professional record in electronics automotive industry

•Ability to analyze complex data and develop strategies to manage purchasing tasks

• Present information to key personnel in meaningful reports and compiling presentations

•Excellent Microsoft Office skills (e.g. Excell);

•You effectively communicate on any level and towards suppliers

•You are a strong team player

•You are having problem solving skills and like to negotiate

•Your English skills are on a business proficiency level in speaking and writing

•Willingness to travel

At Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone which extends to all aspects of the employment relationship.

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