Hella

Electronics Commodity Buyer

Hella • $70K — $95K *
Northville, MI 48168In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
3 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven buyer experience in the automotive industry
  • At least 2 years in procurement
  • Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering or related field
  • Preferred experience with SAP
  • Exposure to electronics products is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Ensure information flow between suppliers and program buyers
  • Drive commodity purchasing processes for Hella products
  • Align tasks and decisions with supervisors and business partners
  • Support material cost change budgeting and planning
  • Manage supplier relationships and logistics during pre-series and launch phases
  • Challenge technical solutions for cost efficiency
  • Identify cost potentials through Design-to-Cost approaches

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours
  • Industry leading health benefits program
  • Lucrative PTO policy
  • Competitive 401K matching
  • Extensive career and training opportunities
  • Annual bonuses
  • Onsite wellness center and workout facilities
  • On-campus restaurant and employee refreshments
  • Team and company-wide events
  • And much more!
Full Job Description
Electronics Commodity Buyer
Location
YOUR TASKS
  • Support in ensuring and coordinating adequate information flow between suppliers and the program buyers
  • Support in driving commodity purchasing processes for specific Hella products, preparation of sourcing activities
  • Align tasks and decisions with Business Partner and/or supervisor if necessary. Manage intercultural and trustful relationships by creating and adding value from international project team setups through utilizing the cultural diversity in the project.
  • Support definition of material cost changes (budgeting) in agreement with the Hella domains and superior to create an aligned planning basis and to achieve business division objectives.
  • Support in ensuring alignment capacity for pre-series and launch business at supplier, managing stock increases, packaging and logistics related topics in case of bottlenecks or insolvencies.
  • Support in challenging the technical solutions for purchased parts in terms of cost efficiency and challenge the project team to ensure and overachieve targeted costs. Supporting the identification and achievement of cost potentials resulting from Design-to-Cost (DtC). For that, an understanding of the product engineering process and the material manufacturing process is needed.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
  • Proven working experience as a buyer within the automotive industry.
  • 2+ years of procurement experience
  • Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering or related field
  • Prior experience with SAP is preferred
  • Exposure to electronics related products is preferred but not required

Why Forvia Hella?
  • Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours
  • Industry leading health benefits program
  • Lucrative PTO policy
  • Competitive 401K matching
  • Extensive career and training opportunities
  • Annual Bonuses
  • Onsite Wellness Center / Workout Facilities
  • On campus restaurant as well as employee water and coffee services
  • Team and company wide events
  • And much more!

Please feel free to apply if you do not meet 100% of the positional requirements. Forvia Hella is dedicated to the development and future advancement of all of our employees.

Take the opportunity to reveal your potential within a global company that offers you the best possible conditions for progressing in your career.

Please send us your application through our careers portal, citing reference number req18124.

Eric Spence

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About Hella

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. is an internationally operating German automotive part supplier with headquarters in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company develops and manufactures lighting, electronic components, and systems for the automotive industry. It also has one of the largest trade organizations for automotive parts, accessories, diagnosis, and services within Europe. Hella is one of the top 50 global automotive suppliers, and one of the 100 largest industrial companies in Germany. Worldwide, it employs about 40,000 people in more than 100 locations in over 35 countries. More than 5,800 engineers and technicians work in research and development within the company.
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