Product Launch Buyer, Sr.

Position-Product Launch Buyer, Senior

Location-Arden, NC   

About us

BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work, and amazing technology in a unique environment. At BorgWarner we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world.

Our Culture

We believe the health and safety of our employees are a top priority. We care about our local communities and the global environment. BorgWarner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration.

Career Opportunities

We manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses and encourage you to learn about our proud history, strong culture, technologies, and future vision. We offer a strong local presence and interesting global opportunities. Start your future with BorgWarner now!  

For a listing of Asheville/Arden openings:  BorgWarner Openings

Pay & Benefits

All positions start at an above market pay rate for that position. Benefits are also above market and include the below for all fulltime employees:

• Day 1 Medical Coverage with potential of no monthly premium
• Onsite Health Clinic for employees and dependents (age 14 and over) at no cost
• Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Coverage
• Tuition Reimbursement Program after 18 months
• Retirement Savings Plan (401k) with a matching program
• Company paid holidays and vacation starting Day 1

Job purpose

The BorgWarner Arden campus offers two world class technical centers and a cutting-edge manufacturing facility that designs and produces turbos, fan, and fan drive components for the automotive industry. The Arden campus offers a multitude of career opportunities and is in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina.

The Product Launch Buyer position manages supply chain activities for New Program Introductions (NPI).  Accountability for the Product Launch Buyer includes supplier evaluation, estimating and tracking cost metrics to budget for the Bill of Materials (BOMs), supplier sourcing, driving the supplier timeline, and securing component approval. The role requires working closely with supplier representatives as well as internal team members such as Product and/or Applications Engineers, Design Engineers, Supplier Development Engineers (SDE), Global Supply Chain Managers.  Position has the potential for a remote work arrangement with the requirement to be on-site as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Sourcing and procurement activities for NPI programs to meet program timing and commercial targets under the direction of the Supply Chain Supervisor/Manager.
• Prepares RFQ’s, summarizes, and presents quotations for prototype and production supply.
• Developing strategy and timing for procurement of new components to meet stakeholder expectations.
• Identifying, developing, and qualifying new suppliers to achieve program goals.
• Supporting supplier risk assessment evaluations and mitigation actions.
• Adhering to commodity strategies (global & local)
• Reporting progress against KPI metrics to measure progress against goals.
• Aligning sourcing to the global guidelines.
• Follows the supplier selection process to identify and recommend optimal source selection considering criteria such as value, risk, sustainability, quality, and delivery. 
• Presenting proposals to a global sourcing review board or a local committee and strategies to management and leadership.
• Interfaces with suppliers to optimize value and feasibility by interpreting feedback on specifications and blueprints to align with engineering needs.  Communicates proposed changes to stakeholders. 
• Presenting component design proposals and feasibility feedback from suppliers to engineering obtain optimum value.
• Procuring pre-production samples and approval samples (First Article or PPAP) and driving suppliers to meet program requirements.
• Performing a lead role for Supply Chain to compile Program Gate review content which would include communicating status to Program Management and launch team from Supplier Development and/or Supplier Quality, Global Commodity Management, Risk Management, and other Supply Chain sup