Senior Advanced Purchaser (AP)

Company Description

Since its spin-off in September 2025 AUMOVIO continues the business of the former Continental group sector Automotive as an independent company. The technology and electronics company offers a wide-ranging portfolio that makes mobility safe, exciting, connected, and autonomous. This includes sensor solutions, displays, braking and comfort systems as well as comprehensive expertise in software, architecture platforms, and assistance systems for software-defined vehicles. In the fiscal year 2024 the business areas, which now belong to AUMOVIO, generated sales of 19.6 billion Euro. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and has about 87.000 employees in more than 100 locations worldwide.

Job Description

Advanced Purchasing (AP) is the purchasing representative from acquisition phase through the product development starting with the concept phase until SOP and support  purchasing activities in series production. AP is leading the planning and execution of component sourcing and act as the interface to the purchasing categories. AP actively participate in the material strategy development derived from the BA technology roadmap and translate this in a tangible strategy input for category management. 

- Sourcing complexity very high
- technology maturity: Innovative
- Product BOM complexity: very high

Task areas /Main tasks*                                                                 

Product Development Process/ Control the supplier-related milestones during the product development phase with on-time component sourcing
▪ Ensure involvement of suppliers at an early development phase (e.g. ESI) if requested (concept phase)
▪ Maintain and document supplier and material status (e.g. for Gate Reviews)
▪ Drive and control the change management process for components towards the suppliers, categories and SQM until SOP

Component Sourcing and Supplier Selection

▪ Lead the sourcing team in accordance to the automotive sourcing process, tracking of sourcing planning and execution from kick-off to supplier nomination
▪ Drive the sourcing to achieve best cost and quality ( capacity ), meeting all project milestones, to guarantee supplier nomination at PLC gate 55
▪ Send request for quotation to selected suppliers, order B/C component samples, support category purchasing in negotiations
▪ Safeguard supplier risk exposure related to well-known risk clusters (geo-hazard, geo-political, financial, technical, supply)
▪ Create and maintain sourcing documentation until official nomination (eSign)
▪ Track component development and validation together with SQM until successful SOP
▪ Ensure a smooth and comprehensive hand-over to plant purchasing latest at PLC gate 80fullAchieve best cost bill-of-material from acquisition phase to SOP▪ Commercial responsibility for the material costs of the BA products, generate and maintain bill of material (BOM) view
▪Actively participate in design-to-cost activities during product concept/development phase to achieve material cost targets during acquisition phase (PCIS -> customer award)
▪ Calculate and control BOM during acquisition and project phase to meet target cost of the BA product
▪ Responsible for sourcing after SOP, e.g. capacity extensions

Cost optimization after SOP

▪ Initiate or support redesign-to-cost (ReDTC) or cost reduction programs (CRP) for BA products after SOP
▪ Evaluate cost optimization ideas together with Engineering and prepare decision paper
▪ Tracking of introduction of material-related ReDTC measures support BA material strategy development▪ Translate BA product/technology roadmap into component/technology roadmap
▪ Conduct strategy reviews with main categories to identify needs for actions, white spots and supplier development activities.
▪ Initiate scouting activities together with category management (to close white spots)shared

Qualifications

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE :

• Bachelor degree 
• Minimum 5 years in purchasing, project management, quality or related field 
• Experience working with a multi-cultural team
• Work experience in the Automotive Industry
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job posting.
• Relocation assistance is not offered for this position. 

ADDITIONAL WAYS TO STAND OUT

• Experience working with international teams on purchasing issues
• Experience in project based purchasing 

Additional Information

THE PERKS  

• Immediate Benefits  

• Robust Total Rewards Package