Senior Commodity Buyer

Company Description

Why Bosch?
Our strategic objective is to create connected solutions, improving the quality of life worldwide.
What’s important to us?

• Make Your Mark: Give your job a meaning, with solutions “Invented for Life”
• Shape Tomorrow’s World: The future offers many opportunities. Be the first to take  advantage of them.
• Find Your Place: You know how you can work best. We offer the conditions you need.
• Balance Your Life: Make your job match your lifestyle. We provide you with individual support.
• Walk The Talk: Where you are – our team spirit is with you.
• Discover New Directions: You way might change – we will stay by your side.
• Be Yourself: Your diversity makes us special. Enrich us with your own unique personality.
• Pay It Forward: We love our business and our environment. Let’s save them both for future generations.

Welcome to a place where your ideas lead to something big.
Welcome to Bosch.

*****Position can be in Farmington Hills, MI or Charleston, SC

*****Hybrid work environment

Job Description

• As a strategic buyer of raw materials, you will work in project teams for the development and implementation of new purchasing strategies and processes in raw material purchasing.
• You are responsible to perform operational purchasing for the direct demands (Robert Bosch plants) and subcontracted demands, including RFQs, awarding and contract process, support for proper payment to suppliers, risk management in the supply chain, and as purchasing escalation contact for delivery and quality issues.
• You independently assess the market conditions and prepare professional and accurate price forecasts.
• As a senior commodity buyer, you will have responsibility for important suppliers, including taking the lead in professional preparation and conducting of contract negotiations.
• Of course, working toward optimization of procurement costs in cooperation with cross-functional teams is an important task.
• By working in collaborative teams, you will contribute to new IT solutions within Purchasing.

Travel Expectation: Willingness to travel up to 20 - 25% in US and Mexico / 10% overseas

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree
• 4+ years of experience in a direct purchasing roles
• 2+ years of experience with SAP or other ERP systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Automotive industry experience
• Experience purchasing raw materials, including steel, and non-ferrous metals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including making presentations
• Experience negotiating contract agreements with suppliers in difficult situations
• Proven strategic thinking skills and an entrepreneurial mindset
• Analytical and goal oriented with the internal drive to achieve strong and quick results
• Working knowledge of SAP purchasing transactions and processes

Additional Information

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only.  Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce – EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

Bosch is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)

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