Objective:

- As buyer for Interior products, you will be the central contact person regarding all commercial and sourcing process related issues within the MP China Hub.

- Your responsibility as interface between Germany Procurement organization and Chinese Joint Venture is to ensure the balance between global business case optimization and localization interests.

- You will carry out short visits to potential suppliers, join negotiations and develop and align sourcing strategies together with the headquarter organization.

- A close collaboration with the procurement organization in Germany, cost planning function, quality engineers, development department and the Joint Venture is part of your daily work.

Task Description:

- Support Mercedes-Benz carline project on Interior part nomination, develop and align different strategies for supplier base optimization.

- Working together with JV purchasing department, Engineering department and cost planning department for sourcing, cost optimization and change management.

- Communication with suppliers, handling issues with high complexity, discuss technical driven issues with engineers in China and Germany from purchasing point of view.

- Supplier management, evaluation and continuous improvement.

- Prepare and present decision and sourcing documents to management meetings.

Qualification:

- Bachelor or above degree in Automotive, Engineering or Management and Administration area.

- Minimal 3 years working experiences in procurement area, automotive components of interior, seating system or E/E experiences is preferred.

- Strong communication and negotiation capabilities.

- Good English (speaking and writing) language skill, able to read/write/speak German is preferred.

- Good computer skills (Microsoft office etc)

- Highly motivated and proactive working attitude, good industrial management thinking is preferred.