Objectives:

1. As buyer, you will be central contact for all commercial and sourcing activities of local projects in cooperation with our development, product team, project team, legal and JV partners, etc..

2. You will be responsible to ensure timely implementation of purchasing for related topics.

3. You need to ensure the creation of RFQ collecting comprehensive input from internal partners.

4. You will carry out short visits to potential suppliers, develop and align sourcing strategies, lead negotiations, support nominations and contracts.

5. You will need to create and work on a local market map of those Chinese suppliers, with their technical trends and capabilities, to ensure the full competition.

Fields of work:

Support Mercedes-Benz supplier development, strategies alignment, nomination and contract for supplier base optimization.

Working together with J purchasing department, J operation and cost control department, Engineering department and other project related departments for sourcing, cost optimization, contract negotiation and change management.

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

Supplier management, screening, evaluation and continuous improvement of purchasing process.

Prepare and present decision and sourcing documents to management meetings.

• Bachelor or above degree in Automotive,  Engineering or Management and Administration area.
• Minimal 5 years working experiences in procurement/automotive value chain area preferred
• Good understanding of the related markets and technologies
• Strong communication and negotiation capabilities.
• Continuous self-motivation, proactive spirit, quick learning skills and agility in daily job are highly preferred
• Strong teamwork spirit and skills to work with multiple internal stakeholders
• Good English (speaking and writing) language skill, able to read/write/speak German is preferred.
• Good computer skills (Microsoft office etc.)