Category Buyer (Components) (m/w/d)

- Responsible for purchasing of specific production material for a Sub-Category in Y-EMEA in coordination with other regions. - Achieve a supply base performance, which is directed towards a total cost approach including quality, delivery, and service objectives. - Selected suppliers should deliver pro-active on a long-term base cost savings / productivity, cost reduction proposals, product innovations and value-added services at superior quality and delivery levels thus supporting Yazaki to offset the impact of increasing OEM's requirements. - Purchasing Negotiations- contribute to the profit improvement (Cost Savings) of Yazaki worldwide business by pursuing optimum purchasing solution such as «Best Buy», LTA agreements, 1 to 1 replacements and other initiatives within the Sub-Category. - Supplier Strategies- support the definition of the commodity strategy in alignment with the global strategy, work with the Sub-Category team. Apply sourcing requirements, supplier selection parameters, and terms and conditions for assigned commodity within the overall supply management guidelines. - Interregional Connection- work in coordination with other regions to maximize levers in front of especially global suppliers. - Benchmark and VAVE- initiate and support benchmarking activities and VAVE projects to control supply base performance and complexity and ensure implementation of cost reduction opportunities for new projects and current production within the Sub-Category. - KPI Monitoring and Reporting- monitor and Report on performance indicators and control that agreed purchase and supply conditions and suppliers are maintained in the purchasing database. - Market Trends- analyze and report on market trends to identify risks, opportunities, and innovations related to the Sub-Category. - Interdepartmental Tasks (AP)- negotiate and implement defined commodity cost targets for individual OEM projects to achieve the project's affordable material cost targets. - AP and Engineering Support- support Design Engineering and Advanced Purchasing during the project phases. - New Component Management- support new components management with cost and capacity analysis including supplier timings.