Director Purchasing and Supply Chain Europe & UK (m/f/d)

Was wir bieten: Bei Magna erwartet dich ein spannendes und dynamisches Arbeitsumfeld, in dem du dazu beitragen kannst, marktführende Automobiltechnologien zu entwickeln. Wir investieren in unser Personal und bieten ihm die Unterstützung und Ressourcen, die es benötigt, um erfolgreich zu sein. Als Mitglied unseres globalen Teams erwarten dich aufregende und vielfältige Aufgaben sowie ein breites Spektrum an Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishment of strategic sourcing planning objectives and definition of requirements for goods, services, supplies, and equipment in cooperation with the Leadership Team
• Coordination of Purchasing Managers to define, implement, and realize purchasing strategies and activities, ensuring the accomplishment of objectives
• Establishment and maintenance of measurable performance metrics for all levels of procurement activities, including supplier performance, internal order placement performance, buyer activity levels, financial performance, and material shortage elimination
• Responsibility for annual budget planning, including scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions in coordination with the Finance Department and Magna Exteriors divisions / Group Office
• Provision of insight and expertise into assigned commodity markets, including industry trends, cost drivers, global pricing, lead times, technology, and supplier manufacturing capabilities that best meet company expectations and objectives
• Leadership of product development commodity strategies in line with corporate initiatives to improve supply chain efficiencies and reduce total cost of supply chain management
• Driving of cost reductions through negotiations, leverage, rationalization, and process improvements to meet annual budget objectives
• Negotiation and execution of purchase orders and vendor contracts to support critical business needs
• Development of an overall vendor base that creates and sustains competitive advantage through global market exploitation, spend leverage, and the leveraging of technologies
• Establishment and maintenance of relationships with preferred and strategic suppliers
• Promotion of "Unified Efforts" and creation of synergies throughout Exteriors globally and Magna International
• Collaboration across a large matrixed organization, including promotion of best-practice sharing and learning, and balancing corporate objectives with local needs and impacts
• Development and maintenance of a high-performance culture, achievement of functional KPIs, and improvement of customer service levels for internal and external customers
• Identification and implementation of process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy
• Management and mentoring of a dynamic team of purchasing professionals
• Liaison with counterparts in other functional areas (e.g., Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing) to ensure alignment of activities and objectives

EDUCATION:

Graduate degree in Business Administration, Economic Sciences, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Purchasing; or comparable education

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE:

Several years of experience in Purchasing & Sourcing with extensive experience in the manufacturing industry, preferably in the automotive sector (e. g. welding plants, bodyshell lines, pressing and moulding tools, thermoforming tools). Extensive, well established business-network in the automotive sector is an asset (contacts with OEMs, TIERs etc.). Project management experience.

SKILLS:

• Time flexibility and willingness to travel
• Fluent business-level English is required; German language skills are a plus.
• Ability to work under pressure, high frustration tolerance and stress resistance
• High degree of self-motivation, hands-on approach and ability to work on own initiative
• Strong communication and negotiation skills and persuasive power
• Financial management and controlling skills
• Computer literate (MS Office, SAP and AI skills)
• Ability to coordinate and foster interdisciplinary teamwork
• Methodical, structured and systematic working approach and good analytical skills
• Good decision making and problem solving skills
• Ability to think economically, innovatively, conceptually and strategically
• Experience in cost analysis and cost effectiveness studies (cost accounting, cost breakdown etc.)
• Profound knowledge of international contract laws
• Good training, coaching, motivation, networking and team building skills