**HEAD OF PROGRAM PURCHASING (HYBRID)**
Location Amexhe, Mexico
**Pacesetting.
Passionate.
Together.
** HELLA, one of the leading automotive suppliers worldwide, has shaped the industry with innovative lighting systems and vehicle electronics.
In addition, the company is one of the most important partners of the aftermarket and independent workshops.
What motivates us: Shaping the mobility of tomorrow and fostering the central market trends such as autonomous driving, efficiency and electrification, connectivity and digitization as well as individualization.
Every day, 36,000 employees worldwide are committed to this with passion, know-how and innovative strength.
**YOUR TASKS**
- Analysing the local and regional procurement market and the respective supplier development with regard to the objectives and requirements of the business units as well as preparing and updating the supplier matrix, preparing qualified supplier evaluations, setting up alternative suppliers to reduce costs, achieving technical, qualitative and other defined objectives in accordance with the requirements of the business units in coordination with the cross-functional managers involved
- Prepare and implement purchasing strategies for the local and regional purchasing organisation in close consultation with the global purchasing organisation, the global network or the regional business unit; contribute to establishing a globally uniform and optimised supplier base to realise synergies by bundling the local purchasing volume, focusing on efficient suppliers and optimising the local process chain
- Define material cost changes (budgeting) in coordination with HCs and supervisors to create a coordinated planning basis and achieve the goals of the local or regional organisation but also of the business unit
- Generate measures and support the generation of measures for the commercial and technical optimisation of components or purchasing volumes to reduce costs and improve quality and security of supply
- Analysing local or regional suppliers in cooperation with the suppliers, identifying opportunities for improvement and deriving corresponding qualification measures with the involvement of internal organisational units in order to optimise the process chain between the supplier and Hella
- Consolidate annual material requirements and conduct negotiations with responsible suppliers (granting) to achieve optimal purchase prices
**YOUR QUALIFICATIONS**
English fluently
university degree
Experience in purchasing and automotive
Empathy / team worker
Take the opportunity to reveal your potential within a global, family-run company that offers you the best possible conditions for progressing in your career.
**HELLA Automotive Mexico S.A. de C.V.**
Nelly Torres
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