Program Buyer

Essential responsibilities and duties

The Program Buyer is responsible for managing interface between program and suppliers for a program or programs with high complexity, including multiple Faurecia plant locations; various start of production dates, across a full spectrum of new products, and requiring leadership of a team of Program Buyers across multiple divisions/regions.

The role of the Program Buyer is to anticipate the specific requirements for new programs (supplier technologies, geographical location and target costs), ensure the commodity panel strategy is appropriate to support the program, select and pilot suppliers from the agreed supplier panel in order to achieve Program objectives. The Program Buyer belongs to the core program team.

The main missions of the role are:

1. Manage RFQ process with suppliers shortlisted by commodity according panel strategy
2. Define the sourcing Tactic in coordination with the Commodity buyer (RFQ, eAuction...)
3. Negotiate with suppliers (coordinated with Commodity for sensitive / strategic contracts)
4. Lead the global steering and sourcing committee meetings for the program, ensure supplier selection from FCM purchasing panel.
5. Manage suppliers in program phase
6. Representative of Purchasing in the Core team of the program. (Representing Tooling & Equipment, commodities, and Advance supplier quality)
7. Tracking supplier deliverables w.r.t. Program need.
8. Manage specific mandated suppliers when requested and agreed with customers.
9. Ensure sourcing prices are comply with internal cost targets (Gap to benchmark and Business plan).
10. Track performance during the program phase for BOP and T&E until GATE 4: Cost, Cash, Quality, Delivery
11. Ensure industrialization follow-up incl. Material cost and Material Tool ordering
12. Negotiate and follow-up on Engineering Change Requests until GATE 4
13. Accountable for validated parts transfer to plants
14. Ensure efficient handover to Operations, Quality and Purchasing Productivity managers at GATE 4
15. Accountable for budget (D&D cost, main KPI) realization for their Programs.