Advanced Purchasing Buyer

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Country: Turkey (TR) 

City: Sakarya

Worksite / Location: Kotozukuri Hub Turkey 

Job Function: Purchasing 

Yazaki Corporation, a family-owned company, was founded in 1929 as the first Japanese manufacturer of automobile wiring harness systems. Within the automotive business our product range includes wiring harness systems, plug connection systems and electronic systems. More than 284,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 478 locations in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Advanced Purchasing Buyer. 

Main Responsibilities

• Manage and perform all the supply management activities defined by GPMS.
• Make sure the data are available and accurate
• Organize with YEL central purchasing organization to perform efficient sourcing for the BU and follow development of new linked parts with supplier and SQE
• Deals with commodity buyer to negotiate savings with suppliers such as price to price negotiation, Supply chain optimizations and localization of suppliers production
• Investigate new potential VAVE and push the implementation on its projects such as, Localization of suppliers production, 1 to 1 replacement collection, New supplier technologies and Organize workshop with suppliers and internal Yazaki members
• Support central supply chain to avoid shortages at Yazaki plants
• Investigate alternatives components compatible
• Track supplier production capacity

Job Requirements

• Engineering or Business Administration combined with technical background or skills, or equivalent Master or Bachelor Degree as a commercial / economical fields
• Minimum 5 years experience in similar positions
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken
• Advanced level of MS Office Applications
• Self-motivated, analytical thinking, result oriented approach and good interpersonal skills are required competencies
• Male candidates should have completed military service

At Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. 

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