Category Buyer MAM EDS

Join Yazaki. Connect to the future. 

Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. Join a family-owned company committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of its business, contributing to society, and inspiring trust. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Category Buyer in our plant in Istanbul

• Sourcing responsible for all Business cases related to assigned sub-category and suppliers
• Develop sub-category strategy , align globally with other regions and deploy among relevant Yazaki Business Units & Central Functions and towards suppliers •Negotiate and agree tooling costs, component price and conditions with suppliers to achieve overall targets by leveraging category volume bundling, material standardizations and localization/ point of purchase/ supply base optimization initiatives
• Management of Supplier Scorecards (Terms & Conditions, Saving Achievements, Cost Recovery, RFQ Performance, General Service Indicators, etc.) for assigned sub-categories and suppliers.
• Lead and support benchmarking studies and VAVE activities to identify cost reduction opportunities and to achieve market price levels for new projects and current mass production
• Manage benchmarks, sourcing pipelines and saving projects and present in Sourcing Boards for final implementation along the Purchasing Process
• Close collaboration with Design Engineering, Advanced Purchasing and Cost Engineering • Preparation and transmission of periodical reports
• All activities (Monthly reports, etc.) to control and present to the manager • Compliance with ISMS policies,
• Compliance with the privacy statement and disciplinary procedure,
• fulfillment of responsibilities in ISMS activities,
• Notification of infringements of ISMS.

At Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone which extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. 

We are looking forward to receiving your application and to get to know you. Please apply by clicking the ‘Apply Now’ button. We wish you all the success in your application! 

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