Commodity Buyer

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.

Your tasks

• Responsible for the implementation of the global supplier strategies
• Management of assigned commodities and suppliers within specific regions
• Continuous cost optimization for the assigned commodities
• Implementation of cost targets for the goods / services
• Bundling, analyzing and managing demands within assigned commodities
• Market and product research for assigned commodities/ projects to identify new production

processes and technologies

• Identification of alternative suppliers
• Bid evaluations considering the assumptions specified in the quote
• Preparation and conduction of negotiations with suppliers
• Preparation and presentation of supplier choice for the decision meeting
• Conduction of supplier assessments according to Brose Group technology audit guidelines
• Contract management and master data management
• Responsible to meet established department KPIs
• Provision of relevant data for strategic decisions (category portfolio management, supplier portfolio management)

Your Profile

Bachelors degree in related field.

 3-5 years of experience

Microsoft Office, SAP, Negotiation, Presentation / Public Speaking, Basic Legal and Accounting Knowledge

Brose offers a high-tech work environment and a wide range of benefits. Along with competitive performance-based compensation and health insurance, our employees also benefit from attractive social and family-oriented programs throughout our North American locations*. Our benefits packages include comprehensive medical and insurance. Brose also provides educational assistance and a variety of community outreach, family, and sporting events. Flexible working hours and a collaborative work environment give our employees the freedom to balance work and personal life. Brose believes in investing in people. We offer a wide range of development programs with great opportunity for individual growth through training, international or regional assignments and tailored career paths. Our objective is to provide our employees the tools necessary to live a balanced life, experience a rewarding work environment and contribute to our surrounding communities.

*Benefits package may vary slightly per location