Program Buyer - Seat Systems Purchasing

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

• Plan, coordinate, and lead Commodity Buyers in procurement of injection molded motor carriers/wire harness brackets, stampings, assemblies, technical plastics, spring mats; and steel/plastic raw materials for Brose seat systems produced at Brose U.S. (Vance, AL & New Boston, MI), Mexico (Queretaro, Mexico), and Spain (Santa Margarida, Spain) manufacturing plants, for delivery to OEM vehicle maker.
• Calculate and assure cost, budget, delivery, timing, negotiated price terms, quality, warranty, and lifetime profitability requirements for injection molded plastic parts (motor carriers/wire harness brackets); stampings; tubes, welded assemblies; and hybrid assemblies (Bowden cables, spring mats) and blanking/spindle assemblies.
• Coordinate and manage procurement lifecycle, from initiation of supplier contract awards to supplier Part Approval Process (PPAP) supply chain acceptance, and assure project milestones from quotation, development of parts, validation, rampup, to launch and Start of Production (SOP).

Your Profile

• Education: Bachelor, Business Administration, Marketing, Engineering, or related.

• Twenty-four months’ experience as Buyer or related, calculating or assuring cost, budget, delivery, negotiated price terms, and lifetime profitability requirements for plastic parts such as motor carriers or wire harness brackets and hybrid assemblies such as Bowden cables, or related.

Our company offers a wide range of benefits:

• work in a modern work environment, professional growth, option to take part in international internships
• transport allowance or free transport by company buses
• bonus before Christmas, before holiday, profit sharing
• support of professional, soft skills training and language education
• subsidized meals
• company doctor and physiotherapists
• company childcare centre, summer camps for children
• 5 weeks of holiday
• contribution to a pension scheme and life insurance
• flexible system of electronic benefits
• bonus for worked years at Brose CZ, bonus for anniversaries and upon retirement
• workshops supporting health and balanced lifestyle
• contributions for blood donors, support of leisure time and sport activities