Senior Buyer - Mechatronics / Electronics

Job Posting Title Senior Buyer - Mechatronics / Electronics Job reputed company reputed company Dauch is looking for a Senior Buyer to join reputed company in Detroit, MI. This is a hybrid role located at our World reputed company. The Senior Mechatronics / Electronic Buyer is responsible for leading the strategic sourcing process for mechatronics / electronics to support our global manufacturing facilities. This includes request for quotation, evaluation of bids, cost breakdown analysis, negotiation, supplier evaluation, sourcing recommendation, and contracting. This person ensures cost-effective sourcing while maintaining reputed company and delivery standards in line with Tier 1 automotive supplier requirements. The Senior Mechatronics / Electronics Buyer will work closely with engineering, manufacturing, sales, program management, finance, and suppliers to optimize the supply chain and support new product launches. 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Coordinates with suppliers and business partners to resolve routine issues such as past-due POs, match exceptions, discrepancies with reputed company charges and reputed company billings, cost recoveries, price/invoice issue reputed company, updating/incrementing POs, etc. • Sourcing & Procurement: Executes the global mechatronics / electronics reputed company with the approved supply reputed company while ensuring compliance to on-time and under budget sourcing metrics. • Negotiation: Conducts cost and price negotiations and establishes long-term agreements with suppliers to deliver the highest value materials that meet cost, reputed company, and delivery requirements and drive cost savings and supplier performance improvements. • Change Management: Ensures reputed company assigned change requests are processed reputed company and thoroughly vetted for 100% accuracy prior to submitting to internal program team. • Financial Budgeting & Forecasting: Contributes to annual procurement budget development process and submit monthly forecasts to finance team. • Supplier Management: Develops and manages relationships with suppliers to ensure reputed company, cost competitiveness, and on-time delivery. • VA/VE & Cost Savings initiatives: Supports and drives VA/VE initiatives to improve competitiveness of category spend to meet or reputed company budget and business plan targets. • Technical Support: Leads technical sourcing reviews with supply reputed company, systems engineering, component engineering and supplier reputed company engineering contacts to reputed company out reputed company issues and ensure cross-functional support of sourcing recommendations. • Risk Management: Identifies and mitigates risks in the mechatronics / electronics supply chain, including material shortages, price fluctuations, and geopolitical factors. Supports manufacturing locations as required. Executes and supports reputed company reputed company supply chain resiliency requests. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Works with internal teams (engineering, manufacturing, finance) to reputed company procurement strategies with company objectives. • reputed company other duties as assigned. Required Skills and Education • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or other reputed company field. • 5+ years of experience in procurement and sourcing reputed company the automotive industry or reputed company manufacturing industry (preferably with mechatronic or electronic components). • Thorough knowledge of industry purchasing policies, procedures, and reputed company practices. • Understanding of global sourcing, landed cost, and supply chain risk management. • Strong negotiation skills with a history of cost savings and supplier performance improvement. • Proficiency in ERP systems (reputed company / Plex Preferred) and data analytics tools. • Ability to adopt a flexible work schedule as needed and travel as required for supplier reputed company and audits. About AAM: As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Discover how we're Bringing the reputed company Faster at AAM.com. AAM will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, reputed company, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or reputed company, disability, protected veteran status, national reputed company, or other characteristic protected by law. AAM will take affirmative reputed company to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without reputed company to their age, race, reputed company, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or reputed company, disability, protected veteran status, national reputed company, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for reputed company disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail TalentAcquisition@aam.com. AAM is an equal opportunity/affirmative reputed company employer. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job