Direct Senior Buyer

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Manage sourcing within budget or on schedule
- Ensure flawless SDT launches per PLUS and customer timing / deliverables
- To guarantee there are enough director manufacturing supplies and components for interior activities, maintain them
- Strive to achieve cost savings goals and financial commitments per program/corporate targets
- Understand and support execution of supplier Commodity Strategies (MBBP)
- Support commodity managers developing and implementing sub commodity strategies
- Initiate and lead cross functional Make vs Buy decisions
- Supplier management activities: RFQ (Request For Quote), change management, contract negotiations, payment queries, dispute resolution, etc
- Investigate and validate new potential suppliers in Southeast Region to support operations