Program Sourcing Buyer

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Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

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So, what will you be doing as a Program Buyer?

• Executing the category strategy within the program perimeter, at the direction of the Category Manager(s).
• Achieving all major program deliverables (cost, quality, timing, service, etc.)
• Preparing and presenting sourcing committee documentation, to be validated and approved by the Sourcing Committee.
• Executing contracts reflecting the results of sourcing initiatives that adequately manage business and supply risks with appropriate legal terms and conditions.
• Managing the interface between the Program and the Suppliers; work with Category management to integrate suppliers as early as possible in the program. Work with selected suppliers to propose design / cost improvement ideas to benefit the program.
• Managing cost and timing during the product development, in conjunction with Supplier Development.
• Providing the necessary support, information, and updates to the program core team.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Successfully completed technical or business degree with a strong technical understanding or an equivalent education.
• Experience in international procurement and technical products in the automotive industry.
• Good communication ability and excellent negotiation skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and pronounced solution orientation as well as in global teams across different departments.
• Fluency in English is mandatory, additional languages are preferable (e.g. local language).
• Good Excel and Power Point skills as well as experience in Business Intelligence-Software.
• Willingness for international travel and intercultural understanding - Global Mindset.
• Basic knowledge of commercial contract law preferred.
• Customer-oriented thinking and acting as well as high adherence to timelines.
• Understanding of the processes according to ISO 9001 / IATF 16949, VDA 6.3.
• Broad knowledge of manufacturing processes and experience in interpreting and analyzing a CBD.
• Someone who is able and willing to source a newly developed product.

Travel Requirements: about 20%

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