Specialist, Direct Procurement BIW and Closures📣 Job Ad

About the Role

CEER is seeking a Specialist, Direct Procurement BIW and Closures to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is responsible for managing the sourcing of goods and services for Body-in-White (BIW) components. The role involves developing commodity and supplier strategies, managing supplier relationships, and overseeing procurement activities to ensure cost optimization, efficiency, compliance, and alignment with organizational objectives.

The ideal candidate will support product development cycles, drive supplier localization, and ensure the timely and quality delivery of critical components for vehicle production. This role requires a proactive approach to market analysis, cost reduction initiatives, and collaborative engagement with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive commodity strategies, including detailed part and supplier strategies.
• Support product change requests by reviewing, communicating, and assessing their impacts on pricing and capacity plans.
• Identify and track supplier localization opportunities, driving execution to achieve defined targets.
• Ensure timely sourcing of components in adherence to vehicle program development timelines, approved supplier panels, specifications, quality standards, and market competitiveness.
• Prepare and issue Contracts and Purchase Orders based on finalized negotiations with selected suppliers.
• Coordinate with suppliers to resolve pricing, quality, delivery, or invoicing issues.
• Track supplier capacity and ramp-up schedules to meet pre-build and mass production requirements.
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies, and supplier market dynamics to inform procurement decisions.
• Research and evaluate cost-reduction opportunities, driving savings initiatives.
• Stay informed of changes affecting the supply and demand for required products and materials, and communicate potential impacts to relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including Program, Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain departments, as well as with suppliers, on new projects, supplies, and initiatives.
• Advise on the impact of changes on purchasing and production activities.
• Prepare, deliver, and maintain essential briefs, updates, and reports, including tracking and reporting savings to the Procurement Manager.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or Business Administration.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in Procurement and Supply Chain.

Required Skills

• Proficiency in SAP.
• Experience with ARIBA.
• Strong analytical and data visualization skills using Power BI.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Effective presentation skills.

Work Environment and Details

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires 2-5 years of relevant experience in procurement and supply chain.