Specialist, Direct Procurement BIW and Closures📣 Job Ad

About the Role

CEER is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Specialist, Direct Procurement BIW and Closures to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is integral to our direct procurement operations, focusing on Body-in-White (BIW) components and closures. The role is responsible for sourcing essential goods and services, cultivating strong supplier relationships, and managing procurement activities to ensure cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and strict adherence to organizational requirements and compliance standards.

The Specialist will play a crucial role in developing commodity and supplier strategies, supporting product development cycles, and driving localization initiatives within the supply chain. This position requires a proactive approach to market analysis, cost reduction, and collaborative engagement with various internal departments and external suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive commodity strategies, including detailed part and supplier strategies.
• Support product change requests by thoroughly reviewing, communicating, and assessing potential impacts on pricing and capacity plans.
• Identify and diligently track supplier localization opportunities, driving the execution process to achieve defined localization targets.
• Ensure timely sourcing of components in alignment with vehicle program development timelines, approved supplier panels, specifications, quality standards, and overall market competitiveness.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders based on finalized negotiations with selected suppliers, ensuring alignment with organizational targets and requirements.
• Coordinate effectively with suppliers to resolve any pricing, quality, delivery, or invoicing issues, and meticulously track supplier capacity and ramp-up schedules to meet pre-build and mass production demands.
• Continuously monitor market trends, competitor strategies, and supplier market dynamics to inform procurement decisions.
• Research and evaluate potential cost-reduction opportunities, actively driving savings initiatives across the procurement function.
• Stay informed of changes affecting the supply and demand for required products and materials, and proactively communicate any potential impacts to relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, including Program Management, Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain teams, as well as external suppliers, on new projects, supplies, and initiatives, providing expert advice on the impact of changes on purchasing and production activities.
• Prepare, deliver, and maintain essential briefs, updates, and reports, including tracking and reporting achieved savings to the Procurement Manager.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or Business Administration.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in Procurement and Supply Chain, preferably within the automotive or manufacturing industry sector.

Required Skills

• Proficiency in SAP/ARIBA.
• Experience with Power BI and Excel for data analysis and reporting.

Work Environment and Details

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires 2-5 years of experience in Procurement and Supply Chain, with a preference for candidates from the automotive or manufacturing industry.