ADVANCED PURCHASING SPECIALIST (Automotive Electronics Industry)

Nidec Mobility America Corporation · St. Charles, Illinois

FULL TIME

Job Description

Nidec Mobility America Corporation(NMOA) seeks

an energetic and focused

Advanced Purchasing Sourcing Specialist-Electronic Components

within our St. Charles, IL location.

(Electrical Engineering major preferred)

NMOA (St. Charles, IL), headquarters our family of Companies with facilities in the USA, Canada, Germany and Mexico

(with our Sales Team based in Detroit Metro).

A little about Nidec Mobility..

We are the North America headquarters for Nidec Mobility America

(locations in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Canada, Mexico)

and a leading Automotive Electronics Designer and manufacturer of sophisticated electronic sensing and control technology / components. We control the most discrete functions within an automobile, including: power system components, complex user interfaces, seat and power window switches, and instrument panel controls, electronic sensing/radar).

Objective

Our Key team member works within Advanced Purchasing and cross-functionally with New Product Launch and Cost Planning to manage Opportunity Matrix, Component EOL, BOM, IR/QAF, COS, NPOS, Invoice processes, Supplier Risk Evaluations, and assure business processes/documents are uploaded within the respective systems, with secured approval authority.

Essential Responsibilities

Manage Bill of Material(BOM), Item Register, Quote Approval Format(IR/QAF), Cost of Sales(COS), No Product Sign-off(NPSO), Invoicing/Invoicing discrepancies, Supplier Portal activities Tracker processes and Supplier Risk Evaluations, and documents all processes into their respective systems.
Work cross-functionally with New Product Launch team to understand, then process the priorities of new programs and working with AP to ensure successful closure BOMs (Bill of Materials) to support those new programs.
Update Opportunity Matrix continuously to understand new programs’ sourcing to use for Sourcing Manager negotiations
Manage Component EOL (End of Life) situations.

Work cross functionally to understand which programs are affected, understand future requirements, and track

Last Time Buy 's to ensure no disruption to supply for customer programs.
Work cross-functionally with Cost Planning team to understand programs with less than 10% Operating Profit. Once BOMs, components are identified, work with AP team to negotiate or look to resource components to drive toward.
Support the Advanced Purchasing Strategic Group Manager and Department on a daily basis, implementing new procedures and documentation to ensure compliance and correct usage.
Create/Compile business statistical reports.
Compose / Generate correspondence/reports and support department records retention requirements.
Maintain invoices / purchase orders / business correspondence, or other printed materials.
Support Advanced Purchasing with any additional projects and needs, as needed.
Communicate to Electrical/Mechanical Suppliers via email to receive / record feedback to prevent catastrophic issues during mass societal issues

(tsunami, earthquake, virus) .
Responsible for IQR’s. Work closely with Cost Planning to ensure timely submission of IQR’s.
Conduct electronic quote requests from suppliers, as needed.

Experience

3+ years’ Advanced Purchasing Sourcing Specialist(Electronics) experience.

Education

Bachelor Degree Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, preferred or 5+ year’s progressive work experience as an Advanced Purchasing Specialist(Electronics) within the Automotive Industry.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Strong

Commodity Negotiations Experience

with

Standard Negotiating Processes .

High exposure to Custom Part EOL (End-of-Life) management processes

and

formal LTB (Last Time Buy) procedures .

Strong familiarity with Semiconductor Suppliers

and

Semiconductor Market dynamics .

Direct Working knowledge with

Automotive Industry Advanced Purchasing Requirements / Processes .

Expert Negotiation strategy experience

that is

clearly exhibited by past negotiation success .

Knowledge of workplace software used for word processing, spreadsheets, planning, presentations, and e-mail.

Strong MS Suite skills (Microsoft Office, Word and Excel and Access).

Strong math aptitude.

Knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within the field,

Use experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals.

Must be able to effectively manage time and resources.

High attention to detail, be highly organized and be highly efficient and effective.

Strong problem solving/analytic skills

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec

Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team. No soliciting directly to hiring managers

Company	Nidec Mobility America Corporation
Location	St. Charles, Illinois
Type	FULL TIME
Niche	Full-time