Buyer - ePowertrain SSU, AFS

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

• Knowledge about electrical and electronics components in automobile firms. • Experience in electrical vehicle projects in automotive firms. • Experience in handling Li-ion battery components, including cells, modules, packs, BMS, wire harness, sensors, flexible PCB, BDU, and related materials.

Supplier Scouting and Industry Mapping: • Conduct thorough scouting of potential suppliers for electric powertrain components. • Perform detailed industry mapping to identify leading suppliers and emerging trends.

Supplier Selection and Price Negotiation: • Identify and select suitable suppliers for electric powertrain components. • Evaluate suppliers based on technical capabilities, cost, quality, and sustainability. • Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure quality, reliability, and innovation. • Lead price negotiations, ensuring competitive pricing aligns with company standards and budget.

Costing and Product Cost Analysis: • Develop cost estimates for electric powertrain components using predefined templates and methodologies. • Regularly update costing models to reflect market conditions and supplier pricing.

Financial Analysis and Risk Assessment: • Analyze suppliers' balance sheets for commercial negotiations. • Assess financial health and risk indicators of suppliers to mitigate potential supply chain risks. • Conduct budget control.

Cost Reduction and Negotiation Strategies: • Identify and implement cost reduction ideas during negotiations. • Develop plans for cost savings without compromising quality or delivery timelines. • Collaborate with engineering and product development teams on value engineering opportunities.

Negotiation Skills: • Exhibit strong negotiation skills for favorable terms and pricing from suppliers. • Maintain robust relationships with suppliers for smooth negotiations and long-term partnerships.

Price Containment: • Implement strategies for effective price containment aligned with cost management objectives. • Devise sourcing strategies considering current and future business needs and industry dynamics.

Supplier Risk Management: • Develop and execute supplier risk management plans. • Proactively identify and mitigate geopolitical, environmental, and market-related risks.

Compliance and Ethical Conduct: • Ensure compliance to processes and systems with a high degree of ethical conduct.

Benchmarking Technology and Prices: • Conduct benchmarking studies to compare technology and prices across the industry. • Use benchmarking data for informed decision-making to ensure competitiveness.

Cross-Functional Team Coordination: • Demonstrate strong coordination and communication skills within cross-functional teams. • Facilitate collaboration among stakeholders to achieve common goals.

Additional Areas of Expertise: • Knowledge in handling development and supply agreements, including awareness of legal clauses. • Engage with suppliers to ensure compliance with ESG guidelines. • Conduct capacity planning and signoff with critical suppliers to ensure smooth supplies. • Regularly update prices to ensure accuracy, considering RM and Forex indexing.

Support to Business Units: • Provide support to other business units, including spares. • Develop differential sourcing strategies.

Preferred Industries

Education Qualification

BE –Electrical & Electronics 

General Experience

2 to 5 yrs experience 

Critical Experience

“Data Analyst”, MIS, Direct, Good Communication – buyer Electric Power Train components

Desirable Skills:

Handling Suppliers, both domestic and international

Knowledge on Automotive Electricals / Electronics :

Analytical skills of understanding of Financial Statements.

SAP, Advanced excel, Presentation skill

System Generated Core Skills

System Generated Secondary Skills