Buyer - Project Purchasing

Job Title: Project Purchasing

Company: Aisin World Corp. of America

Department: Purchasing

Location: Seymour, IN

Aisin Group Overview:

AISIN Corporation is the world's fifth largest Tier One supplier of automotive components and systems such as brakes, transmissions, navigation systems, drivetrain, chassis, body, engine-related parts, electronics, and intelligent parking systems. A $35 billion company, AISIN is the largest manufacturer of automatic transmissions in the world and employs more than 120,000 team members at 216 consolidated companies.

Chances are that the vehicle you're riding in is equipped with an Aisin product.

Position Responsibilities

The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:

• Leading and controlling purchasing projects to achieve targets.
• Review and analyze cost
• Collecting data to release to the buyer for quoting activity
• Communicating the progress of the project to team members and executives.
• Preparing necessary presentation material for meetings
• Maintaining purchasing project documents such as tracking sheet and reports

Required Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Organizational skills
• Microsoft Office (Excel)
• Negotiation Skills
• Document Management

Beneficial Skills and Experience

• Previous Purchasing and/or Project experience 1-5 years

Education/Training/Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, other Applied Science, or Purchasing supply chain management is preferred. Bachelor's degree in Business or other non-technical area is acceptable based on proven technical skill.

Travel Requirements

• Approximately 20 %
• Must be willing and available to travel to such locations and with such frequency as is necessary and desirable to meet business needs.

Work Environment Requirements

With reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to operate a personal computer, telephone, and other office equipment.
• Must perform job duties onsite, when necessary, except those duties that are customarily or by their nature performed offsite (for example, offsite customer visits).
• Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work on multiple assignments at once, and complete assignments within deadline and budget (if applicable) with satisfactory quality.
• Must be able to operate as an effective team member.
• Must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all company safety policies.

Attendance/Work Hour Requirements

• Must maintain an acceptable attendance record.
• Must be willing and available to work weekends and holidays as necessary and desirable to meet business needs.

Bonus Overview

• An incentive pay program offers payouts based on individual performance, job level, and company performance.

Benefit Overview

• Aisin World Corp. of America offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation and holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, vehicle discounts and more.

**Candidates applying for positions with Aisin must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

**Aisin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Current Openings for Buyer Project Purchasing Jobs at AISIN World Seymour