Purchasing Buyer - Plant Daily Issues

Job Title: Purchasing Buyer - Plant Daily Issues

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, 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:

• Plant Daily Issues (PDI) members will support the Manufacturing Plant to resolve daily supplier-related issues and are a dedicated resource to the assigned Aisin Manufacturing Plant.
• Support/Lead Supplier improvement activities and problem resolution with other Aisin teams.
• PDI issues include, but are not limited to: Delivery (Order, fulfillment) issues with suppliers, Quality issues, Commercial issues (Invoice variances, Price Changes).
• Maintain Key process indicators for roles and function.
• Develop systems, processes and instructions for activities to meet roles.
• Develop data systems to ease gathering of data and reporting to support roles.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned by management.

Production Support Role:

• Process Change Request (PCR) and Engineering Change Requests (ECR, ECI) coordination with the Manufacturing Plant teams and AWA Purchasing Teams (Project and Commodity).
• Daily management, follow-ups, and reporting of open issues and activities to resolve open issues via Problem Follow-up Sheet (PFUS) for supplier quality and delivery issues.
• Support Commodity by obtaining engineering documents for product assigned to AUM, control and identification of fixed assets.
• Confirmation of supplier capacities to fulfill the forecast and contractual agreements for supplied product demand.

Supplier Pricing Support Role:

• Review, Track, and Complete all price changes submitted for the NAP Site inclusive of confirmation of price change analysis, Preparation of material to update blanket purchase order, verifications of Blanket purchase order updates, calculation of retroactive payments and issuance of debit and credit memos.
• Meet with suppliers and NAP site to communicate and resolve issues on supplier price change requests.
• Resolve invoice price variance issues with suppliers with Site Finance team and maintain systems to track and issue necessary debit and / or credit memos.
• Support and complete necessary reporting for piece price variance, diversity spend, projected price change impacts inclusive of accruals.
• Audit of reports to ERP system to confirm agreement in pricing.

Required Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Effective written and verbal communication skills for internal and external contacts
• Ability to create effective memos and letters, spreadsheets and presentations
• Capable of analyzing quotations, developing budgets, and understanding cost impact
• Ability to comprehend technical and business correspondence
• Ability to analyze manufacturing processes and blueprints
• Strong computer skills and ability to create graphs, spreadsheets, and charts

Beneficial Skills and Experience

• Experience in automotive industry with understanding of standard job functions and requirements within the industry
• Prior purchasing experience in automotive industry or industrial environment
• Experience with project management
• Experience in multi-cultural environment, preferably Japanese-based
• Fluency in English with additional language skill in Japanese, Chinese, German, and/or Spanish

Education/Training/Certifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Applied Science, Engineering Technology, Business, Supply Chain Management is preferred. Non-Bachelor degreed candidates can be considered with applicable 5 years work experience.

Travel Requirements

• Approximately 10 %
• Willing to obtain a Passport for international travel
• 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The policy of Aisin is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal law. Additionally, Aisin is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search, email us at jobs@aisinworld.com or call us at (734)-453-5551. Please provide a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title of the position for which you are applying.

Diversity Statement

AISIN is committed to workforce diversity, creating equity and advancing a culture of inclusion in which every team member is treated fairly and with respect. Our inclusive work environment brings together a variety of backgrounds, skills, education and perspectives. Attracting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce requires that everyone have an equal opportunity to participate, contribute, and advance.

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