Electronics Category Lead for Automotive Sector
1 month ago
Cogs is seeking a seasoned Electronics Category Lead to spearhead the commodity strategy for our automotive clients. This key role demands strong technical understanding of production systems, excellent negotiation skills, and ability to organize cross-functional teams.
Job DescriptionWe offer a competitive salary range of $100,000 - $150,000 per annum, depending on experience, in addition to a comprehensive benefits package.
The ideal candidate will possess several years of relevant professional experience in Electronics commodity, ideally within the automotive industry. Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and executing commodity strategies aligned with Cogs' strategic objectives
- Identifying new suppliers and strengthening relationships with existing ones
- Coordinating supplier proposals, considering factors such as quality, costs, delivery times, and supplier evaluations
- Creating inquiry documents and tenders
- Evaluating and negotiating offers, presenting results to management
- Achieving targets, including execution, costs, and delivery times
- Developing, negotiating, and concluding individual and framework contracts
- Improving data quality in existing systems
- Training and supporting departments on qualified requirements, creating needs-based specifications, and budgets
Candidates should hold a completed degree in economics or engineering, or equivalent commercial/technical training. They must also demonstrate flexibility, entrepreneurial spirit, analytical mindset, presentation skills, and high customer orientation. Proficiency in MS Office and SAP is essential.
Qualifications- Completed degree in economics or engineering
- Several years of relevant professional experience in Electronics commodity
- Sound technical understanding of production systems
- Experience in organizing cross-functional European teams in a matrix organization
- Experience in drafting contracts
- Flexibility, negotiating skills, entrepreneurial and analytical mindset
- Presentation skills and high degree of customer orientation
- SAP knowledge
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