Buyer - Electrical

**Job Description**:
**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Handling commercial issues with suppliers and assessing supplier performance.
- Develop and manage suppliers under the guidance of Quality, Service, Technology, and Price strategies. This includes sound understanding of required program lead times, supplier lead times and capacities.
- Building and maintaining strong supplier relations.
- Active participation with key stakeholders - Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain.
- Ability to work effectively cross functionally, both internally and externally and build relationships.
- Maintain Performance Pipeline for budgetary requirements
- Lead Strategic Supplier Cost Savings Initiatives.
- Adhere to Corporate purchasing and accounting policies and procedures.
- Utilize Direct Material Sourcing Process (Request for Quotation, Analysis of Quotation, Source Selection) to establish a capable/competitive supply base.
- Negotiate renewal or resource of Blanket Orders
**Additional Job Description**:
**Skills**
- Bachelor degreed in Business Administration, Engerineering or corretaled are
- Advanced level of English is required
- Spanish is a plus
- Experience with commodities (electrical components, plastic parts, resins, paint, etc.).
- Proven competence in negotiating skills.
- Professional interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to perform in depth analysis of all cost drivers, learn and develop sound strategies based on changing market developments, market pricing and commodities trends.
- Strong quantitative and mathematical abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple suppliers.
**About GM**:
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
**Why Join Us**:
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
**Diversity Information**:
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.

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