Buyer

The Senior Buyer is responsible for developing and managing the supply base, negotiating pricing, terms, and agreements for materials critical to the production of Cooper Standard products and business operations.

Requirements

• Execute and sustain comprehensive commodity strategies
• Investigate and analyze key market dynamics and commodity trends
• Identify, lead, and implement lean savings initiatives
• Manage the supply base to ensure alignment with business requirements
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• Lead annual supplier business reviews
• Proactively support the resolution of critical supply chain issues
• Maintain and organize commercial documents and records
• Investigate new potential supply partners
• Implement benchmarking RFQ and cost analysis
• Identify quote and source the most strategic supply partners