Commodity Buyer
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Occupation Type
Buyers and procurement officers
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
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What We Offer
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary
Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.
Job Responsibilities
The Commodity Buyer will be responsible and accountable for the monitoring and management of the supplier base’s performance, as defined by the category strategy for both Direct and Indirect commodities. Objectives for this role will include:
What We Offer
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary
Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.
Job Responsibilities
The Commodity Buyer will be responsible and accountable for the monitoring and management of the supplier base’s performance, as defined by the category strategy for both Direct and Indirect commodities. Objectives for this role will include:
- Monitoring and reporting the performance of the suppliers against the Group and Plant defined strategies.
- Monitors all Procurement strategies performances to ensure that the maximised value is achieved for the business.
- Builds in-depth knowledge of the supply market within their category sector.
- Monitors and supports the execution of all strategies, including supporting negotiation with suppliers, evaluating on-going contract and supplier performance and measuring contract compliance.
- Support and implementation of sourcing of group-wide deals for the overall category strategy, including supporting any other category sourcing strategies.
- Monitoring and reporting on strategic suppliers within the category
- Monitor and report the results from strategies to incentivise and engage strategic suppliers and then measure and incentivise their performance.
- Automotive sector experience with a Purchasing and Programme Management/Project bias.
- Prolific in Excel, Word and Powerpoint.
- Worked in an OEM or large tier 1 supplier previously.
- Commercially astute.
- Leadership – strong, consistent, clear, inspire others, integrity, ability to drive through change.
- Empowering Others – Delegation of trust, correct controls, feedback, communicate accountability and responsibility.
- Action orientated – Able to deal with problems in appropriate time frames.
- Driven by results – Decisive, confident addressing problems and opportunities, challenging activities to improve performance, demonstrate willingness to challenge accepted methods and standards.
- Effective communication – Clear concise written and spoken, ability at all levels, customer, supplier and internal.
- Strategic agility – recognition of a changing need and speed of response, rapid reaction to challenges.
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure
As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.
Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.
If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.
Worker Type
Regular / Permanent
Group
Cosma International
Worker Type
Regular / Permanent
Group
Cosma International