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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:Magna is more than one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.

Job Responsibilities:

Position Overview

Commodity Manager, Capex and MRO in Magna International Purchasing Asia Team takes the major responsibility for identification and execution of synergy cost reductions across Magna’s Groups, as well as the establishment, implementation, and constant improvement of commodity and supplier strategy of Capex and MRO.

Job Responsibility

Synergy identification, promotion, implementation and realization

Dive deep into the demand of the capex and MROs from different Groups of Magna, and identify opportunities for volume bundling, or specification standardizationEffectively promote potential synergy projects, establish project teams and proactively organize cross-groups discussions and alignmentAnalyze synergy opportunities, set up cost saving targets and timelines, define implementation milestones and measures.Lead and conduct internal and external benchmarking, bundling bidding, negotiations, till finalization of contractsDrive the executions in Groups, and monitor the actualization of negotiation results and signed contractReport to regional and global team regularly the progress and results

Commodity strategy formation and execution

Conduct internal demand analysis cross GroupsConduct external supply market study, and current supply base study cross GroupsDefine category positioning, and supplier strategyDive deep into cost drivers and define cost saving measures in strategy paper and constantly drive cost reductions actionsSupport global strategy development by providing Asia inputOrganize technical events (technology workshop, innovation days, etc) with suppliers and capture supplier-enabled innovationEstablish and share supply market intelligence with Groups

Project and operational tasks

Support oversea plants to source Asia/China suppliers, launch RFQs, negotiate price, payment terms, contracts etcOther tasks assigned by the superior when needed

Qualifications

Knowledge and Education: Bachelor's degree or above

Work Experience

Minimum 10 years purchasing experiences in multi-national automotive companiesMinimum 7 years experience managing capex and MRO commodities from strategy to executionHands-on experiences in leading synergy cost reduction projects cross business units most preferred

Managerial Experience: Team management experience is a bonus

Skills and Competencies

Self-motivated Proactive and persuasive communicationStrong willingness to learn, and able to learn quickSystematic & structured thinkingGood English skill in both speaking and writing..Travel approximately 30%Awareness, Unity, Empowerment: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.Worker Type:Regular / PermanentGroup:Magna Corporate