Sr. Buyer - Software Sourcing

Responsibilities: 1. Establish the team and competency for software and engineering services sourcing 2. Define the sourcing landscape and strategy for system wise software sourcing for Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) 3. Provide innovative, proactive inputs to product development team at the product concept phase for enabling SDV development 4. Define the sourcing landscape and strategy for engineering services sourcing 5. Provide strategic inputs to product development team at the product concept phase 6. Benchmarking and providing target cost for software elements and related design and development efforts 7. At Technical sign off stage with prospective suppliers validate the engineering efforts for software development or engineering services quoted by the suppliers 8. Develop standard quotation templates for software elements and engineering services 9. Define a matrix of system wise, platform wise, geography wise manhour costs for software development and engineering services efforts 10. Define service level agreements with suppliers 11. Achieve cost targets defined at the business case level and provide a plan for year-on-year reduction strategy 12. Maintain and foster supplier relationships

15+ years of management experience in automotive software sourcing or selling

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Influencing Skills

Project Planning & Execution

Risk Analysis

Supplier Selection

Pricing

Price Optimization

Supplier Risk Management

Sourcing

Strategic Sourcing

Benchmarking

Negotiation

Project Management

Supplier Management