Purchase Order Management 

• Place and confirm purchase orders with approved suppliers for established material, parts, or services in accordance with contracts, master production schedule, independent spares/repair requirements, and established lead times.
• Ensure purchase orders are executed, goods received, and invoices paid in accordance with the approved terms and conditions.

Master Data Management

• Maintain contracts and source rules within ERP system
• Manage lead time, part cost, setup cost, and mode of transportation

Change Management

• Coordinate all engineering changes with the Engineering department, as assigned
• Perform analysis of inventory to include supplier WIP and transportation WIP
• Calculate cost impact due to engineering change to include cost of rework and scrap
• Manage effectivity date of change to minimize cost impact and maximize inventory consumption
• Ability to understand and read bills of material and Engineering drawings and RECARO standards
• Prepare all needed engineering data packages and facilitate submission to suppliers
• Manage supplier quote and negotiation process
• Manage PO revisions to support effectivity and master production schedule
• Resolve any documentation discrepancies 

Supplier Management

• Conduct monthly supplier management reviews to support business objectives & deliverables
• Manage supplier on time delivery and fill accuracy
• Manage all quality issues throughout the process to include first article, receiving inspection, discrepancies on the production line, and supplier corrective actions
• Management total cost of ownership to include part cost, transportation cost, cost of poor quality
• Maintain standard risk cube to include any mitigation plans
• Facilitate communication of forecasts with suppliers to ensure proper long range planning of capacity, manpower, and raw materials
• Manage any instances of supplier transition and present to sourcing board
• Ensure all RECARO owned tooling is properly tagged and logged into ERP system of record and maintain tool life, maintenance records and prepare annual tooling budget requirements

Global Strategy

• Support RECARO global sourcing strategy
• Explore opportunities in low cost countries
• Support all exchange rate risk mitigation efforts
• Develop annual plan to accomplish cost targets

Negotiation 

• Ensure all required documentation is in place to include but not limited to: Non-Disclosure Agreement, Global Purchase Agreement, Quality Assurance Agreement, Supplier Questionnaire, Supplier Risk Assessment, Supplier Audit, Supplier Credit Report
• Lead negotiations of all terms and conditions of all agreements and contracts in the best interest of RECARO
• Ensure all negotiations are legal, ethical, and in accordance with company policies as well as any governing or regulatory agencies

Supplier Selection

• Ensure supplier capabilities and core competencies are in line with the commodity family strategy and RECARO business objectives
• Conduct fair competition among qualified potential suppliers
• Evaluate supplier scorecard and audit results where applicable
• Present results to supplier selection board or sourcing board for approval

Safety

• Follow all office safety policies
• Ensure compliance with all shop floor safety regulations when participating in activities within any production, logistics, warehousing, or staging areas.

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all RECARO policies, procedures, and work instructions
• Ensure compliance with any regulatory or governing body to include, but not limited to, AS9100, EN9100, ISO9001, ISO14001, FAA, EASA, Airbus, or Boeing

Additional

• Any other duties as required by your supervisory staff.