The Role: Responsible for the plant procurement performance, leaning on the regional commodity buyers team for direct material, managing local requirements and suppliers for subcontracting, leading Indirect material buyers and Supplier Quality activities, and ensuring a robust VAVE process, follow up and implementation at plant level.

　　Work Location: On-Site at Alamance, NC site

　　Direct Reports : 3

　　Travel: Will travel domestically, up to 20%

　　What will you do? Suppliers Quality, Cost, and Delivery performance

　　Procurement: Achieve specific procurement goals within area of responsibility. May also involve working to improve established procurement procedures.

　　Buying: Negotiate with vendors on product assortment and price. Involves working either on a small to medium category of products, merchandise, or services or on specified products and services within a large category.

　　Contract Requirements : Identify contract requirements and write specifications for a medium portfolio or area of the business for existing contracts and/or new contracts.

　　Contract Management: Deliver required outcomes by managing day-to-day relationships with contract service providers while working within an established contract management plan.

　　Local Category Management: Deliver specific category goals within a category plan/program in line with the organizations’ purchasing/procurement and/or sales strategy.

　　Budgeting : Deliver a budget for an area of the organization or conduct complex analyses on budget progress in other areas of the organization.

　　Management : Manage plant buyers and plant purchasing team ensuring transparency, accuracy, and consistency of data in the purchasing information systems Manage accurate and on time monthly reporting by the plants according to Division’s process and with Division’s tools.

　　What are we looking for?

　　Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree

　　Experience: Minimum 5-7 years in Procurement Leadership Role

　　Systems: SAP ERP system, preferred

　　Industry: Automotive experience, preferred

　　What do we offer?

　　Compensation: Competitive Salary with Bonus Structure

　　Benefits: Eligible employees may participate in most benefit programs on the first of the month following or coincident with date of hire.

　　Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

　　Employer Paid Life and AD&D Insurance

　　Pre-tax Savings & Spending Accounts (HSAs and FSAs)

　　Voluntary Benefits- a variety of options

　　Employer Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability

　　401(k) Plan with Employer Match

　　GKN has been inventing the future for 250 years. A global automotive technology company that pioneered electric drive systems and is now driving the future of transportation. We are a trusted partner for most of the world’s automotive companies, specializing in developing, building, and supplying market-leading driveline systems and advanced ePowertrain technologies.

　　Diversity and Inclusion: As a global engineering company, innovation is what differentiates us from our competitors and is central to our success. A balance of cultures, ethnicities and genders help bring new ideas and creativity to GKN Automotive. We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination, and creativeness in our teams around the world. GKN Automotive is an equal opportunity employer. We treat all our employees and applicants fairly and are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination or harassment against any employee or qualified applicant on the grounds of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us to request any such accommodation.

　　Our Culture, Values & Behaviors: We are committed to ensuring that we have the right people, in the right roles and enabling the right environment for success.

　　Ingenious : We take a comprehensive view of all options to ensure our approach will create competitive advantage

　　Collaborative : We fully involve and develop individuals and teams. We build trust and nurture the potential of others and self to be at our collective best.

　　Principled : We inspire people to commit with energy, accountability, and purpose to take the business forward

　　Driven : We maximize operational efficiency to deliver performance and customer value

　　These form the basis of our business culture and reflect the best of who we are and how we work, with each other, our customers, and our partners. They are also a core part of our people strategy and serve as the foundation for how we recruit, develop, and recognize our people.

　　GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.