Do you want to be Autocar’s commodity buyer?

Your mission


What Does it Take to Be Part of Our Team?
You’ll Achieve These Key Outcomes:

• Perform daily procurement activities related to prototype, development and production orders, logistics, quality and financial flows to the suppliers
• Develop, negotiate, and implement commodity strategies resulting in improved Supplier performance, enhanced product quality, innovative technology, and maximum value
• Drive negotiations and Supply agreements with suppliers within your segment strategy
• Contribute to techno-commercial roadmaps and be an active member in the Autocar LLC Buyer network
• Drive all relevant activities to deliver on Quality, Delivery, Cost, Project management and Risk mitigation towards new and existing products
• Monitor, identify, and mitigate risks in cooperation with the Supplier Development team and Engineering team
• Forecast cost evolution for scope of responsibility

• What We Are Looking For

You’ll Demonstrate These Competencies for Success:

• Strategic thinking that analyzes and understands the organization’s competitive position both internally and externally
• Focused yet flexible to support and lead changes that improve effectiveness
• Engaging with a logical ability to inspire support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions.
• Analytical excellence with ability to solve problems with a systematic, sequential approach
• Process driven ability to achieve results in a fast-paced environment
• Honest to do what is right, not politically expedient

• Desire to apply skills and knowledge to lead the Autocar commodity purchasing team and develop outstanding and viable relationships

Your Background Includes:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field is preferred.

• Experience in Automotive or Commercial Vehicle supply chain preferred

• 2 years of Purchasing experience. Fresh Engineering graduates may apply.
• Proven supplier negotiation skills
• Experience in the automotive / commercial vehicle industry is an advantage
• Well-developed business acumen, agile in way of working
• Desire to work in a collaborative team towards a common purpose
  • Experience in leading supply chain with high complexity environments

• Working knowledge of sourcing process, systems, tools, and methods
• You may have Supply Chain Certification (APICS, CPIM, CSCM)
• You enjoy translating and integrating systems to interpret data analytics and facilitate effective communications with key stakeholders
• You thrive under the challenge to deliver custom solutions for your customers on time, every time - even when customer requirements change

Where will you work?


About Autocar
At Autocar, we are transforming the vocational truck industry, providing the highest quality, safest, and most advanced technology in the severe-duty class 8 vocational truck segment. Every truck we make is custom-engineered, and custom built to the customer’s specifications.
We are a privately US owned and operated company that expects our team members to act with an owner mindset: Relentless about creating value for the end user. Dogged about finding efficiencies and eliminating waste. Standing arm and arm with the rest of the team until the job is done—and ready to do it again the next day, with a smile.