Procurement Project Leader

The Procurement Project Leader (PPL) is responsible for leading all procurement activities within assigned programs, ensuring alignment between Program Management, Sourcing and Cross-Functional Teams. The role ensures timely execution of sourcing milestones, risk identification and mitigation, and structured coordination with Buyers and Suppliers throughout the program lifecycle. The PPL acts as the single procurement interface for program-related topics, maintaining visibility on sourcing progress, supplier readiness and governance compliance, while supporting program objectives in terms of timing, quality and cost alignment.

• Program Procurement Leadership (NPI / Resourcing)
• Owns QCD Procurement performance for assigned programs.
• Acts as single Procurement Point of Contact (POC) for Program Management.
• Ensures alignment between Program Management and Sourcing functions.
• Owns procurement milestone compliance (RFQ, Nomination, ODT, PPAP, SOP).
• Monitors sourcing progress and escalates risks impacting program timing or nomination.
• Maintains structured tracking of procurement risks and mitigation plans.
• Ensures procurement readiness validation prior to program milestone approvals.
• Maintain structured tracking of all assigned programs ensuring clear visibility on status, risks and actions.
• Ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness of Flowex data for all assigned programs.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree preferably in Engineering, Economics or Business Administration
• 4–6 years experience in Automotive Procurement or Program environment.
• Experience in RFQ and sourcing nomination process.
• Exposure to new product introduction (NPI) or serial program management.
• Understanding of BOM cost structure and sourcing governance.
• Project management skills
• Analytic thinking and leadership skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
• SAP knowledge.
• Advanced Excel.
• Experience with project tracking tools (MS Project).