Objective of job ? Support in value creation and standardization for products in development and series ? Analyze local supplier market and fulfillment technical/customer requirements ? External und internal technical interface Principle activities ? Identifying and evaluation of buy parts regarding cost, quality/technical optimizations and environment issues in relation to the valid policies ? Support the finalizing of decisions on intended changes under compliance with relevant requirements (technical specifications, customer approvals, quality requirements, patents, legal requirements) ? Support of the implementation of optimizations in cooperation with the concerned departments, obtaining and preparing information ? Commission/Coordination of processing trials (functional fulfillment, process suitability, Internal costs) ,evaluation of the results and derivation of further measures in cooperation with the needed departments ? Interface in terms of cost optimization measures between purchasing NAFTA/MCO program lead and central component management development TT32 ? Cooperation in local strategic supplier nominations, make or buy analyzes and defining of requirements ? Technical interface to the local supplier and local customer offices ? Prepare technical presentations for supplier and customer communication ? Evaluate the DRX used components and analyze the possibilities for local purchase ? Cross-functional technical support ? Technical support in supplier change management ? Creation and evaluation of reports and presentation. Ensure the escalation process in cases of deviations ? Execute complex analyzes in component data base and deduce activities Job requirements ? Graduation from university with 2 to 3 years of professional experience or knowledge acquired in other ways ? 2-3 years’ working experience ? Experience in automotive business ? Experience automotive components/technical requirements ? Experience production process harness ? good internal and extern communication ? English and /or German language ? Basic technical understanding