Direct Materials Buyer – Scrap & Recycling (Raw Materials) - Gigafactory Berlin Brandenburg in Grünheide (Mark) bei Tesla

Direct Materials Buyer – Scrap & Recycling (Raw Materials) (m/f/d) - Gigafactory Berlin Brandenburg in Grünheide (Mark) bei Tesla

Tesla

What to Expect

Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg marks a defining moment in Europe for Tesla’s mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Here we will launch revolutionary products on a massive scale, using extraordinary speed, innovation and efficiency. Our employees will ensure that we achieve our goals, and we welcome you to help us write the next chapter of our success story.

The Tesla Direct Procurement team is looking to hire a skilled Buyer/Supply Analyst to manage the entire value process for the scrap & recycling commodity, them being selling to the market or buying from the market as key input to sustainable & cost effective Raw Materials. You are involved in the development process for new key projects on sustainability, closed loop solutions & end of lifecycle from an early stage and you are the link between external suppliers and internal customers. You will work in close coordination with Circular Solutions team and report functionally to the Global Supply Managers in the US who are responsible for the global methodologies and strategy. You are also the reference person for indirect procurement (waste related services), Engineering and Material Planning teams on product groups you manage.

What You’ll Do

Responsible for selecting suppliers and carry out contract negotiations. This is done by focusing on global commodity strategy, quality, specification, price and reliability of supply
Ensure supplier readiness before SOP and during ramp-up
Evaluate supplier business proposals and present recommendations that will result in cost savings, avoidance or containment
Provide guidance on and evaluate final selection of suppliers; Perform value analysis for final selection of suppliers
Based on key performance indicators, you demand continuous improvement from your suppliers
You strive to involve suppliers as early as possible in our development processes
Continuously undertake market research and benchmarking in order to benefit from new trends in the global and EMEA supplier market. Special focus of research will be on constant in-depth intelligence on the scrap Market as key inputs to the colleagues managing steel, aluminum and resins commodities and to an advance Green materials strategy
Support the Gigafactory Berlin and Remanufacturing Tilburg teams in benchmarking and establishing Battery Recycling commodity in the EMEA region, ensuring sharp execution of the global strategy in line with the Raw Material Global commodities, targets and EMEA policy compliance requirements.
Work collaboratively on a cross-functional level with other departments like engineering, supplier industrialization, quality and many more
New supplier introduction and management
You manage commodity accounts in the operational level supporting the continuity of Tesla

What You’ll Bring

You live raw materials procurement or direct procurement within the automotive sector! You have a drive to make sure that all assigned programs are fully under control for Gigafactory Berlin set-up and growth
You possess a higher vocational or university qualification in a subject such as material/chemical engineering, automotive engineering, mechanical engineering or business management, or equivalent experience
Experience in purchasing one or more of the relevant commodities and have in-depth technical knowledge of the products
Knowledge of automotive processes and strong analytics skills: strong value analysis & data modelling skills will be a strong plus, even in absence of specific Raw Materials expertise. Precision in data management, mental agility and problem solving skills are as well key to the job
You are fluent in English and/or German

We Offer:

You will be working in our state-of-the-art Gigafactory where you´ll solve the world's most interesting problems with the best and brightest people who share a passion to change the world. Tesla’s compensation package includes competitive salary and Tesla shares or bonuses. Typical benefits that are offered are a pension program, 30 vacation days, employee insurances, relocation and commuting support.