Commodity Buyer

Commodity Buyer

What can you expect?

Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 77,000 employees in 32 countries, Adient operates 202 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide, we produce and deliver automotive seating for all vehicle classes and all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design all the way to engineering and manufacturing – and into more than 25 million cars every year.

At Adient we are proud to offer hybrid working to our employees which involves being able to work remotely for up to 5 days per week.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Develop and implement commodity strategies for the defined commodity
• Meet or exceed profit plan goals related to commodities including: cost savings, economics, supplier rationalization, working capital improvements and other key metrics
• Support implementation of regional commodity strategies
• Maintain and update cost saving roadmaps
• Leverage of purchases across all business units
• Benchmarking and competitive sourcing
• Conducts cost-breakdown analysis.
• Support enhanced Sourcing {w /landed costs}
• Market tests
• Utilizes RFQ tools & systems to manage supplier negotiations and data, to identify and drive project execution within given Commodity
• Leads strategic negotiations and review all agreements prior to execution.
• Leads Quarterly Business reviews with Suppliers
• Supplier pricing negotiation
• Support accurate and timely reporting of key measurables
• Support implementation of standardization activities
• New supplier investigation
• Support the VAVE initiative

Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, or Supply Chain or related technical field
• +4 years of purchasing experience in automotive
• In depth knowledge of the procurement process
• In depth understanding of purchasing tools and practices
• Ability to recognize and respond to expectations with sense of urgency and
• Ability to cooperate with people of different levels inside/ outside the company and to interact with team to reach team goals and business objectives
• Ability to gather information, analyze data, prepare and lead negotiations as well as deliver a recommendation, and sense for multitasking
• Fluent English skills mandatory
• Relevant SAP knowledge; very good Excel skills
• Up to 25% travel may be required, driving license B

Which benefits do we offer?

• Base monthly salary starting from 2500 EUR gross. Our salary is fair and competitive and can be higher than the starting minimum in the advert
• 13th salary
• Language and proficiency courses
• Meal vouchers (fully paid by employer)
• Flexible working hours, possibility to work remotely including days from abroad
• Extra holiday entitlement
• Inclusive allowance scheme including Health support allowance, Jubilee allowance, Housing allowance
• Referral bonus
• Employee Assistance Program "Felix"
• Volunteer days
• Active life with colleagues, full of various sports activities
• Various CSR Activities
• Modern relax areas, playroom
• Coffee and tea at the workplace


Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.

We are looking forward to receiving your application including your salary and your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Michal Majzlán on +421327413099.