Platform Lead Buyer

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Valeo Group is one of the world's largest Automotive suppliers which is an inspired company focused on innovative products, development and customer satisfaction. Working with us means managing the most advanced and sophisticated technologies.

Our Martos plant is one of the biggest sites within our Visibility Systems Business Group in charge of developing and manufacturing Lighting Products and Electronics. From the latest adaptive lighting technologies to intuitive interior lighting solutions or stylish and design-centric external lighting, Valeo constantly innovates to improve comfort and safety for drivers and passengers alike.

- We are looking for a Platform Lead Buyer. As member of platform team: 

• Enforce sourcing decision taken in Platform SoCo on all P1 awards.
• Performs P1 SoCo for all Platform Components and issue whenever necessary Specific VRF and  Letter of Nomination in line with Price Matrix, LTA & BL negotiated by Platform Purchasing Manager (Lead Buyer), and and sets targets according to full PF scope (Volumes, Costs..) in line with Segment strategies & Regional constraints
• Enforces Purchasing Decisions or support arbitration in front of  his other Network peers"                

- Finalise contractual requirement for Platform component specific to the local entity with the project team such as S-VRF, Logistic Protocol...

• ensure Supplier full understanding of local requirement
• capture improvement proposals, and escalate them to the Platform Team

   
- Monitor and anticipate capacity risks in line with PF volume ramp up.

- Makes the best possible use of all PuMa features and promote its usage among his project team.

- Performs APQ pp process in co-ordination with project team and SQA network in SRM

- Monitor Supplier achievement of PQA milestones according to Project Milestones

- Assess pre-selected suppliers risk impacts on the project related to Development or Production capacity, Technical or Quality capability, financial sustainability. Proposes with Project team & Commodity organisation mitigation plan and ensures it properly recorded in PuMa  SoCo section and/or One page documents.

- Communicates to P1 Develoment centers and enforce PF Panel award in P1 - Respect of Standard

- Identifies, Collects, Transversalizes, Implement Productivities on his PF Component worldwide

- Defines and controls communication flows and contents between project teams and suppliers. Ensures all necessary documentation (Project & Supplier) is properly stored in PuMa (contracts, LON, LTA, BL)             

- Manage updates in Serial Life and triggers platform resources to engage qualification of changes with Technical and Customers networks.

- Feed back to platform team  members all  Platform purchasing KPIs and lead the productivity action plan (VP & PTBV) to reach CAA Targets and ensures application of contracts (LTA, Price Roadmap) over Platform components lifetime

- Ensures proper transfer to Serial Production including Productivity Actions yet to implement (PTBV)

- Supports P1  project buyers using Platform components to ensure project will meet from SOP: (i) commodity strategy, (ii) localization needs of receiving plant, (iii) global leverage and securization of the supply base for the platform.

Desired skills and experience:

• Engineering Degree/Master.  

• > 5-10 years experience in purchasing and management. Engineering, automotive sector knowledge desirable 

• Geopraphic mobility (on-site position).

• Knowledge and passion for the automotive industry 

• Abstraction capacity, lateral and holistic thinking 

• Negotiation English level is mandatory, other languages added value

Job:

Project Buyer

Organization:

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

1000 - ORDINARIO INDEFINIDO TP COMPLETO

Job Posting Date:

2026-07-15

Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com