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Programme Procurement Leader
Posted on Dec. 20, 2024
- Brunico - Bruneck, Italy
- No Salary information.
- Full Time

Job title: Programme (Project) Procurement Leader
Location: Any country in Europe where there is a GKN Automotive site (France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom)
Working state : Hybrid - flexible
Application Closing date: Friday 10 th January
“This is an exciting and highly visible role within our business as we are a key member of multiple cross-functional teams to acquire new business, develop products, and industrialize them on time, at cost and at the right quality. We need a confident and proactive individual to take full ownership of the external bill of material of the programme supported by the different Procurement experts. This is a great career step to allow a move later into broader areas of our procurement function”. Marc, Hiring Manager
Role Purpose:
The Programme Procurement Leader (PPL) owns and coordinates all procurement activities related to new business acquisition (C0), achieving cost competitiveness, guaranteeing the implementation of the commodity sourcing strategies, developing and providing estimated costs and risk assessments for direct materials and having full ownership of the procurement cost estimations, supplier selection assumptions and risk associated of the complete BOM of a programme during multiple RFI/RFQ iterations until winning the business.
After customer award, our PPL owns the Programme BOM and coordinates all procurement activities related to new programmes, guaranteeing the implementation of the commodity sourcing strategies, and the achievement of quality, cost and delivery (QCD) targets to secure flawless launch execution.
Key role responsibilities
- Continuous Improvement
- Analyze costs and budgets to help track budgets and support cost control
- Investigate incidents with suppliers or supplies and recommend actions
- Support stakeholder engagement by arranging actions, meetings, and events
- Ensure project compliance with the organization's wider program and/or portfolio management decision-making structures and processes
- Deliver small project workstreams, carrying out specified project activities within defined time and quality parameters and ensuring adherence to the prescribed project management methodology
To be a success in this role you will need several years’ experience in a procurement position, within a global organisation, with relevant examples related to the role responsibilities above.
Is it time to Accelerate the future?
If you need any adjustments made to support your application or interview process, for example, if you require information in different formats, then we have a process in place to support you – please feel free to get in touch with us at accommodations@gknautomotive.com
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