Sr. Buyer - Software Sourcing

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

Responsibilities: 1. Establish the team and competency for software and engineering services sourcing 2. Define the sourcing landscape and strategy for system wise software sourcing for Software Defined Vehicle (SDV)  3. Provide innovative, proactive inputs to product development team at the product concept phase for enabling SDV development 4. Define the sourcing landscape and strategy for engineering services sourcing 5. Provide strategic inputs to product development team at the product concept phase  6. Benchmarking and providing target cost for software elements and related design and development efforts  7. At Technical sign off stage with prospective suppliers validate the engineering efforts for software development or engineering services quoted by the suppliers 8. Develop standard quotation templates for software elements and engineering services  9. Define a matrix of system wise, platform wise, geography wise manhour costs for software development and engineering services efforts  10. Define service level agreements with suppliers  11. Achieve cost targets defined at the business case level and provide a plan for year-on-year reduction strategy 12. Maintain and foster supplier relationships  

Preferred Industries

Education Qualification

• BE in Information Technology/ Computer Science/ E&E 

• MBA is a must 

General Experience

15+ years of management experience in automotive software sourcing or selling

• Global client experience 

• Travelling required – India and abroad 

Critical Experience

System Generated Core Skills

System Generated Secondary Skills