Lead Buyer Inbound Transportation Stellantis
Overview
The Lead Buyer – Inbound Transportation at Stellantis will own sourcing strategy commercial negotiations and supplier performance management for critical inbound transportation categories. This role advances competitive commercial strategies supports resilient material flow and delivers cost service and performance improvements across the inbound transportation network. The position requires leading complex negotiations managing RFIs RFQs and RFPs and analyzing freight rates lane density and total cost drivers.
What You'll Do11
- 1Develop and execute sourcing strategies for inbound transportation categories including full truckload LTL regional collection and yard switching operations
- 2Serve as lead commercial representative for complex negotiations and supplier award recommendations
- 3Lead development of RFIs RFQs and RFPs covering lane strategy mode selection scope definition and commercial evaluation criteria
- 4Analyze freight rates lane density accessorial structures dedicated fleet models and total cost drivers to support fact based sourcing decisions
- 5Negotiate multi year agreements service level expectations KPI frameworks fuel and accessorial provisions and continuous improvement commitments
- 6Prepare executive level sourcing recommendations and support cross functional approval processes for transportation awards
- 7Manage supplier relationships ensuring performance against safety quality delivery service reliability and cost objectives
- 8Lead supplier business reviews and drive corrective action plans for performance gaps capacity constraints service disruptions or cost concerns
- 9Partner with manufacturing material logistics plant operations and transportation to support launches volume shifts and network changes
- 10Ensure supplier compliance with purchasing policies safety expectations risk management ESG standards and legal requirements
- 11Contribute to budget planning cost forecasting and year over year productivity delivery
Requirements5
- 15+ years building ETL pipelines with Spark and Airflow
- 23-5 seasons leading supplier negotiations and commercial strategy
- 35+ years experience with data tools
- 45+ years managing inbound transportation sourcing and negotiations
- 53-5 years overseeing supplier performance management
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