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Graduate Engineer Trainee - Purchase PTM

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
Entry level
In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
Entry level
Support project purchasing activities from pre-sourcing to SOP: prepare sourcing plans, manage RFQ/RFP and auctions via PuMa, select suppliers, run supplier design reviews, assess and mitigate supplier risks, track sourcing milestones, coordinate with productivity buyers for serial transfer, and ensure supplier documentation and contracts are stored and up to date.
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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.

  • As member of project team attends Project Meetings (WOOOM, ...), leads and/or suports all project activities where purchasing is involved (NPA, PRKF, Sourcing Plan, PSC,PMC, IAR, TOGO, FDPR, ISVA, SOP)  till completion of project closure.       Supports Project Manager in Preparation of Sourcing Plan to define mutual PTM commitments and conditions to proceed with Pre-SoCo (RFQ), SoCo (Award) and SOP at required QCD conditions.  

  • Confirm project team commitments in L2 Planning in Puma."                

  • Selects supplier bid-list based on Compliant Segment Panel and liaise with Project and Segment organisations to identify Bundle opportunities                

  • Identifies Critical Parts as per CLEAN definitions and review contingency plan with related PTM (anticipated design Reviews, S-VRF, possible specification changes...). Request PM arbitration when required.        

  • ​Co-ordinates S-VRF definition and upload in PuMa by each PTM and plan Supplier Design reviews to:

- Ensure Supplier full understanding, 

- Capture improvement proposals, 

- Obtain Supplier acceptance of Valeo Requirements

- Enhances competition at equivalent scope         

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

  • Involves Segment Leader (or Group Segment Director) in appropriate timing to share project constraints and propose sourcing strategy compliant with Group Segment Strategy                

  • 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 Pre-SoCo & SoCo section and/or One page documents..                

  • Proposes Lotting and RFP tactics and anticipate use of Auctions with the Project Team                

  • Performs RFQ Process via PuMa & Auction (Live or Online)

  • Leverages commodity organisation to reach pre-sourcing, sourcing decisions and meet project targets."                

  • Anticipate and escalate whenever needed to the apropriate organisational level issues to ensure required Risk mitigation plans, SoCo decisions , QCD project targets , Segment strategies are enforced.                

  • Ensures timely sign off  with stake holders to achieve succesfull auction events                

  • Ensure permanent update of Sourcing process milestones (Pre-SoCo , SoCo.. ) to guarantee reliability of SoCo forcecast to enable anticipation of bundling opportunity and business link item selection.                

  • Liaise with Productivity Buyers to identify possible P/N for Business Link application prior auction/SoCo.                

  • "Pilot and forecast the project purchasing index and lead the productivity action plan (VP & PTBV) to reach CAA Targets.

  • Ensures proper transfer to Serial Production including Productivity Actions yet to implement (PTBV)."                

  • Ensure creation of Early Open Order in SAP in co-ordination with productivity buyer.                

  • 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)                

  • Manages achievement of all project milestones related to suppliers and follows progress of PQA stages.                

  • For global platforms assembled in multiple plants of Valeo, coordinates with PG/PL PPD, Platform Project buyer (when appointed) and  other project buyers 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.     

     
For advanced purchasing (P3/P2) :

  • Proposes and validate with commodity organization pre-sourcing target suppliers

  • Manages all contractual aspects to protect Valeo intellectual property and segment panel

Job:

Project Buyer

Organization:

Site Projects

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2026-07-21

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

Valeo US Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office

Chennai, India

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