Platform Purchasing Leader

Location: Chennai

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.

Leads and coordinates the RFI’s / RFQ’s worldwide

Responsible for leading platform committees and independently negotiating global price matrices, Long-Term Agreements (LTAs), and business links, as well as converting them into valid contract documentation

Defines sourcing slots and negotiation strategies, and independently executes e-auctions for component awarding

Represents Purchasing in various committees and ensures that purchasing strategies and decisions are integrated and implemented within the platform and customer projects

Defines cost targets according to the full platform scope (volume, costs, etc.) in alignment with segment strategies and regional constraints

Monitors and anticipates capacity risks in line with the platform volume ramp-up

Ensures the correct use and application of Valeo purchasing tools (e.g., PuMa) within the scope of work and across the project team

Coordinates and tracks the part qualification process in close alignment with the project team, SQA network, and suppliers to ensure project milestones are met

Identifies, collects, and implements cross-functional productivity measures for platform components globally by leveraging purchasing strategies such as Design-to-Cost, Early Supplier Involvement (ESI), and bundling opportunities

Independently tracks and monitors cost roadmaps and all platform purchasing KPIs to ensure platform and project targets are achieved

Ensures a smooth handover to series projects and series buyers, including pending productivity measures to be implemented (PTBV)

Coordinates and drives purchasing activities across different clusters and platforms to identify and leverage synergy and standardization potential

Takes on site-specific purchasing tasks in agreement with the Platform Purchasing Director or Site Purchasing Director, such as preparing and conducting internal and external audits

Job

Project Buyer

Organization

Region Purchasing

Schedule

Full time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Type

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date

2026-10-12

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