Faurecia is an Equal Opportunity Employer "Technical Perfection and automotive passion" is what defines Faurecia. We design, engineer and provide the best in technology, systems and services for automobile makers in every major market on all five continents. If you share our ambition for technical perfection and our passion for all things automotive, Faurecia has a career for you. "Faurecia, a driving force-?for your professional growth." Our Faurecia Automotive Seating Division is looking for a Buyer, Commodity VIE for its Troy, Michigan location. The role of a Buyer, Commodity is to manage all plant supplier issues in line with Group Purchasing policy and to improve Quality, Cost and Delivery (QCD) performance. The main missions of the role are to: Ensure high level of supplier quality performance and pilot appropriate action plans for corrections with Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) to attain Parts Per Million (PPM) targets Define opportunities for cost reduction and validate them with Commodity teams Work closely with Supply Chain to support supplier deviation in Missed Deliveries Per Million (MPM) Ensure that the team is involved from program phase, or "Gate" 3 to ensure proper transition from program to series phase Ensure the plant vendor list is updated and in line with Commodity strategy. Propose and contribute to downsizing Monitor all relevant suppliers and parts information and ensure proper ordering, invoicing&cost control Inform Commodity teams in case of major volume changes. Validate Plant QCD information sent to the Group Prioritise local resolution of issues and escalade to Division or Commodity when needed For Non-Production purchasing : apply Group purchasing policy/contracts and negotiate specific local requirements Ensure the reporting of designated activities, indexes, supplier parts, PPM and metrics, following Group policies.