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Who we're looking for

Toyota's Purchasing Supplier Development (PSD) Buying Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Purchasing Analyst.

The primary responsibility of this role is to develop sourcing strategies and perform cost analysis and negotiation to ensure our Supplier Partners are compensated fairly while maintaining Toyota's competitive advantage through its North American supply chain.

The person in this role will support PSD's objective to develop our outsourced supply base to ensure overall best cost, quality, manufacturability, and operational self-reliance.

This position is located in Saline, Michigan.

What you'll be doing

• Develop sourcing strategies to maximize supply base efficiency.
• Participate in early design work to optimize the part design/manufacturing environment through Value Engineering analysis.
• Establish and assess cost metrics to ensure a consistent, efficient approach to pricing, including timely payment issuance.
• Negotiate with Supplier Partners for cost savings and/or avoidance utilizing tools such as competitive benchmarking, detailed cost element analysis, and variance from a known starting point.
• Report accurately and on time to all project milestones including reporting up through top management on target creation & achievement, as well as, negotiation of all design changes.
• Lead Annual Price Review activities with Supplier Partners to promote a deep understanding of cost drivers with a focus on Manufacturing Improvement.
• Understand and analyze respective commodity market trends to ensure Toyota is using the right supplier candidates and technologies.
• Develop and manage Supplier Partner relationships to support key performance indicator achievement.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) or equivalent professional experience in a direct buying role, including responsibility for analysis and negotiation of product costs of $1M or more.
• Professional experience in a purchasing, procurement, or similar role with responsibility for product analysis and negotiation.
• Experience with supply-based strategy analysis.
• Experience with data analysis including the ability to evaluate and identify trends to support decision making & recommendations to management.

Added bonus if you have

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business, Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or Supply Chain Management.
• Professional experience in a direct buying role, including responsibility for analysis and negotiation of product cost of automotive commodities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (including pivot tables, and VLOOKUP).
• Working experience with Microsoft Power BI (including data importation, slicer manipulation, and report creation).

What we'll bring

During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Vehicle purchase & lease programs
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
• Flextime and virtual work options (if applicable)
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA).

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members' efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong. As a company that has been one of DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity and a member of The Billion Dollar Roundtable supporting minority and woman-owned suppliers for over 10 years, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Have a question or need assistance with your application? Check out the section of ourcareers page on Toyota.com or send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com.