Magna

Supply Chain

• Establish strategic sourcing planning objectives and define requirements for goods, services, supplies, and equipment
• Coordinate Purchasing Managers to define and implement purchasing strategies
• Establish and maintain measurable performance metrics for procurement activities
• Responsibility for annual budget planning
• Provide insight into commodity markets
• Lead product development commodity strategies
• Drive cost reductions through negotiations
• Negotiate and execute purchase orders and vendor contracts
• Development of a competitive vendor base
• Establish and maintain relationships with strategic suppliers
• Promote best-practices across a global organization
• Develop a high-performance culture and achieve functional KPIs
• Manage a dynamic team of purchasing professionals
• Liaise with counterparts in other functional areas to ensure alignment

Director Purchasing and Supply Chain, Europe & UK

Engineer

• Support Magna Electronics divisions working with its external supplier’s delivery of quality parts and non-conformity problem solving.
• Responsible to ensure the Quality in the supply chain for the assigned component, commodity, project, or product line; from the APQP phase thru Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) for release to serial production.
• As Senior Engineer, works as extension of the Quality Director, spearheading programs and projects within Supplier Quality and across Magna Electronics.
• Leads APQP/PPAP activities for awarded supplier components across global divisions during the launch phase of new products.
• Ensures completion of APQP/PPAP activities in terms of timing and quality, ensures all activities required are brought to closure.
• Perform audits according to VDA6.3 in accordance with the applicable maturity level.
• Subject matter expert for PPAP, supplier audit, problem resolution.
• Mentoring internal and external colleagues.
• Drive suppliers to reach Zero Defects, as well, support all Magna Electronic divisions with post serial launch non-conformity problem solving.
• Ensures that suppliers’ practices and procedures are consistent with the Magna Electronics supplier requirements.
• Maintains responsibility for coordinating, reporting, and evaluating supplier process audits, as well, Go, See & Fix Activities as needed at supplier and/or sub-tier outsourced (for example assembly and test (OSAT)).
• SQE shall support to strategize and manage the commodity supply base with direct assistance to the Supplier Development team, help support serial launch monitoring, serial production, change management, through end of product life.
• Ensure the remaining APQP activities (SOP + 90 days) are brought to closure.
• Implement KPI year-or-year total Supplier Complaints (SC) and 0km targets as defined by Magna executive policy deployment.
• Negotiate and secure respective supplier annual SC reduction targets.
• Analyze QPF (supplier non-conformance tracker) data and provide detailed and consolidated rating- input-data on plant and supplier level.
• Take the lead to systemically improve the affecting areas; SC reduction, SQP (APQP/PPAP) for post serial supplier changes, and support responsiveness ratings with responsible suppliers.
• Understand differences in local plant supplier rating results.
• Coordinate cross-plant activities in case of quality problems, using Q-Matrix (ensure supplier spills are managed across all plants if applicable).

Senior Engineer – Supplier Quality

Procurement

• Develop & implement sourcing strategies for purchased parts
• Conduct market analysis to identify potential suppliers
• Lead cross-functional teams to evaluate, select and develop suppliers
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers
• Negotiate contracts, terms, and conditions with suppliers
• Develop and manage a competitive supplier base
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with supplier relationships
• Provide insights and recommendations to senior management
• Work closely with pre-development, engineering, operations, finance, and other departments

Category Manager – Advanced Technologies

Business Analyst

• The IT Business Analyst – Operations acts as a key liaison between business stakeholders and IT teams to improve manufacturing processes through technology.
• This role focuses on analyzing production workflows, identifying system enhancements, and supporting the implementation of digital solutions (e.g., ERP, MES) to increase efficiency, quality, and operational visibility.
• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements related to manufacturing operations
• Collaborate with production, supply chain, quality, and maintenance teams to understand process needs
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications for IT solutions
• Support implementation and optimization of systems such as ERP, MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), and SCM tools
• Analyze current workflows (production planning, inventory, quality control) and identify improvement opportunities
• Participate in system configuration, testing (UAT), and deployment activities
• Ensure data accuracy, reporting consistency, and integration across systems
• Work with IT teams and vendors to resolve system issues and implement enhancements
• Create process documentation, user manuals, and training materials
• Support change management and user adoption initiatives
• Monitor KPIs and reporting tools to support operational decision-making

IT Business Analyst – Operations

Program Manager

• Own and manage assigned programs across the full product lifecycle
• Lead and coordinate multi‑disciplinary, cross‑functional teams
• Establish, maintain, and monitor top‑level program plans
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers on assigned programs
• Build strong customer relationships and represent Magna Electronics with professionalism
• Deliver business results that meet or exceed Magna expectations
• Regularly communicate program status, risks, and mitigation plans
• Coordinate and monitor program documentation, schedules, technical performance, budgets, quality deliverables, and production readiness
• Proactively manage risks, implement countermeasures, and escalate issues when required
• Lead the global Change Management process
• Ensure programs are executed in accordance with Magna Electronics Quality Management System (QMS) requirements
• Approve internal and customer program milestones
• Communicate and negotiate cost, timing, and scope constraints