Responsible to control the supplier-related milestones during the product development phase in time sourcing- involvment of suppliers at a very early point of time- continuous tracking and feedback of apqp / ppap status from sqm- follow-up on supplier and material status- drives and controls the change management process for components towards the suppliers and cm/sqm- ensures a smooth and comprehensive hand-over to plant purchasingreporting structure among the plc gates (additional)- participation in ipts (project open issues list) meetings (additional)- analyze future material needs of bus and be responsible for technical changes until sop- responsible to control the sourcing process for pre-selection of supplier- ensures availability of nda with each involved supplier- requests for quotation- adherence to supplier and material strategies- supports final negotiations in conjunction with category purchasing- ensures in time supplier component review e.g. by organizing/inviting the meetings.- creates and updates the sourcing documentation until official e-signensure availability of maturity evaluation and updates from the project team (additional)- identify missing or not up-to-date audits / gqa and request (re-)audit/completion from responsible sqm. (future)- support by cost reduction programs (crp) for bu's products after sop- re-design to cost / crp program- responsible for sourcing after sop for bu-specific parts or if the bu has triggered the sorucingcommercial responsibility for the material costs of the bu products.- to calculate and control bill-of-material (bom) during acquisition phase- develop concepts of cost-efficient design with r&d to enable customer award- responsible to meet bom costs before sop- design-to-cost activities during the product development phase to achieve material cost committed during the acquisition phase (pcis)responsible to order b/c-samples for the location/projects.