# Manager - Commodity Buyer (Iron casting)

Req ID 92282 | GBS Chennai, India, ZF India Pvt. Ltd. Job Description This Job Role is part of the Job Family "Purchasing & Supplier Development" / Sub Job Family "PS Purchasing" and includes jobs focused on planning, processing, and managing all purchasing activities to ensure the Key Business organization receives the necessary materials, parts, semi-products, and services. The main tasks of the Job Role "Buyer" are sourcing, negotiating, and procuring materials and services to ensure cost efficiency. This role follows procurement strategies, optimizes processes and supports business goals. About the Team We are part of the Purchasing & Commodity Management team, responsible for strategic sourcing of iron castings for passenger car applications. The team manages the end-to-end supplier landscape, from supplier identification and sourcing to long-term supplier development. We work closely with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Project teams to support new and existing products. Our focus is on building a competitive, localized, resilient, and high-performing supply base.The team drives sustainable business value through cost optimization, supplier capability deve

- **Id**: 4159187
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/zf-group-manager-commodity-buyer-iron-casting>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chennai, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T11:39:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T18:53:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2840
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Automotive Components

## Company

- **Id**: 7001
- **Name**: ZF Group
- **Domain**: zf.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/zf-group>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 97
- **Open postings**: 25
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.12
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 27
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **FMEA** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T11:39:45Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T23:28:59Z

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