Purchasing

At MAHLE Powertrain, our dedicated team of procurement specialists have many years experience of different programmes, commodities and applications to call upon. MAHLE Powertrain works closely with both its vendors and customers to achieve the common goal of the lowest total acquisition cost, whilst utilising best practices.


Our Approach

Dedicated Buyer(s) allocated to team/project(s), who are technically and commercially aware.

• Procurement of a wide range of commodities and components for concept through to series production supply applications
• Involvement with major OEM's has demanded flexibility for design release/change, therefore a reactive and capable supplier base has been developed
• Rapid prototype technologies utilised where necessary
• Early supplier involvement for Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) activities, production capable suppliers, make-like production materials and processes
• Align prototype quality requirements to production expectations
• Utilisation of MAHLE's global manufacturing capabilities

Supplier Quality Assessment (SQA) support for supplier selection, appraisal and monitoring/review

• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) methodologies applied
• Internal systems and tools developed to support prototype to production programmes

Our Tools, Facilities and Services

Common systems and processes have been developed over many years to provide effective solutions in support of day-to-day and strategic sourcing requirements from concept through to series production.

Our focus is maintained on delivering the finished product exactly to the customers specification within budget and on schedule.

SAP Business System

Used for part control including, material master data, Bill of Material (BOM), stock control, purchase orders and financial accounting
Material Resource Planning (MRP) used to control release of parts for engine/vehicle build utilising stock and batch control

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Document control (drawings, models and specifications) Parts List/Bill of Material control
Drawing and model release control

Engineering Timing and Release System (ETRS)

Confirm release schedule of designs and purchase orders to meet customer plan, and confirm supplier delivery schedules meet requirements

Multi-Phase Cost Tracking (MPCT)

Budget and cost control of individual components and investment against financial targets for all programme phases