Our Aurobay division of Horse Powertrain is committed to building strong, long-term relationships with our suppliers to support the delivery of innovative, sustainable and competitive powertrain solutions that add value for our customers, in line with our company strategy.
The Aurobay division's procurement team sets high standards for our suppliers, and selects them rigorously. We constantly monitor the market and evaluate potential new suppliers. We look for suppliers who share our values and vision, and are committed to delivering the highest quality and services – backed up by a sustainable approach, high cost-effectiveness and customer focus.
The Aurobay division aims to develop its suppliers as partners. We build sustainable relationships, based on mutual trust, collaboration and transparency. We work together to ensure that our actions are implemented on time, with the right sustainability footprint and at the right cost. We cultivate a mindful, adaptable culture that thrives on leading by example to learn from each other, and together continuously improve.
For now, the Aurobay division is still working with Volvo Cars' terms and conditions. These pages set out Aurobay's requirements and processes for suppliers, which complement those from Volvo Cars.
The supply of goods or services specified in the Purchase Order is governed by the written agreement between Purchaser and Supplier. If no such written agreement exists, the supply of goods or services is governed by Aurobay’s General Conditions for purchase of products and services:
The Aurobay division has high expectations of suppliers and sets rigorous requirements relating to quality and compliance, value, sustainability and innovation.
The Aurobay division has high expectations of suppliers and sets rigorous requirements relating to quality and compliance, value, sustainability and innovation.
All direct material suppliers should:
SAP Business Network is the Aurobay division's global quality assurance tool to collaborate with our supplier to perform and submit assessments and certificates.
For qualification, you as a supplier need to register on SAP Business Network to respond to an assessment. As part of the assessment initiation, you will receive an invite from Aurobay team to start the register process.
Additional information about Aurobay’s Quality Assurance processes will soon be made available at Aurobay’s Supplier Portal.
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We recognize that the Aurobay division has a social impact throughout the value chain. All our suppliers are required to follow our Code of Conduct for Suppliers – which clarifies our expectations relating to responsible business behaviors and ethics.
Aurobay further requires our suppliers to ensure that their products are manufactured under conditions that demonstrate respect for human rights, secure health and safety and protect the environment. We expect all first-tier suppliers to cascade our sustainability requirements upstream in the supply chain.
Our supply chain constitutes a significant part of the overall impact of our products. We expect our suppliers to take responsibility for their effect on the environment and to actively contribute to reducing our shared environmental impact.
By working closely together with our suppliers towards carbon neutrality, circular resource flows and increasingly transparent and responsible business, we strive to eradicate any negative impact on our planet.
All over the world, demands are increasing for companies to take concrete actions to tackle climate change and environmental regulations are being strengthened. Ambitious sustainability commitments are increasingly important to attract customers, partners and employees.
To become a supplier to the Aurobay division, you will need to go through a demanding screening and evaluation process to ensure you meet our high standards. You will also need to strictly follow our processes and Code of Conduct throughout your partnership with us.
The Aurobay division's Aurobay Supplier Portal has now launched. For questions, or to gain access, kindly reach out to partnerportal@aurobay.com.
For Indirect Material
SAP Business Network is the Aurobay division's global ordering and invoicing solution. Therefore, all Indirect Material suppliers will need to comply with this method of receiving orders and sending invoices.
We encourage you to use the SAP Business Network for a faster invoicing process, with a payment rate of 99%.
How to process order and submit invoices on SAP Business Network
Please follow the steps shown in our interactive audio.
Get more information regarding SAP Business Network here.
General Invoicing Requirements
Learn more about invoicing requirements here.
Contacts
Direct Material
All Invoice handling related to self-billing will be supported by Aurobay. For further questions reach out to supplierinvoice@aurobay.com.
Please note that at Aurobay paper invoices are not accepted and they will be rejected.
Please be aware that we will only accept invoices that have one PO (Indirect Material), or one Delivery Note (Direct Material) included.
You should scan the invoice and send it to invoice.cn@aurobay.com and then send a hardcopy to us by express except e-invoice. Please note that there can only be one invoice in each pdf, and each e-mail should only contain of one pdf.
For further questions reach out to supplierinvoice.cn@aurobay.com.