Buyer

What you will do:

Responsible for leading business unit teams in strategic planning, analysis and execution of consolidated procurement agreements and strategies that require evaluation of leading edge technology, extensive business opportunity and/or global application and coordination. Integrate supplier base with business processes and both negotiate and execute on agreements to leverage their capabilities and volume.

How you will do it:

• Negotiations: Serves on both negotiation teams and as negotiator. Supplier Agreements will have business unit in scope.
• Technical Ability: Supports strategy development and coordinates cross-functional business teams through a high level understanding of technology, value added engineering, industry and market conditions.
• Quality and Supplier Productivity: Pro-actively drive supplier productivity initiatives and jointly develop supplier quality road maps through the use of TQM principles.
• Teamwork: Serves as a motivator who seeks communication and diverse viewpoints from stakeholders.
• Supplier Capability Management: Anticipates market changes and uses them to develop commodity plans that leverage supplier capability.
• Integrated Supplier Management: Supports cross-functional initiatives to link supplier capabilities to potential product development/ enhancement opportunities.
• Material Focus: Leads and facilitates cross-functional teams formulating material flow and logistics strategies to support manufacturing initiatives.
• Responsibility for achieving the business unit procurement goal – and action plans. Meet or exceed profit plan goals: cost savings, economics, supplier rationalization, NPI and other agreed objectives.
• Provide financial expertise/support in terms of supplier part specifications, tooling + investment budgets, customer conditions, cost tracking, etc. so that program targets and purchasing goals are met
• Guarantee supplier pricing control over the programs from phase 0-5 and over life time
• Coordinate the supply chain requirements e.g. when/how to source, early sourcing, cross program supplier selection etc.
• Guarantee integration and communication with global commodity teams.
• Ensure smooth project launches by controlling the acquisition, sourcing on time and in line with expectations until SOP
• Support of proper Make or Buy decisions
• In addition to the above mentioned tasks, other activities and responsibilities may be individually defined

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or related technical area
• +3 years experience in purchasing or related discipline (Direct Materials)
• Experience in electronics (Desirable)
• Demonstrated leadership skills in communications and supplier relations
• Strong negotiating skills
• Exposure to commodity sourcing activity

Location: México, MX

Posted Date: 12/16/2024