**Career Area**:
Procurement
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Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
**Job Summary**
Responsible for the crib materials, driving simplification and standardization, aligned with our Indirect Procurement Strategy using Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM) to deliver maximum value.
**What You Will Do**
- Create new part numbers
- Recognizing the potential for cost reductions, and quality improvement,
- Negotiate prices increases
- Work with your peers around the globe to achive our goals
**Degree Requirement**:
Engineer or bachelor's degree.
Intermediate-Advanced English level.
**What skills you will have**:
**Negotiating**
- Explains the concepts of negotiations
- Utilize several techniques
- Understanding organizational policies and practices for negotiating.
**Data Analytics**
- Ability to analyze complex data
- Expertise on pareto law 80/20
- Excell strong knowledge
**Strategic Sourcing**
- Identify strategic sources
- Explain basic concepts of strategic sourcing
**Effective Communications**
- **Active Listening**: This involves fully concentrating on the speaker, understanding their message, and responding thoughtfully.
It shows respect and encourages open dialogue.
- **Clarity and Conciseness**: Communicate your ideas clearly and directly.
Avoid jargon and unnecessary complexity so that your message is easily understood.
- **Empathy**: Being able to understand and appreciate the emotions and perspectives of others helps in building rapport and effectively addressing concerns.
- **Nonverbal Communication**: Body language, eye contact, and facial expressions are significant in conveying your message.
Ensure they match your verbal communication.
- **Adjusting Communication Style**: Tailor your communication style to suit your audience, whether it's formal or informal, technical or general.
- **Constructive Feedback**: Provide and receive feedback positively.
This fosters an environment of improvement and collaboration.
- **Confidence**: Speak with confidence to convey your message effectively, but balance this with humility to allow others to express their views.
- **Effective Questioning**: Ask questions to encourage discussion and gain clarity.
This shows engagement and helps to uncover important information.
**Supplier Relationship Management**
- Understand the benefits of SRM
- Have effective comunication
- Effective communicator, in written and oral form.
- Understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles
**Interpersonal Relationships**
- Collaboration and Teamwork: Working effectively with others towards a common goal, showing respect for diverse opinions, and contributing positively to group dynamics.
- Adaptability: Being flexible in your approach to different people and situations, adjusting your communication style as needed to connect better with others.
- Interpersonal Sensitivity: Being aware of social cues and the dynamics in group settings, enabling you to navigate complex social situations gracefully.
- Trustworthiness: Building and maintaining trust by being reliable, honest, and keeping confidences.
- Positive Attitude: Maintaining an optimistic and constructive outlook that can influence the morale and relationships within a team or group.
- Cultural Competence: Understanding and respecting diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and customs, enhancing your ability to connect with people from various walks of life.
- Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.)
- Certified in Production and Inventory management (CPIM)
- Certified in Integration Resource Management (CIRM), or comparable international certification.
- Office Packages and Advanced Excel
**Additional information**
- Location Cienega de Flores
- Availability to travel: 25%
**Final details**
**The Caterpillar Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability.
In this company we do not request pregnancy tests, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.
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**Posting Dates**:
enero 7, 2025 - enero 14, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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