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As a buyer, you will play a vital role in the procurement and logistics team in EL Business Area, in Mexico.
Reporting to the Country Quality & CI Manager, you will provide assistance to the wider business by ensuring that all purchasing activities align with corporate policies and procedures and by providing relevant market information.
**This position reports to**:
Procurement & Logistics Team Lead
**Your responsibilities**:
- Purchasing materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule and terms, negotiating with main suppliers and periodically renewing price lists, terms and conditions.
- Initiating purchase orders according to the purchase requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures.
- Overseeing supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, lead time) and resolving performance issues.
- Identifying and qualifying new suppliers together with supplier quality and engineering specialists.
- Aligning supplier orders with customer requirements in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability and price.
**Your background**:
- 1 year of experience in a similar role.
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, International Business or Engineering.
- Demonstrated experience working with enterprise resource planning and standard operating procedures.
- Knowledge of SAP - ERP.
- A collaborative, solution-focused approach and strong written and spoken communication skills.
- Knowledge of Excel and Share Point.
- Intermediate English.
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