.**AKWEL JUAREZ MEXICO S.A. DE C.V.****Solicita**:**Commodity Lead Buyer EXPERT IN METAL COMPONENTS****Descripción y Requisitos**SKILLS PROFILEQualifications and Experience:A minimum of Bachelor's Degree Level reinforced by 10 years minimumPurchasing experience in the automotive manufacturing sector on theCommodities he will have to manage.Professional abilities:Listening, Enthusiasm, Team spirit, Perseverance, Networking, Decisionmaking, CommunicationMulti task abilities & capacity to prioritizeProject managementAbilities to organize and coordinate meetingsKnowledge in finance & cash managementEnglish Fluent, other language used in the perimeter of activity is aplusGood IT skills: Office, SAPAble to travel in foreign countriesTechnical knowledge:Results-oriented, with QCDP mindsetPurchasing process knowledge:- Supply base management- Management of RFQ processes & sourcing- Contracts management (negotiation, legal,...)Project managementMAIN MISSIONSThe CLB is the second escalation level in case of blocking point with aSupplier.The CLB is able to perform all the tasks defined in the Buyer's jobdeEscrituraion and may directly act as a Buyer for some commodities.The CLB identifies alerts and puts in place actions to reduce theoperational risks within his/her area of responsibility and appliesescalation process when necessary.The CLB builds strategies on commodities assigned, including a coststructure analysis by technology.For direct, the CLB:Deals with the Suppliers data panel management when blocking point israised by the BuyerNegotiates and implements contracts when there is a major change on thestandard documentEnsures market benchmark (raw material follow-up, new comers,innovation, Business intelligence)Conducts the first business with a new supplierDeploy master agreement making sure they are aligned vs AKWEL sales andmarket evolutionsValidates that all the documents are in place for the creation of a newLPAEnsures a regular follow-up of the supplier performance with thecorresponding buyer making sure the action plan is robust enough and isprogressing at the correct speedManages QCDP complex situations and roadblocks raised by the Buyer /RPDBrings support to Buyers for annual negotiations or take the lead onRPD instructionsFor indirect, the CLB:Is responsible for developing and controlling his/her suppliers' paneland optimizing the purchases of his/her portfolio in line with theGroup's rules and objectives (QCDP)Manages the suppliers panel in the defined geographical area (design,performance review, contractual aspects, etc.),Defines the strategy for commodities he/she is in charge of, includingmarket analysis and ensure that this strategy is well-known by internalCustomers and applied within the regionInitiates the organization of tech days in a partnership approach withstrategic suppliers