.Company DescriptionRemember the last time you opened a bottle of champagne, a cold beer after a hard day's work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench the thirst, well it was probably made by us, we are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world.O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world's best-known food and beverage brands.
We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
**Job Description**:**Scope & Impact**:This position will provide hands on, direct support for the procurement of Capital and Services for 11 plants in the Central and Andean business units (Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru).
**About the role**:- The person holding this position is accountable for:- Strategically sourcing capital equipment, MRO and related services- Managing and implementing procurement projects to support the operations of our plants in the Central and Andean business units (Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) plant operations- Ensuring best practice and best total cost of ownership.
**This position can be based in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador or Peru.
****Reporting Relashionships**:This position reports to the Global Sourcing Manager, Capex**Qualifications**:**Your responsibilities**:- Develops and executes strategic sourcing activities for assigned spend categories, leveraging industry best practices, commodity experience, sourcing methodology and global partnerships whenever possible, under the supervision of the Team Lead - Capital & Procurement Manager.- Develops RFI / RFP / RFQ activities for new and existing requirements.- Procures material from vendor in a cost effective manner while remaining consistent with quality, delivery, and project priority- Negotiates vendor contracts to meet business requirements and ensuring compliance with legal standards- Manages supplier performance in order to meet all quality and delivery requirements- Implements sourcing projects across multiple plants for standardization, preferred supplier utilization, cost savings and operational efficiencies- Researches and analyzes quotations received, selects or recommends vendor- Analyzes and reports preferred vendor utilization, savings project completion, supplier savings validations, inflation, inventory history, utilization/consumption, etc.- Develops and tracks KPI's /metrics including EBIT cost savings, working capital and inflation.- Proactively resolves issues (ie, material shortages, quality issue, etc) with vendors and internal customers utilizing organizational savvy and problem solving skills