With over 100 years of innovation, experience and industry leadership. Our cutting-edge products and technologies are used by the most successful manufacturers in the automotive industry, including General Motors, Ford motor Company and Stellantis.
This is your opportunity to join STRATTEC as a **Indirect Purchasing Category Leader Professional Services**
Objetive: The Indirect Purchasing Category Leader Services role will develop and implement category strategies including lead of negotiations, supplier selection, supplier relationship, stakeholder management and implementing contracts for purchasing categories related to Services (e.g., security, cleaning, employee transportation, cafeteria)
- **Main Activities**:_
- Negotiates favorable terms, volume discounts and contracts and service agreements with suppliers, and prepares and processes purchase orders for the procurement of services (e.g., security, cleaning, transportation, cafeteria, facilities maintenance)
- Develops and implements purchasing strategies for cost reduction, supplier consolidation, service delivery improvements and process efficiencies
- Scouts the market for services supplier base optimization (e.g. security, cleaning, employee transportation, cafeteria)
- Supports the functional teams (e.g. HR, EHS, Maintenance) with recurrent supplier's performance reviews and promotes the use of services scorecards.
- End to end project manager for savings initiatives from idea creation to implementation and financial validation
- Works with requestors to ensure that proper SOW, SOR or specs are set
- Leads continuous cost reduction process for category
- Provides service to multiple sites and functional teams in Mexico and USA
- **Requirements and Knowledge**:_
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Business
- 7 years of experience in indirect purchases
- Experience in purchasing category management, price and terms negotiation, contract writing, cost analysis
- Bilingual Spanish-English
- Sourcing process
- Contract negotiation
- Category management
- Solid analytical skills, able to analyze large data bases to develop strategies
- Development of savings projects
- Strategic purchasing thinking
- Understanding of labor law requirements focused on subcontracting and outsourcing (e.g. REPSE certification in Mexico) and/or environmental legislation and regulations.
- Experience working on a multisite, multicultural environment
Our selection processes ensure equal opportunities, equity and inclusion.
Tipo de puesto: Tiempo completo, Por tiempo indeterminado
Salario: $38,000.00 - $45,000.00 al mes
Horario:
- Lunes a viernes
- Turno matutino
Pregunta(s) de postulación:
- How many years of experience in purchasing categories related to Services (e.g., security, cleaning, employee transportation, cafeteria)
Idioma:
- Inglés (Obligatorio)
Lugar de trabajo: Una ubicación