Your tasks
Mission and Purpose of this position:
Core Responsibilities:
- Approval and negotiation of shopping carts up to defined regional value threshold.
- Creation of purchase orders w/o value limits and in line with our guidelines.
- Management of the RfQ-Process for demands/shopping carts up to defined regional value threshold, incl. the awarding of suppliers.
- Realization of saving opportunities by bundling operational demands up to defined regional value threshold, substitution of suppliers, negotiations of payment-/delivery terms and warranty extensions.
- Processing of order confirmation (maintaining all relevant data in the system, clarification and approval of deviations) for critical/sensitive orders (e.g. storeroom items) defined by Regional Operations.
- Escalation Management/Problem Solving by executing approaches with the aim to secure local objectives.
- Invoice clarification in case of price deviations.
- Steering and Monitoring the automated replenishment process for coded materials.
- Identification and support on the creation of electronic catalogs to reduce manual processing requirements, while promoting the usage of existing ones.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Know and analyze processes and/or information to propose improvements within the purchasing department.
- Implement measures and support the purchasing team in reaching team's common targets.
**Profile**:
Basic Qualifications:
- Academic degree in International Business or Administration, Industrial. Engineering, Logistics or comparable qualification.
- Fluent English language skills.
- Communication skills.
- Negotiation skills.
- Customer orientated skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1 year of experience in Purchasing.
- Presentation skills.
- Project Management skills.
- Knowledge of logistic concepts.
**Offer**:
Our Behaviors
- Quality Orientation
- Planning and Organizing
- Taking Ownership
- Collaborating
- Customer Orientation
- Eagerness to grow and learn
Interfaces / Contacts:
a) Internally
Requisitioners (e.g. Plant Maintenance, Facility Management, R&D), Customer Relation Mangers, Tactical Sourcing Buyers, Category Management, Accounts Payable, Catalogue Team, Legal & Compliance.
b) Externally
Suppliers and Service Providers.
At Continental we are committed to building an inclusive and discrimination-free ecosystem in Mexico, these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.
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**Keyfacts**:
Job ID
**REF38453B**
Field of work
**Purchasing**
Location
**Guadalajara - La Tijera**
Leadership level
**Leading Self**
Job flexibility
**Hybrid Job**
- Legal Entity
- **Continental Automotive Guadalajara México, S. de R.L. de C.V.
