.**BENCHMARK GUADALAJARA IS LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING PROFILE**:Senior Purchasing manager**Company Description**:Benchmark provides comprehensive solutions across the entire product lifecycle; leading through its innovative technology and engineering design services, leveraging its optimized global supply chain, and delivering world-class manufacturing services. The industries we serve include: commercial aerospace, defense, advanced computing, next generation telecommunications, complex industrials, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment.**Summary**- Plans, organizes and directs the economic acquisition of materials, including cost, quality and delivery.- Key Responsabilities- Oversee the procurement of materials to support product lines and MRO supplies to meet the business needs- Develop the plans required to complete the acquisition of components, subassemblies and equipment within the parameters of the Company policies and procedures- Approve the negotiation of purchase orders within authorized limits; Ensure appropriate methods of purchase order administration are developed and maintained and monitor or participate in major dollar procurement negotiation- Monitor purchases to ensure compliance with policies and procedures and the most economical price attainment; Resolve major material problems as they arise- Meet with major vendors to promote the Company's best interest concerning all matters dealing with the purchase of materials and services and to identify changing market conditions- Foster and maintain a sound and reliable working relationship with all suppliers and develop metrics to measure and improve vendors' performance- Ensure compliance with contractual and customer requirements- Ensure the coordination of material cost inputs to support the quoting process- Review the progress of function's activities and initiate corrective actions as required; Ensure the maintenance of related performance records- Develop and strategize the utilization of Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Plans- All employees are responsible for the Quality of their work to ensure BEI meets, or exceeds Customer Satisfaction.- Position Measurements- Position performance may be measured from a combination of Corporate and Divisional Balanced Score Card Goals which will include but not limited to Financial Performance, Customer Satisfaction, Operational Excellence and Employee Focus.- Individual position performance goals may be specific to the position, business segment or as it related to an individual's contribution or employment within the organization