**Category Buyer**
**Job Summary**
Direct material Purchase. Quote, selection and final recommendation of suppliers. Generate savings to meet the target. Generation of purchase orders. General commercial support.
**Skills**:
- University degree in commercial, engineering or supply chain-related areas.
- English at a level of 80%.
- Mandatory experience
- Strategic purchases
- Minimum 3 years experience in sourcing strategic purchasing
- Leader in negotiation with suppliers
- Troubleshooting
- Prioritize activities and assignments
- Program management skills
- Computational skill and knowledge:
- Microsoft office (Excel, Word and Power point)
- SAP
- Teamwork.
- Oral and verbal communication in Spanish and English.
**Your role**:
- Lead negotiation with suppliers.
- Lead search for opportunities and savings projects
- Materials analysis
- Supply Chain Analysis
- Analysis of economic factors in the industry
- Achieve savings goals.
- Improve business terms such as:
- Payment terms.
- Payment in Receipt
- Monthly payment
- Incoterm
- Transfer titles, etc.
- Location within the region.
- Timely Supplier Selection Process.
- Coordinate/Support business transfers between Aptiv Plants
- Prevent supplier delivery interruptions
- Tool movements
- Supplier location changes
- Change of suppliers.
- Update multiple reports and presentations (supplier, Category, etc.).
- Comply with purchasing policies and procedures and in your interactions with other areas.
- Supervise a Buyer Assistant (when applicable)
- Leader of initiatives within the Category and team
Aptiv is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.