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**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:- Analyze weekly demand changes impact to materials requirements within the portfolio assigned and develop strategies to mitigate risk.- Develop strategies per supplier, per commodity on a monthly basis to meet the materials demand, considering region, portfolio size in USD, assessments on materials production complexity to set up the most effective minimum order quantities and lead times, packaging and lot sizes.- Set up and keep updating every week items planning data in JDE to maintain and optimize the information sent to suppliers weekly, providing forecast and submitting POs (supplier schedules) according to the continuous demand changes.- Maintain/update electronic data tools to track materials in transit from domestic and international vendors into Mexico.- Monitor and report directly to the corporate finance department, monthly, materials in transit purchased in Europe and Asia and still in transit to Mexico.- Follow up to manual requirements, such type of commodities which based on inventory levels the JDE system is set up to not submit weekly requirements to suppliers.- Monitor and develop strategies for obsolete material handling stored at HRMX to disposition.- Maintain traceability on past due requirements and work with vendors to making them liable for additional freight cost whenever the responsibility scope falls into the vendor's ineffective ability to plan on delivering on time according to purchasing requirements submitted by MMS according to negotiated and set up lead times.- Follow up on materials flow into HRMX to avoid excess and work with Lean Manufacturing to eliminate excess and develop the Warehouse transformation initiatives.- Confirm availability on parts to supply service parts orders from sister branch plants in Europe and the U.S.- Lead materials availability (Allocation) to the materials production scheduling teams to acknowledge customer orders build/ship dates.- Coordinate and schedule supplier requirements/business reviews to follow up on requirements, demand changes, packaging and delivery problems.- Participate on TCO projects following up on parts FIFO tracking and engineering changes implementation