**Main objectives and activity**
- Frontline Supplier Management
- Responsible to place POs, managed acknowledgment, managed changes in PPVs, do Spot Buys for Delivery related issues
- Responsible to track shipments and make sure material gets to the site on time
- Working directly with material planners in order to execute scheduling changes and deliver forecast to suppliers
- Supplier lead time owner
- Coordinating work with suppliers, Risk Management and Business Unit partners on commercial issues, terms and conditions and specifications
- Ensure that Purchased Materials Are Aligned with Operational Needs, Considering Cost, Quality and Timeliness of Delivery Ensuring Continuity of Supply
- Ordering of all materials and components due to changes in customer demand, inventory discrepancies, or rejects to ensure the efficient running of production lines
- Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement
- Assist in resolving basic discrepancies, commercial issues, change orders, or cancellations related to purchase orders
- Ensuring Suppliers Have Acknowledged PO's and Tracking PO's and Checking Shipments
- Set up supplier, and supplier master data | PIR setup; Price, terms, shipping | Update Material Master Lead-times | Update/Maintain Optimum MOQ | Implement award pricing
- Invoice resolution - delivery related, PO management issues, delegated pricing or T&C issues
- Ensuring to maintain 100% of supplier contact accuracy
- Drive purchasing operations metrics improvement
- Problem solving skill set
- Drive automation / digital connections with suppliers
- Participate in daily Tier meetings and operations reviews
**Knowledge and experience (Must have)**
- Good communication skills
- Problem solving skill set
- SAP knowledge
- Act with urgency approach
- Negotiation skills
- Team player
- Drives to achieve /exceed goals
- Strong work ethic; self-starter; results orientation
- 5+ years of Procurement experience
- Advanced English
**Specific competences required (We value)**
- Ability to work in a Global organization undergoing transformation - change agent
- Strong comprehensive technical knowledge of procurement/sourcing;
- Knows how business works; knowledgeable in policies, practices and industry trends and can quantify potential impacts to business results
**Autonomy and decision making responsibility**
- Communicates clearly; balances listening and speaking; easy to approach
- Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
- Good decision-making; uses analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment in making sound decisions
**External & internal contacts**
- Procurement/Sourcing Organization
- Material Planning Organization
- Site Leaders
- COEs partners
- Functional Transformation Team
- Commercial Teams
**Additional Information**:
- ** JOB ID**:req440140
- ** Category**:Procurement
- ** Location**:Av. Rosa Maria y Fuentes #7080,Ciudad Juarez,CHIHUAHUA,32320,Mexico
- Exempt