Buyer LACan (Temporary)

Descripción del puesto:

Job Description SummaryLocation: Mexico City #Hybrid

About the Role:

This role will be responsible for purchasing activities within the category and provide transactional & administrative support, assisting colleagues on Procurement activities.

Job Description
Major Accountabilities
* Analyzing specifications for optimization. Linking specification to customer value, challenging specification confidently. Conveying messages clearly and convincing stakeholders.
* Deriving game-changing strategies by defining clear category objectives, working with analytical data, business stakeholders and market expertise. Aligning strategies to measurable target and clearly conveying them to the organization.
* Understanding the respective category market levers, trends and main players as well as internal processes.
* Analyzing problems, considering and profiling alternatives; willingness to make timely, balanced recommendations and business decisions
* Planning, organizing and managing projects taking into account priorities, resources, budgets, issues and constraints to achieve desired results; defining clear project scope and objectives; utilizing software and tools to plan, track and report status.
* Understanding the steps, methods and processes to manage supplier, covering supplier strategy, supplier collaboration, supplier development, supplier lifecycle management and supplier performance management.

Role Requirements:

* University/Advanced degree is required.
* Stakeholder management
* 2 years of Procurement experience and contracting experience.
* Experience in navigating in global, matrix organizations and across geographies and cultures.
* Experience in sourcing processes (e.g. RFI/RFQ), negotiation strategies, project management, good communication and collaboration skills as well as market analysis capabilities to drive operational excellence
* Advanced English

Skills DesiredInternal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Negotiating, Root Cause Analysis And Problem-Solving, Vendor Management