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ESAB Corporation; Hermosillo; On-site; MXN 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

ESAB Corporation in Hermosillo, Mexico is seeking a procurement professional to review and analyze purchase requisitions, coordinate with manufacturing, planning and engineering to procure inventory cost-effectively and timely.

The role processes requisitions, change orders and RFQs, maintains BOM data across systems, and drives cost analysis and supplier development while ensuring quality and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze purchase requisitions.
• Coordinate purchasing activities with manufacturing, planning and engineering to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Process purchase requisitions, purchase change orders and requests for quotes to suppliers.
• Maintain data integrity in procurement systems; create and maintain bills of materials and parts/commodities numbers.
• Participate in cost analysis and volume planning for major commodities; monitor cost, schedule and scope of subcontracts.
• Develop new supply sources and supplier relationships; propose cost saving and make-vs-buy analyses.
• Collaborate with suppliers and QA to resolve quality issues and address procurement strategy and market trends.

Job description

Job Description:
Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions. Coordinates purchasing activities with manufacturing, planning and engineering departments to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner. Processes purchase requisitions, purchase change orders and requests for quotes to suppliers. Responsible for procurement business system data input and integrity; creates and maintains bills of material and parts/commodities numbers in supply chain management or other enterprise wide systems. Participates in maximizing the procurement teams' changes, part parameters; quote table maintenance, supplier database information, error report analysis, and part number/supplier code information. Performs cost analysis and volume planning for major commodities (e.g., materials, components, equipment and services). Monitors the cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to negotiate highest quality at best value. Develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are no longer competitive. May recommend cost saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis or alternative sourcing. Interacts closely with suppliers and QA to resolve quality issues. Works with management to address all aspects of commodity management, including procurement support, commodity business plans, market trends assessment, pricing, and product availability. Requires domestic or global expertise of assigned commodities. A seasoned, experienced professional with complete understating of principals, concepts, practices and standards. Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Typically requires a degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience.