Direct Buyer

Empresaconfidencial; Cadereyta Jiménez; Presencial; MXN 420.000 - 660.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Empresaconfidencial is seeking a Direct Material Buyer in Mexico to improve material cost efficiency and lead supplier negotiations. You will study consumption, interact with engineering and manufacturing to ensure alignment with contracts, and drive long-term cost reductions through strategic vendor relationships.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and hands-on experience with RFQ processes, supplier negotiations, and cost analysis to deliver savings in direct materials across mechanical,

Formación

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong experience in direct material procurement.
• Experience with RFQ processes and supplier negotiations.

Responsabilidades

• Identify cost reduction opportunities from historical and projected material consumption.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Materials, and Manufacturing to reflect needs in contracts.
• Develop win/win supplier relationships to achieve business plan objectives.
• Analyze direct material spend and classify spend by category.
• Develop cost reduction plans aligned with category strategy.
• Conduct quotations and negotiations according to strategy.
• Support long-term contracts that lower costs year over year.
• Assist operational buyers in resolving supplier issues.

Conocimientos

RFQ processes

Supplier negotiations

Cost analysis

Cost drivers understanding

Strategic procurement

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

Excel

Descripción del empleo

Direct Material Buyers will be responsible for obtaining direct material cost reduction through identification of VAVE opportunities, competitive quotes, negotiation with suppliers and other cost reduction tools.

Key activities and responsibilities:

• Identification of cost reduction opportunities through the study of historical and projected material consumption.
• Interaction with the different functional areas (Engineering, Materials, Manufacturing) to understand business needs and ensure that this is reflected in negotiated contracts
• Development of win/win relationships with suppliers to enable ECI to achieve the objectives identified in the business plan.
• Analysis of direct material spend list
• Classification of spend by category
• Development of cost reduction plans and tactics aligned with category strategy
• Execution of quotations and negotiations according to strategy
• Implementation of long-term contracts that generate year-over-year price reductions
• Assisting operational buyers in resolving supplier issues

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• A minimum 3 years of direct material purchasing experience in some specific commodity or category
• Experience in purchasing raw materials such as Mechanical and Electrical components, Cables and Accessories is a plus
• Demonstrated Purchasing experience related to RFQ processes
• Solid knowledge of benchmarking, volume spend and savings achievements and strategies development and implementation
• Strong experience in high level supplier negotiations and competitive quotations and contracts management
• Ability to analyze costs and understand material cost drivers
• Execution of strategies and tactical application for product cost reductions
• Excellent interpersonal communication, customer service, and organization skills.