Fixtures, Vision Systems & Testing

Ford Motor Company; Naucalpan de Juárez; Presencial; MXN 360.000 - 480.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ford Motor Company in Mexico is seeking a Buyer to manage purchase orders and procurement activities that support efficient planning and supply. You will interact with category managers, expedite critical orders, and monitor supplier performance to ensure timely delivery.

You will also negotiate costs, analyze quotes and leverage Ariba-based processes, while maintaining strong communication and collaboration with stakeholders across functions.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or Supply Chain.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• 3–5 years of experience in Procurement.

Responsabilidades

• Create and process purchase orders.
• Procure goods, materials, components or services per SOW.
• Coordinate with category managers to manage parts availability and logistics.
• Expedite on critical orders to ensure on-time delivery.
• Negotiate cost reductions based on quotes and benchmarking.
• Evaluate supplier options for price, quality and service.
• Resolve supplier invoicing and payment discrepancies with AP.
• Generate ERP reports to support management decisions.
• Track supplier performance and risk management; implement mitigations.

Conocimientos

Great communication skills

High negotiation skills

Management of complexity

Resilience under pressure

Analytical thinking

Planning & prioritization

Collaborative relationships

Influencing stakeholders

Swift decision making

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering (Preferred), Supply Chain

Herramientas

Ariba P2P and S2C

Descripción del empleo

As a buyer, you will have responsibility over the execution of activities to support efficient planning and procurement of materials. Your main activity will be processing and expediting Purchase Orders to procure the goods, materials, components and services required to sustain our operations. You will be executing the strategies developed by the category managers, assisting them and working closely together to learn from their experience to drive your development.

Execute procurement category strategies to support business objectives

- Create and process purchase orders

- Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with SOW

- Coordinate with category managers and cross-functionally to communicate issues related to parts availability, inventory level set ups, packaging, logistics, and others

- Ensure parts are expedited on critical orders and delivered on time

- Effectively manage process orders for several categories

- Negotiate cost reductions based on quote analysis and benchmarking

- Evaluate supplier options in alignment with price, quality and service requirements

- Work with Receiving and AP to resolve supplier invoicing and payment discrepancies

- Support the collection of supplier, market, and Category information

- Support tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category

- Generate reports from ERP systems for analysis to support management decisions

- Track supplier performance

- Support implementation of risk mitigation, cost reduction, and inventory management plans

• Bachelor’s degree (Business, Engineering (Preferred), Supply Chain)

• Languages: Spanish & English (proficient)

• Great communication skills

• High Negotiation skills

• Management of complexity (high number of suppliers and components)

• High resilience and tolerance to frustration

• 3-5 years of experience in Procurement Area (Indirect Purchasing desirable)

• Advanced written and verbal communication skills

• Understanding the applied practice, concepts and process in one or more procurement fields (e.g., category management, contract negotiation, policies and procedures, project management)

• Experience with Ariba P2P and S2C

• Swift decision making

• Used to work under pressure

• Advanced analytical thinking and decision-making skills

• Strategic vision across multiple skill-teams to make effective recommendations

• Advanced planning, organizational, and prioritization skills

• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships

• Ability to influence key stakeholders