Project Buyer

MAHLE; Ramos Arizpe; On-site; MXN 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career development opportunities

Extensive personal benefits

Job summary

MAHLE is seeking a Project Buyer in Monterrey, Mexico, to drive supplier development for eMotor components and manage existing supplier relationships. You will lead purchasing activities within the PDP, work with regional and global teams, and ensure supplier quotes meet cost, quality and timing targets.

Requirements include a minimum of 3 years in automotive project purchasing, SAP experience, and strong negotiation and cost analysis skills. Bilingual English/Spanish is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years in automotive project purchasing within a Tier 1 environment.
• Proficiency in English; bilingual in Spanish preferred; knowledge of German/Japanese/Slovene is a plus.
• Strong negotiation, cost and market analysis, and project management skills.
• Hands-on experience using SAP and familiarity with quality tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead purchasing activities for project components as a core PDP team member, regionally and globally.
• Inquire, evaluate, negotiate and select suppliers meeting MAHLE specifications and cost targets.
• Assess supplier quotations to meet commercial, technical and quality requirements; provide component costing.
• Lead sourcing decision committees and coordinate with regional/global buyers to optimize landed costs.
• Prepare status updates for management and escalate critical topics as needed.

Skills

Negotiation

Cost analysis

Market analysis

Project management

English proficiency

Tools

SAP

S.P.C.

Pokayoke

Pareto

Cause-Effect Analysis

Job description

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Together, we move the world—we’ve been doing it for over 100 years. At MAHLE, as a leading international development partner and systems supplier to the automotive industry, we pursue the objective of making mobility more efficient, more environmentally friendly, more convenient, and more economical. As part of our dual strategy, we are working both on the intelligent combustion engine for the use of hydrogen and other nonfossil fuels and on technologies for fuel cells and e-mobility. MAHLE generated sales of €11.3 billion in 2025. Employing just under 65,000 people at 127 production locations and 11 technology centers, the company is represented in 28 countries. (as at: 12/31/2025). Join our MAHLE team! #weshapefuturemobility

Your Contribution:

The Project Buyer is responsible for the development of new suppliers for eMotor components, and pursue opportunities with existing ones, while achieving purchasing related objectives & goals in regard to function, quality, cost and timeline at the respective milestones and quality gates within PDP.

• Leads Purchasing activities for purchase components and material as a key member of the project core team within the Product Development Process (PDP). Regional and global as assigned.
• Inquire, evaluate, negotiate and select suppliers based on the approved supplier panel; additionally new supplier development for new products is required, ensure MAHLE Specification, quality expectation and market competitiveness are achieved.
• Evaluate and assess supplier’s quotations to ensure commercial, technical and quality requirements are achieved. Evaluate and provide component costing based on program BOM timing.
• Lead sourcing decision committees, in accordance to MAHLE Purchasing Procedures and work with commodity buyer (regional and global) to leverage best overall landed costs
• Make presentations and prepare status updates for Management, following the PDP process, to inform management about the project status, critical topics and escalations.
• Other duties and responsabilities may be required.

Your Experience & Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of automotive project purchasing required in an Automotive Manufacturing Tier 1 environment.
• Proficient in English, bilingual in Spanish preferred. Knowledge of German, Japanese or Slovene is a plus.
• Strong negotiation, financial cost analysis, market analysis, continuous improvement, problem solving, time and project management skills.
• Hands-on experience using SAP.
• Familiarity with Quality and Manufacturing tools such as S.P.C., Pokayoke, Pareto, Cause-Effect Analysis.
• Exposure or participation in VA/VE and lean activities

Our Offer:

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities, attractive salary & extensive personal benefits. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

#TeamMAHLE is diverse, and we see that as a great advantage! We welcome applications with diverse experiences, backgrounds, and identities.

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Facts about the job

Entry level: Experienced hires

Part- / Full-time: Full Time

Functional area: Purchasing

Department: Services

Location: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MX

Closing date for applications

Your future at MAHLE

As a team player and someone who thinks ahead, you can deploy all your skills with us. In cooperation with colleagues from different countries and areas, you contribute in designing the mobility of the future. When selecting MAHLE, you choose trend-setting technologies and strategies. Are you interested in working with us and developing efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions, optimising existing products, and turning innovative ideas into reality? Then MAHLE is the right address for you.