Purchasing Commodity Professional

Opmobility; México; Presencial; MXN 450.000 - 570.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Opmobility in Mexico is seeking a Cost Estimator to develop accurate, data-driven cost assessments, benchmark strategies regionally, and support cross-functional teams in securing competitive total cost of ownership.

You will build robust cost models, analyze supplier cost breakdowns, negotiate terms, and drive savings while aligning with group procedures and project goals.

Formación

• Bachelor degree in purchasing or engineering.
• 3-years’ experience in purchasing area (preferably in the automotive sector or electronic & electrical components related).

Responsabilidades

• Develop, validate, and continuously update cost models for purchased components — including materials, process parameters, cycle times, labor, overheads, and SG&A — to ensure transparent and fact-based cost structures.
• Evaluate supplier cost breakdowns to confirm alignment with market benchmarks, identify discrepancies, and detect opportunities for cost improvement or risk exposure.
• Ensure that contractual conditions and group procedures are well applied and respected by suppliers as well by project teams
• Support group objectives in terms of savings and cash flow improvement
• Provide commodity buyers with precise cost-gap analyses and “should-cost” references to strengthen negotiation strategies, enable cost avoidance, and secure savings
• Collaboration with other BG’s
• Performance and scorecard follow up with suppliers (including action plan management)
• Supplier requests for change management
• Support project buyers to obtain best economic conditions
• Problem solving and looking for alternative solutions
• Supplier Sustainibility tracking
• Participate in supplier on-site evaluations with engineering and quality teams to validate assumptions related to process flow, cycle time, labor utilization, and manufacturing feasibility
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities (VAVE, material alternatives, process optimizations, localization opportunities) and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement them.
• Deliver financial objectives given (Savings, Payment terms, capex amortization)
• Negotiate supplier claims and better financial terms for OPmobiity

Conocimientos

Multicultural collaboration

Organizational skills

Financial KPI understanding

Project/process understanding

Effective communication

Innovation and openness to change

Educación

Bachelor degree in purchasing or engineering

Descripción del empleo

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COST ESTIMATOR

MISSION

• Develop accurate, data-driven cost assessments that strengthen sourcing decisions, improve negotiation leverage, and ensure competitive total cost of ownership for the organization. This position serves as a technical and financial bridge betweensuppliers, engineering, program teams and commodity buyers
• Create and implement benchmark strategies for the region
• Develop in depth knowledge of their commodity’s market and cost structure
• Negotiate & establish long-term contracts with suppliers
• Support Sales and project teams to have most cost-effective solutions to gain business
• Deliver yearly objectives within given timeline
• Support Cross functional teams (Supply chain, Program buyer, Supplier quality, Project, finance)
• Strength our savings tracking database using existing and new tools
• Improve and promote the use of the cost estimation tool

RESPONSABILITIES

Build and Maintain Robust Cost Models

• Develop, validate, and continuously update cost models for purchased components — including materials, process parameters, cycle times, labor, overheads, and SG&A — to ensure transparent and fact-based cost structures.
• Evaluate supplier cost breakdowns to confirm alignment with market benchmarks, identify discrepancies, and detect opportunities for cost improvement or risk exposure.
• Ensure that contractual conditions and group procedures are well applied and respected by suppliers as well by project teams
• Support group objectives in terms of savings and cash flow improvement

Support Negotiations With Fact-Based Insights

• Provide commodity buyers with precise cost-gap analyses and “should-cost” references to strengthen negotiation strategies, enable cost avoidance, and secure savings
• Collaboration with other BG’s
• Performance and scorecard follow up with suppliers (including action plan management)
• Supplier requests for change management
• Support project buyers to obtain best economic conditions
• Problem solving and looking for alternative solutions
• Supplier Sustainibility tracking

Conduct Supplier Capability & Process Assessments :

• Participate in supplier on-site evaluations with engineering and quality teams to validate assumptions related to process flow, cycle time, labor utilization, and manufacturing feasibility
• Identify cost‑reduction opportunities (VAVE, material alternatives, process optimizations, localization opportunities) and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement them.
• Deliver financial objectives given (Savings, Payment terms, capex amortization)
• Negotiate supplier claims and better financial terms for OPmobiity

PROFILE

Personal Background

• Bachelor degree in purchasing or engineering
• 3-years’ experience in purchasing area (preferably in the automotive sector or electronic & electrical components related).

Job Technical skill

• Having adaptability on multicultural and cross-departmental relations and team spirits
• Strong organizational skills and prioritize tasks to meet department objectives with timely manner
• Good Understanding of financial KPIs
• Understand products development (project/program) process
• Application of Quality Standards: respect internal processes & controlled documents
• Knowledge and respect of internal deliverables for his/her function and customer specific requirements
• Understand of his activity impact on quality (components & services), and understand the risks linked to non-conformity ofPO delivered components
• Ability to communicate effectively with other functional areas and suppliers
• Having innovation and openness to change

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