Purchasing Specialist

The Gund Company; Santiago de Querétaro; Presencial; MXN 420.000 - 540.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Gund Company is seeking a Purchasing Specialist capable of covering multiple areas of procurement while acting as a subject matter expert in one or more areas. This role ensures local raw material availability to keep our Querétaro facilities responsive to customers while minimizing working capital investment.

You will manage raw material purchasing for designated facilities, maintain supply continuity across the region, and drive process improvements using lean tools.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Minimum of 5 years combined experience in purchasing, manufacturing, and/or supply chain.
• ERP/MRP experience preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Manage the purchasing process for raw materials in assigned commodities and facilities.
• Ensure continuity of raw material supply for designated U.S., Mexico and Canada facilities per the Transactional Purchasing Process.
• Identify purchasing requirements and execute the Purchase Order Process at designated U.S., Mexico and Canada facilities.
• Identify barriers to strategic business goals and proactively put counter-measures and process improvement initiatives in place to enable business growth.
• Oversee and execute the Inventory Level Corrective Action Process for the designated facilities, which includes ensuring facility ordering decisions meet TGC stocking criteria.
• Execute the Vendor Lead Time Change Management and Vendor Price Change Management Processes and maintain accurate and timely Part Maintenance Cost Field determination for the assigned commodities and facilities.
• Daily tasks include answering raw material part ID requests, sourcing requests, inventory stocking requests, material shortages, new vendor requests and expedite requests.
• Assist the Strategic Sourcing team as required for sourcing/quote requests
• Analyze industry and demand trends and support senior management with the development and implementation of sourcing strategies
• Maintain process documentation and provide training materials that allow others to administer process with limited direction.
• Lead/facilitate process improvement activities utilizing lean tools and techniques.
• Document supplier interactions using iCRM.

Descripción del empleo

The Purchasing Specialist will be capable of performing tasks in multiple areas of the Purchasing discipline but will be a Subject Matter Expert in one or more areas. The Purchasing Specialist will ensure the availability of raw materials in a manner that allows our facilities to be responsive to our customers in each industry segment we serve while minimizing the company’s working capital investment.

Summary of Essential Job Functions:

• Manage the purchasing process for raw materials in assigned commodities and facilities.
• Ensure continuity of raw material supply for designated U.S., Mexico and Canada facilities per the Transactional Purchasing Process.
• Identify purchasing requirements and execute the Purchase Order Process at designated U.S., Mexico and Canada facilities.
• Identify barriers to strategic business goals and proactively put counter-measures and process improvement initiatives in place to enable business growth.
• Oversee and execute the Inventory Level Corrective Action Process for the designated facilities, which includes ensuring facility ordering decisions meet TGC stocking criteria.
• Execute the Vendor Lead Time Change Management and Vendor Price Change Management Processes and maintain accurate and timely Part Maintenance Cost Field determination for the assigned commodities and facilities.
• Daily tasks include answering raw material part ID requests, sourcing requests, inventory stocking requests, material shortages, new vendor requests and expedite requests.
• Assist the Strategic Sourcing team as required for sourcing/quote requests
• Analyze industry and demand trends and support senior management with the development and implementation of sourcing strategies
• Maintain process documentation and provide training materials that allow others to administer process with limited direction.
• Lead/facilitate process improvement activities utilizing lean tools and techniques.
• Document supplier interactions using iCRM.

Requirements

Qualifications and Competencies

• Ability to communicate well with all levels of the organization and with Suppliers.
• Strong information systems skills including the use of business systems and Excel to communicate critical information throughout the company.
• A strong desire to implement new procedures, policies, and information sharing reports that improve purchasing systems.
• Attention to detail and strong desire to meet both internal and external customer requirements.
• Ability to handle complaints, settle disputes, and resolve grievances and conflicts
• Intermediate to advanced negotiation skills
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Education and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field required
• Minimum of 5 years combined experience in purchasing, manufacturing, and/or supply chain
• ERP/MRP experience preferred