Purchasing Specialist / Senior Buyer

Vertiv Co; Mexicali; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is seeking a Procurement Specialist to manage suppliers and drive cost and delivery performance in our Mexicali operations. You will partner with engineering, production and quality on material changes and projects, and lead supplier development efforts.

Ideal candidates have +5 years in manufacturing purchasing, strong Excel skills, APICS training, and demonstrate a proactive, collaborative approach to optimizing PPV and lead times.

Qualifications

• Inventory reduction.
• Purchase price variance reduction.
• Sourcing and supplier development.
• Computer skills required (Excel).
• APICS courses.
• Scholarship: Bachelor degree.
• Experience: +5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Languages: English 90%.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop suppliers to ensure optimal quality and delivery.
• Develop, maintain and foster strong supplier relationships.
• Support engineering, production and quality on any changes or projects related to raw material or MRO purchases.
• Using problem solving tools (5W, A3, VSM, Kaizen etc.) to solve specific problems related to supplier deliveries and cost.
• Procure material in accordance with BOM and Jobs related to specific projects.
• Ensure system key parameters are maintained (price, lead times, MOQ, primary supplier) to improve supplier and customer on time delivery, minimize inventory levels as well as shortages.
• Conduct supplier visits as required and participate on the qualification of quality system audits.
• Validate prices prior to purchases to ensure PPV is not impacted.
• Make sure invoices on hold are fixed and work on root causes to prevent recurrence

Skills

Inventory reduction

Purchase price variance

Sourcing

Supplier development

Excel

APICS

Bachelor's degree

5+ years experience

English 90%

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop suppliers to ensure optimal quality and delivery.
• Develop, maintain and foster strong supplier relationships.
• Support engineering, production and quality on any changes or projects related to raw material or MRO purchases.
• Using problem solving tools (5W, A3, VSM, Kaizen Etc.) to solve specific problems related to supplier deliveries and cost.
• Procure material in accordance with BOM and Jobs related to specific projects.
• Ensure system key parameters are maintained (price, lead times, MOQ, primary supplier) to improve supplier and customer on time delivery, minimize inventory levels as well as shortages.
• Conduct supplier visit as required and participate on the qualification of quality system audits.
• Validate prices prior to purchases to ensure PPV is not impacted.
• Make sure invoices on hold are fixed and work on root causes to prevent recurrence

Qualifications

• Inventory reduction.
• Purchase price variance reduction.
• Sourcing and supplier development.
• Computer skills required (excel).
• APICS courses.
• Scholarship: Bachelor degree.
• Experience: +5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Languages: English 90%

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES:

Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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