Senior Direct Buyer

Flex; Región Centro; On-site; MXN 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pantry vouchers

Saving Fund

Christmas bonus

Holiday bonus

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Buyer at South Campus to manage supplier relationships, place purchase orders, and ensure timely materials for production. You will track shipments, coordinate with freight forwarders, and monitor inventory to avoid stockouts or obsolescence.

Strong English skills and a Bachelor's degree are required, with proficiency in Excel for data analysis and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing supplier relationships and purchase orders.
• Knowledge of inventory control, material planning and shortage management.
• Ability to follow up on shipments and coordinate with suppliers and freight forwarders.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Maintain relations with suppliers and place orders per production needs.
• Track shipments and coordinate with freight forwarders for on-time delivery.
• Monitor stocks weekly to avoid overstock and obsolescence.
• Approve invoices and maintain procurement records and metrics.
• Conduct quarterly supplier reviews and escalate when needed.

Skills

Supplier relationship management

Purchase orders

English proficiency

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Buyer located in South Campus.

What a typical day looks like:

• Mainteining relations with the suppliers.
• Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
• Receiving and handling the confirmations.
• Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List.
• Tracking shipments, urging them if needed.
• Regular, weekly check of the stocks, avoiding overstock.
• Minimizing the risk of obsolescence with the help of the weekly check of the obsolete report.
• Correspondence with the freight forwarders, warehouses, and in case organizing the transportation.
• Dealing with claims, settling debit and credit issues.
• Filing and recording all necessary documents
• Checking the inventory of critical materials (personally if needed) according to the Shortage List.
• Getting in touch with the right warehouse personnel and having the discrepancy modified if there is any inventory discrepancies.
• Handling purchasing data privacy.
• Assuring all active components according to production needs, in time, for the accord price in the request.
• Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
• Maintains procurement records such as items purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
• Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
• Approves invoices for payment.
• Investigation inventory levels.
• Monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle.
• Conducts quarterly supplier reviews.
• Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience managing supplier relationships and purchase orders.
• Knowledge of inventory control, material planning, and shortage management.
• Ability to follow up on shipments and coordinate with suppliers and freight forwarders.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced English proficiency

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Pantry vouchers
• Saving Fund
• Christmas bonus
• Holiday bonus
• Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance

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