Strategic Sourcing Buyer

Johnson Controls; San Pedro Garza García; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls, Inc. is seeking a procurement professional to act as a business partner for multiple business units in North America, focusing on indirect procurement categories. You will identify cost savings, enable category strategies, and drive supplier programs.

You will lead spend analysis, manage RFx processes, and ensure alignment with corporate initiatives while supporting improvement projects in manufacturing plants and distribution centers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
• Six+ years in planning, project management, purchasing, or procurement in manufacturing preferred.
• Strong English language skills and business acumen.
• Experience with indirect procurement and category strategies beneficial.
• Proficient in Excel and ERP/MRP systems; capable of spend analysis.

Responsibilities

• Act as a procurement business partner for assigned business units.
• Identify cost savings and drive plans to improve working capital.
• Develop and deploy category strategies and supplier programs.
• Lead RFx processes and negotiations for categories and projects.
• Monitor key metrics and ensure timely reporting.
• Drive process improvements to streamline procurement and user satisfaction.

Skills

English proficiency

Excel

Analytical mindset

Project management

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

What you will do

As a part of JCI’s Indirect Procurement organization, you will function as a procurement business partner, interfacing directly with one or more business units to ensure category strategies, programs and corporate initiatives are effectively and efficiently deployed. You will alsoidentifycost savings and trade working capital improvement opportunities and create/drive project plans in manufacturing plants, distributioncentresand corporate offices in North America.

How you will do it:

• Be a true business partner for the assigned business unit(s). Understand procurement’s role and how this enables true business success. Understand business priorities and key stakeholder expectations, translate these requirements, and ensure corporate category strategies reflect these needs.

• Be a spokesperson for the indirect procurement organization. Understand where, how and when indirect procurement can deliver value to the business. Clearly articulate how this relates to business needs, represent, and drive this agenda.

• Be the enabler and change agent for the enterprise. Effectively liaise between the assigned business unit, corporate category management team and supporting functions to ensure alignment and accountability in execution and drive action.

• Execute spend analysis for your assigned businessunit.Identifywhatwe buy, who we buy from, where we buy it, how we buyitand why we buy it. Understand how this fits into the broader indirect procurement landscape and how it canbeoptimizedtomeet or exceed annual goals related to savings and trade working capitalimprovement.

• Own the effective and efficient deployment of corporate category strategies for your assigned business units.Drive preferred supplier adoption and utilization to ensure negotiated value iscaptured.

• Drive business facing procurement strategies to standardize,managedemandanddrive a lower total cost of ownership for thebusiness.

• Support daily supplier performance management, ensuring negotiated terms, conditions and service levels are deliveredin accordance withcontracts. Resolve escalations and issues to avoidimpacttooperationsand usersatisfaction.

• Prepare,reviewandapprove RFxdocumentsforonbehalf of assigned business units. Lead initiatives and negotiations for business unit-specific categories andprojects.

• Responsiblefortimelyandaccuratereportingof key metrics.

• Identify,designandexecute process improvement initiatives to simplify procurement and cross-functional processes,driveefficiencyandincrease usersatisfaction.

What we look for? Position Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in related field

• Minimum of six years of experience in planning, projectmanagement,purchasing,or procurement; ideally in a manufacturingenvironment

• Proficient in English

• Driven, motivated and growthmindsetorientedprofessional

• Proficient in strategic sourcing process for indirect procurement; ideally leading or supporting operational and plant support categories like Logistics, Temporary Labor, MRO, andFacilities

• Good PC / software knowledge/skills; proficient in Excel

• Experience in spend and cost analysis, stronganalyticalskillsandbusiness acumen

• Proficiencyin ERP/MRP and its impact on a multi-plant supply chain

• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a regionally dispersed and matrixalignedteam;holdingthemselves and othersaccountable

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, and potentially conflicting, priorities with stakeholder needs

• High level negotiation skills

Johnson Controls does not request pregnancy or HIV testing as a requirement for admission,permanenceor promotion.