Strategic Supply Chain Buyer Technician

Empresa Confidencial; Ciénega de Flores; Presencial; MXN 279.000 - 424.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Empresa Confidencial, based in Mexico, seeks an operational buyer to monitor daily material flow, suppliers, POs, shortages, and invoices. You will ensure material shortages are managed per project needs and confirm items are received and released into the warehouse before reporting availability.

You will also coordinate with Planning, Production, Quality, Logistics, and Finance to mitigate risks, expedite critical materials, and maintain accurate shortage logs for timely decisions.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Administration, International Business, Foreign Trade, Logistics, or a related field.
• Minimum of one year of experience in Purchasing, Materials Planning, Supply Chain, or supplier management in a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with ERP and MRP systems; Oracle preferred, SAP acceptable.
• Experience managing open orders, commitment dates, shortages, inventory and expired materials.
• Knowledge of material receiving, quality status, quarantine, and release for consumption; ERP reconciliation.

Responsabilidades

• Review requirements, MRP exceptions, negative inventory, and shortages daily.
• Maintain a shortage log with project, part, quantity, date, risk, and commitments.
• Manage purchase orders and releases from issue to material receipt and release.
• Obtain written supplier confirmations on quantity, dates, and terms.
• Monitor critical materials, overdue orders, and shortages with recovery plans.
• Confirm material arrival with Logistics/Warehouse; validate receipt and location.
• Ensure material is released by Quality and available for use before closing shortages.
• Investigate negative inventory and discrepancies with Warehouse/Planning/Inventory Control.
• Track rejected or quarantined materials until disposition or credit note.
• Coordinate pickups, monitor tracking, ship dates, ETAs, documentation, and receipts.
• Reconcile PO, receipts, and invoices; follow up on payment blocks with AP.
• Update reports and communicate status to Planning, Production, Quality, Logistics, Finance, Engineering, and internal customers.
• Escalate supply, inventory, quality, documentation, payment, or transport risks with actions.
• Document order changes and provide backup support to secondary buyer when needed.

Conocimientos

MRP & inventory control

Supply chain coordination

Excel advanced

English (B1) reading/writing

Analytical mindset

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Administration or related field

Herramientas

Oracle ERP

SAP

Other ERP systems

Descripción del empleo

Empresa Confidencial, based in Mexico, seeks an operational buyer to monitor daily material flow, suppliers, POs, shortages, and invoices. You will ensure material shortages are managed per project needs and confirm items are received and released into the warehouse before reporting availability.

You will also coordinate with Planning, Production, Quality, Logistics, and Finance to mitigate risks, expedite critical materials, and maintain accurate shortage logs for timely decisions.