Delivery-Jobs in Mexiko

Summary of the Position:

Responsible for planning, purchasing, and expediting critical materials and components for the operation of the organization requiring extensive or specialized knowledge and experience. This position will manage a wide range of commodities as assigned which could include PCB’s, electromechanical and electronic components used in the manufacturing of PCBA’s and provide guidance to other buyers.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Plans, purchases, and expedites material, equipment and services on a broad assignment basis usually involving important and critical items. Responsible for all purchasing/planning data in ERP system.
2. Provide guidance and training to buyers consistent with procurement policies set by the Materials Manager.
3. Performs an active role in the supplier selection and assessment process. Seeks new sources of supply, performs periodic performance evaluations; generates on-time delivery reports.
4. Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
5. Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
6. Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible.
7. Drives continuous improvement with suppliers and within Purchasing practices and tool set.
8. Maintain KPI metrics on performance and delivery.
9. Solicit competitive quotations from qualified suppliers and prepare total cost analysis to determine best overall value including purchase price, freight terms, payments terms, quality of service and product specifications.
10. Negotiate contracts, improved prices, and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
11. Analyzes purchase price variances and assists in the development of standard product costs.
12. Monitor savings against individual and departmental cost savings objectives.
13. Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoice issues.
14. Deliver briefs, updates, and reports as and when required.
15. Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
16. Must have knowledge of legal practices and compliance systems including ISO.
17. Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures.

Experience/Skills:

1. 3+ years' experience purchasing electronics, electronics components, wiring harnesses, and PCB/PCBA.
2. Degree in Business Administration, a related field, or equivalent experience.
3. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience.
4. Experience working with MRP.
5. Must have established negotiation, supplier relation and sourcing skills along with strong organizational skills.
6. Must have leadership traits and communication skills to allow for effective training and guidance to buyers.
7. Must have experience with handling long term agreements, KanBan and Just-In-Time (JIT) purchasing.
8. Applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems.
9. Complies with all internal policies and procedures.
10. Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work successfully within teams and able to lead.
11. Embraces personal challenge.
12. Confident, rounded thinking.
13. Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others.
14. Proactively contributes to the team and able to lead others.
15. Resilient, self-motivated, and able to work well under pressure.