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Continental Purchasing Specialist in Ciudad de México, Mexico
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.
Responsible for development and implementation of strategy and negotiations relating to supply and pricing of Indirect Materials and services (Marketing & Sales related) for the location. Dedicated Specialist to support procurement processes in the location, aiming to improve the service level from central functions and improve the speed and quality.
Administration of local purchasing requisitions forwarding correct buyer or Source evaluation, negotiation purchase terms (dentify and implement cost reduction opportunities and alternatives) implementation and/or delivery of materials and services.
Management of new supplier registry and evaluation performance.
Maintenance of service contracts along with legal department.
Control of information flow to suppliers and negotiations on all issues together with Corporate Purchasing.(payments and claims). Responsible for ensuring timely deliveries and resolving any supply issues or discrepancies together with purchasing responsible and local user.
Training internal stakeholders. Keep local procedures and systems always updated.
Leading Purchasing related surveys periodically to evaluate internal stakeholders' satisfaction. Keep all local team updated about advances of the requests.
Frequently training with NA team.
Define relevant local KPIs and create montlhy reports. (satisfaccion cliente interno,serv proveedor,tiempo aprobacion SC , savings.
Tracking open SC with internal clients.
Special projects.
Follow up internal purchasing needs with the internal stakeholders, administrative collaboration to generate savings in the location.
Bachelor's degree
Stakeholder / Customer focus
Process Documentation
Customer Centricity
Corporate and Divisional policies and guidelines
Data-requirements gathering, validation and Analysis
Procurement Process
MS ExcelSystems and Processess
English skills
At Continental we are committed to building an inclusive and discrimination-free ecosystem in Mexico, these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.
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