Strategic Buyer

Dematic is seeking a Strategic Buyer to join our Procurement Supply Chain Solutions team. This person will be responsible for supporting procurement activities and objectives within a factory environment.

The Strategic Buyer will drive strategy of the category in Monterrey Mexico. The Strategic Buyer's objective is to formulate strategies of direct material using a strong and reliable supply base with Quality, Savings, On time delivery and Innovation.

What we offer:
What we offer:
Career Development

We are here to support you for the entirety of your Dematic career. From a fast start of learning Dematic’ s history and foundational training to succeed in your role to leadership development programs, technical training and certifications, and Career Navigator to identify challenging new opportunities, our goal is to help you grow beyond your borders.

Competitive Compensation and Benefits

Our attractive and market competitive total rewards packages are designed to reward high performance and to assist in managing your personal and family needs. Dematic offers robust packages based on employment status and national requirements.

Pay Transparency

Dematic is committed to pay transparency. As such, Dematic will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, Dematic will still maintain confidentiality of your pay information. Employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by Dematic, or (c) consistent with Dematic’ s legal duty to furnish information.

Global Opportunities

As a global company, our employees are exposed to different ideas and perspectives from around the world. We offer international assignments for qualified employees and wherever possible, we offer flexible working hours and modern workspace design.

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Tasks and Qualifications:
This is What you Will Do in This Role:
- Procurement of direct materials for multiple categories such as: metal fabrication, electronics, motors, belts, plastics and others.- Participate and facilitate in new program quote activities involving pricing reviews with cross-functional stakeholder team members.- Identify and drive cost reduction initiatives through VAVE/scale negotiations/New suppliers- Participate and facilitate in new program quote activities involving pricing reviews with cross-functional stakeholder team members- Make sourcing arrangements and determine optimal quality, lead time and pricing for customer service requirements- Develop and coordinate set up of new suppliers (if needed) to support requirements for customers- Forecast and record savings achieved to help meet department goal- Formulate purchasing strategies and plans / executes multifunctional projects.- Effectively negotiates terms and conditions of purchase.- Reports results of established KPIs to Procurement Manager.- Team player who owns the responsibility of sourcing in time and according to the purchasing strategies, making sure his tactical counterpart has always the necessary information to order material through SAP.- Leads cross-functional teams and/or similar for the accomplishment of related goals.- Effectively communicates both verbally and in writing, in English and Spanish.- Manages time and responsibilities despite the location, i.e. supplier location, home, business trip.- Conducts himself following Dematic’ s rules of ethic and compliance.- PPVs review on category through the region.- Perform Quarterly Business Reviews with key suppliers.- Perform risk analysis identification under its supply base with action plans to mitigate any.

What We Are Looking For:
**Education**:
- College Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related- Conversational English skills.- Master's Degree is a plus.

**Skills**:
- Negotiation- Teamwork- Goal driven- Effective Communication- Ability to resolve conflicts and issues- Leadership- Analytical thinking- Persuasion- Ability to perform a business plan- Interpersonal skills