Procurement Specialist

The selected person will work on Procurement Operations in Minerals Business Line in collaboration with Procurement Team. The purpose of this role is to ensure the correct creation of Purchases Orders, following and expedite the Orders. to improve the Performance and support business growth by developing a cost-competitive, high-quality and innovative supplier base and by driving improvement in availability and lead times.

The Procurement Specialist supports the Procurement area efforts for Minerals BA, Global Supply Chain and Procurement Excellence. This position works closely to Global Procurement, Delivery Projects and department and Product Lines being responsible for ensuring that suppliers are meeting all requirements according to the project and/or product specifications.

**More specifically you will be responsible for**:
Job

**Responsibilities**:
Business Partnering

Requirements and Experience

Bachelor or technical degree in mechanical, industrial engineering, international commerce, economics, plus 3-5 years experience as Procurement Operations required.
Strong knowledge of business tools (Sievo, Jaggaer, ERP in SRM, SAP, Microsoft office products -Outlook, Office, Excel, PPT )
Able to read drawings, ITPs, specification and other international technical codes as required.
Strong technical written and oral communication skills required combined with accuracy and attention to details.
Be organized, detail oriented, and capable of handling personal interactions with all departments and suppliers. Work on assignments with little supervision.
Advanced English is required (written speech and reading).
Must be familiar with Procurement Process.
Experience in construction /heavy equipment industry preferred.
Possess visual acuity to support reading documents, for computer work and quality instruments.
Valid passport and driver’s license both required. Possible domestic and international travel.
Ability to work in a multi-cultural and multi-language atmosphere.
Possess great communication and teamwork skills.

**Activities to do**:
Monitoring suppliers within the projects and categories agreed with the operational procurement teams, to assist day-to-day operational procurement success.
Contract / Agreement negotiation
Develop NDA contracts and all documentation to introduce a new vendor into our Panel suppliers.
Create RFQ Package for the selected supplier panel for new equipments, component and/or new tools.
Obtain and analyze quotes for new equipment, components and/or tools.
Contract and pricing negotiations for all new projects, equipments components and/or tool.
Preparing and leading negotiations as well as establishing price/conditions-agreements
Negotiating Terms & Condition, payment terms
Managing contract phases (payment terms, lead-times) and executing pay-back management,
Prepare and present supplier award recommendation to Project delivery team or Business Line.
Submit Nomination Letter to the award supplier for each of the Project.
Issue Purchase Orders for all new Projects including PUR components to the award suppliers.
Follow up the development of new projects with Suppliers and provide support to the project team with the new projects or procurement needs from each business line.
Localization requirements identification, and support to meet the requirements
Supplier intelligence, budgetary volume projections, capacity monitoring, price development and projections.
Claims management monitoring prior to handoff
Communicate and coordinate all the purchasing activities with the project manager.
Analysis and monthly report of each project purchasing index.
TCP (total cost of procurement) management of strategic suppliers.
Document control and IP management
Commercial and Ethical compliance to policies and applicable laws.
Strong interface to BU Logistics teams
Understanding customer needs and providing optimum solutions,
Establishing supplier strategy.
Other related and associated procurement support projects and duties.

Key measures/KPIs

**The success in this position is measured by key Quality KPIs**:
Savings
On-time-delivery and lead-times
Quality costs
Supplier Payment term
BCC%
Supplier sustainability incl. Supplier Code of conduct coverage
Other procurement KPIs

Location for this role should be Mexico. You will report to Procurement Manager Mexico.

To succeed

To be successful in this challenging business line focused role you should have:
Vision and understanding on what good looks like in Tier-1 Procurement
Strong communication skills, adequately addressing all internal & external stakeholders.
Enjoys working in a cross-functional and multi-cultural environment - Manage interaction with various cultures
Strong oral and written communication skills
Be self directed and motivated.
Take initiative to identify and anticipate customer needs and make recommendations for implementation.
Ability to read literature and listen to other employees
Ability to interact/influence multiple fu