Purchasing Manager Direct Job Listing at Flex in Guadalajara, Jal. (Job ID WD221036)

Description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. 

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Summary:

The “Purchasing Manager Direct” will be based in Flex GDL North, reporting to Material Manager.

This role will be coordinating activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment.
 

Principal Accountabilities:  

• Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures. 
• Establishes goals for purchasing department. 
• Follow-up policies and procedures for the operation of procurement activities. 
• Manage and guide a team of buyers and expeditors to meet procurement and supplier management goals 
• Interface with procurement groups in updating and maintaining company procurement strategies 
• Implement processes with suppliers to improve on time delivery and Purchase Price Variance 
• Helping implementation of Vendor Managed Inventory models 
• Supervise the team in the management of the supply chain to achieve continuous timely supply of parts and services 
• Approves purchase orders and change notices through subordinates. 
• Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy. 
• Ensures continuity of raw material supply to help production schedules and balances with achieving inventory level targets. 
• Investigates inventory levels. Helps process to manage excess and obsolete material. 
• Conduct supplier performance reviews and help the team to maintain supplier consistent on time delivery and implement processes with suppliers to ensure on time delivery and quality of product / service 
• Keep senior management informed of present/future trends in availability and cost of materials, components and equipment 
• Monitors on-time supplier deliveries, inventory turns, MRP execution, Purchase Price Variance, processing time reduction, supplier performance and cost investigation. 
• Act as first point of escalation with suppliers and communicate all unresolved issues to the Senior Purchasing Manager 
• Work closely with the team to ensure purchasing compliance to corporate directives 
• Implement appropriate HR strategies and actions to recruit and retain a qualified and motivated workforce 
• Ability to read, research and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and acknowledges to questions from groups.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts and apply mathematical operations.
• Ability to apply common sense comprehension to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Skills:

• Previous experience in electronics.
• Bachelor's degree completed.
• Advanced English.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel.
• Knowledge of MRP.
• Previous experience coordinating personnel.
• Experience managing KPIs.

What you will receive for the excellent work you deliver:

• Competitive salary
• Life and medical insurance
• Christmas bonus
• Food vouchers
• Savings fund

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