Corporate Services Buyer

Job Summary

We are looking for a Corporate Services Buyer, who will work for Mexico, Central America and Andina markets.   
In this role you will be preparing negotiations using thorough quotation analysis, technically and commercially, supported by your stakeholders’ teams.
The position could be located in Polanco, Mexico City, Querétaro, México or Panama City.
Tetra Pak is not considering applicants (Internal or External) who require international relocation to any of our sites or offices.
Tetra Pak is not sponsoring work visas for this position. 
 

What you will do

As a Corporate Services Buyer you will: 

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand the pipeline of projects/purchases and execute according to the needs, following current policies.

• Drive Local / Regional Sourcing and Contracting process.

• Drive supplier development activities (sourcing), together with stakeholders.

• Support Strategic Supply Management by maintaining and improving the supplier base in relation to quality, capacity, and cost reduction.

• Relationship management; ensure good relations with stakeholders, both externally and internally.

• Supplier relationship Management: ensure right communications between Tetra Pak and Suppliers. Promote a sense of collaboration to improve supplier performance.

• Drive negotiation and contracting, considering contracts, bank guarantees, specifications in correct order of importance. 

• Ensure supplier contract legal compliance with support from legal department.

• Ensure purchasing deliverables meet business objectives in time, cost, and quality, while maintaining good relationship with stakeholders.

• Drive process improvement initiatives related to current way of working and be a change agent promoting efficiencies in the process.

• Ensure Purchase to Payment compliance. Drive process improvement initiatives.

We believe you have

• Bachelor’s degree, (Marketing, Finance, Business, etc.)

• At least 5 years of experience in purchasing, will be a plus within manufacturing environment.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in corporate services buying marketing communications, consulting, HR, etc.

• Experience driving strategic sourcing, with a category vision, expense analysis, supply and demand, market strategy, etc. 

• Responsible for implementing Global and regional strategies in local markets.

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business needs and translate them into effective and efficient contracts.

• Strong negotiation skills

• Desire experience with Ariba sourcing and contracting, P2O. 

• Fluency in English

• Perform well under pressure and stress.

• Dynamic and flexible with a pro-active approach and a high sense of responsibility towards each task

• Positive attitude and a” high performance” position on your tasks and responsibilities

• Team player, co-operative and open-minded

• Open to change and work with deadlines by keeping a high quality of work.

• Strong communicational skills

• Self-learning skills

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