Buyer Direct jobs at Flex in Mexico, Guadalajara

What a typical day looks like:

• Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery.
• Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase.
• Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
• Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
• Approves invoices for payment.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.
• Analyzes inventory levels. Prepares liability reports for excess and obsolete management.
• May gather quotations, examine bids, negotiate contracts and make awards.
• May plan, schedule and monitor the movement of materials through the production cycle.
• Interfaces with suppliers and customers to secure both delivery and the best market price.
• Makes tactical buying decisions. Executes corporate sourcing programs and purchasing high dollar.
• Conducts quarterly supplier reviews.
• Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.
• Prepares and/or reviews bid requests and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority
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• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Previous experience working on purchase orders/ materials.
• BA/BS degree
• Advanced English level
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
• Experience with ERP systems such as BAAN and SAP.
• Experience with Kinaxis or similar supply chain planning tools

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

Qualifications:

• BA/BS or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced English level and communication skills.
• Previous procurement experience.
• Use of the following tools may be required: Working usage of Word, Excel and Power Point, data entry, ten-key, spreadsheet (PC), ERP software.
• 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.
  
  

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

located in
Guadalajara, North Campus.

Reporting to the Material Planning Analyst, this role will be coordination and implementation of ECO changes, new products or end-of-life products in accordance with Customer specific requirements.

What a typical day looks like:

• Ensuring availability of parts for new products according to the required quality, delivery, and cost.
• Scouting and supplier selection in line with divisional and local goals and policies.
• Achieving continuous improvement in quality, delivery and costs of all purchased components and sub-assemblies.
• Helping value engineering exercises to improve the value/cost ratios of all parts.
• Be a permanent member of the Project team and assure hold up for the Procurement, if needed.
• Evaluate supplier quotations and make agreements on pricing, delivery, quality, capacities, etc.
• Organize and monitor initial samples.
• Monitor and help the start-up phase of each new component or sub-assembly.
• Help and follow up production, corrective actions.
• In case of quality problems negotiation with the competent manager or department.
• Initiate required design modifications towards the Suppliers.
• Monitor the supply market in terms of technologies and costs.
• Keep connection with Suppliers.
• Continuously improve the quality, integral cost and delivery of all parts.
• Manage EOL parts with buyers.
• Looking for cost reduction possibilities, improve PPV.
• In charge of efficient communication flow about progress of every NPI/TPI/EOL/ECO related project within SC, CFT and with Customer (including Customer/Supplier visits/meetings and calls).
• Coordinating verification of new MPN/Supplier on production (First Article Inspection - FAI procedure).
• In charge of/Co-ordination of preparing material RFQ, as applicable, (Request for quotation for new Bill Of Material and for all new Engineering Change Order /ECO), reviews and analyses new offers from suppliers.
• Controlling AMLs and maintaining T&C for new items (collecting and maintaining data, solving discrepancies with Customer, requests for deviations to Customer etc.).
• Purchasing material status for prototypes/pilots.
• Managing changes in deliveries status according to accord rescheduling rules with Customer and negotiating minimized impact for Flex excess.
• Solving all material discrepancies related to parts delivered for prototypes/pilots with Customer.
• Should be able to read technical documentation (including 3D specifications).
• Should have sufficient knowledge about preferred suppliers in relevant commodities.
• NPI - New Product Introduction (Flex site is the receiving site and the product has not been manufactured elsewhere in volume yet).
• TPI - Transfer Product Introduction (Flex Site is either the receiving or transfer out site; and the product has been manufactured in Volume).
• Monitoring of system accuracy in daily/weekly bases /General Item data/Item supplier information, Business Partner data, Data integrity, Data validation, System set up.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor's degree in electronics, mechatronics, or similar engineering.
• Advanced purchasing experience in the electronics manufacturing industry.
• Advanced English
• MRP management
• Advanced experience in similar position
• Use of the following tools may be required: Working usage of Word, Excel and Power Point, English language knowledge, data entry, ten-key, spreadsheet (PC), ERP software.
• 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 calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• 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.
• Works under pressure.
• Organized

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.
• Life Insurance

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

Reporting to thetherole involves:

What a typical day looks like:

• Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase.
• Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
• Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
• Approves invoices for payment.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.
• Analyzes inventory levels. Prepares liability reports for excess and obsolete management.
• May gather quotations, examine bids, negotiate contracts and make awards.
• May plan, schedule and monitor the movement of materials through the production cycle.
• Interfaces with suppliers and customers to secure both delivery and the best market price.
• Experience in Electronic industry (desirable).

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Advanced English
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Makes tactical buying decisions. Executes corporate sourcing programs and purchasing high dollar parts.
• Conducts quarterly supplier reviews.
• Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics
• Prepares and/or reviews bid requests and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Pantry vouchers
• Saving Fund
• Christmas bonus
• Holiday bonus
• Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

located in
Guadalajara, North Campus.

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager Direct, this role involves responsible for Coordinates activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment.

What a typical day looks like:

• Maintaining relations with the suppliers.
• Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
• Receiving and handling the confirmations.
• Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List.
• Tracking shipments, urging them if needed.
• Regular, weekly check of the stocks, avoiding overstock.
• Minimizing the risk of obsolescence with the help of the weekly check of the obsolete report.
• Correspondence with the freight forwarders, warehouses, and in case organizing the transportation.
• Dealing with claims, settling debit and credit issues.
• Filing and recording all necessary documents.
• Checking the inventory of critical materials (personally if needed) according to the Shortage List.
• Getting in touch with the right warehouse personnel and having the discrepancy modified if there is any inventory discrepancies.
• Handling purchasing data privacy.
• Assuring all active components according to production needs, in time, for the accord price in the request.
• Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
• Maintains procurement records such as items purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
• Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
• Approves invoices for payment.
• Investigation inventory levels.
• Monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle.
• Conducts quarterly supplier reviews.
• Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor's degree in electronics, mechatronics, or similar engineering.
• Advanced procurement experience.
• Advanced English
• Strong MRP skills (Baan, Oracle).
• Purchasing leader role.
• Direct customer contact
• Data knowledge and analysis.
• Use of the following tools may be required: Working usage of Word, Excel and Power Point, English language knowledge, data entry, ten-key, spreadsheet (PC), ERP software.
• 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 calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• 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.
• Works under pressure.
• Organized

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.
• Life Insurance

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

located in
Guadalajara, North Campus.

Reporting to the Material Planning Analyst, this role will be coordination and implementation of ECO changes, new products or end-of-life products in accordance with Customer specific requirements.

What a typical day looks like:

• Ensuring availability of parts for new products according to the required quality, delivery, and cost.
• Scouting and supplier selection in line with divisional and local goals and policies.
• Achieving continuous improvement in quality, delivery and costs of all purchased components and sub-assemblies.
• Helping value engineering exercises to improve the value/cost ratios of all parts.
• Be a permanent member of the Project team and assure hold up for the Procurement, if needed.
• Evaluate supplier quotations and make agreements on pricing, delivery, quality, capacities, etc.
• Organize and monitor initial samples.
• Monitor and help the start-up phase of each new component or sub-assembly.
• Help and follow up production, corrective actions.
• In case of quality problems negotiation with the competent manager or department.
• Initiate required design modifications towards the Suppliers.
• Monitor the supply market in terms of technologies and costs.
• Keep connection with Suppliers.
• Continuously improve the quality, integral cost and delivery of all parts.
• Manage EOL parts with buyers.
• Looking for cost reduction possibilities, improve PPV.
• In charge of efficient communication flow about progress of every NPI/TPI/EOL/ECO related project within SC, CFT and with Customer (including Customer/Supplier visits/meetings and calls).
• Coordinating verification of new MPN/Supplier on production (First Article Inspection - FAI procedure).
• In charge of/Co-ordination of preparing material RFQ, as applicable, (Request for quotation for new Bill Of Material and for all new Engineering Change Order /ECO), reviews and analyses new offers from suppliers.
• Controlling AMLs and maintaining T&C for new items (collecting and maintaining data, solving discrepancies with Customer, requests for deviations to Customer etc.).
• Purchasing material status for prototypes/pilots.
• Managing changes in deliveries status according to accord rescheduling rules with Customer and negotiating minimized impact for Flex excess.
• Solving all material discrepancies related to parts delivered for prototypes/pilots with Customer.
• Should be able to read technical documentation (including 3D specifications).
• Should have sufficient knowledge about preferred suppliers in relevant commodities.
• NPI - New Product Introduction (Flex site is the receiving site and the product has not been manufactured elsewhere in volume yet).
• TPI - Transfer Product Introduction (Flex Site is either the receiving or transfer out site; and the product has been manufactured in Volume).
• Monitoring of system accuracy in daily/weekly bases /General Item data/Item supplier information, Business Partner data, Data integrity, Data validation, System set up.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor's degree in electronics, mechatronics, or similar engineering.
• Advanced procurement experience.
• Advanced English
• MRP management
• Advanced experience in similar position
• Use of the following tools may be required: Working usage of Word, Excel and Power Point, English language knowledge, data entry, ten-key, spreadsheet (PC), ERP software.
• 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 calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• 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.
• Works under pressure.
• Organized

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.
• Life Insurance

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

​Qualifications:

• BA/BS or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced English level and communication skills.
• Previous procurement experience.
• Use of the following tools may be required: Working usage of Word, Excel and Power Point, data entry, ten-key, spreadsheet (PC), ERP software.
• 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.
  

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

Required Skills:

Optional Skills: