Negotiates pricing, facilitates purchases, and coordinates all activities required to purchase lineside, aftersales parts, accessory and material commodities for Nissan North America, Nissan Mexicana and Nissan Exports de México. Locates and develops suppliers that can meet current and future production or non-production parts requirements. Ensures suppliers meet Nissan’s goals for quality, cost, and delivery. Coordinates with other departments to ensure an uninterrupted supply of parts to production lines and to solve supply problems. Maintains daily business support activities of department administrative support personnel. Purchasing MFG Processes.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Negotiates and establishes commodity prices for production parts. Handles assigned commodities. Ensures cost control in accordance with the Nissan revival plan cost reduction goals and requirements.
2. Perform analysis of suppliers for a specified commodity.
3. Maintains purchase orders, and related purchasing records; maintains files and records of current and potential suppliers, materials, and prices.
4. Coordinates activities between Purchasing Teams and suppliers to ensure uninterrupted supply of parts and resolution of supply issues and problems.
5. Plans, develops, implements, and maintains cost reduction plans in support of the department’s cost reduction goals.
6. Coordinates all functions, procedures, and system related concerns between Nissan entities (US and México) regarding service, accessory, remanufactured and key value parts.
7. As necessary, performs other related duties of which the above are representative.
Education:
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Bachelor’s degree in international Affairs, Finance, Commerce, Engineering or a related discipline.
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Consider equivalent related college or technical courses, seminars in-house classroom training.
Language: Fluent in BOTH English and Spanish (B2 or TOEIC score 600 or higher).
Computer Skills:
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Office 365, SAP ERP, Excel (Pivot Tables), and mainframe applications to produce non-standard, creative products.
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Desirable: Tableau.
Job Knowledge and Skill: Purchasing and basic knowledge of MFG processes. Commercial and legal regulations knowledge; effective communication skills-both verbal and written; interpersonal; negotiation and cost and manufacturing process analysis skills.
Competencies:
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Strong critical thinking skills
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Effective communication
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Time management
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Adaptability to process changes
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Detailed-oriented and accuracy
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Thinking outside of the box
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Transparency
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Data Analysis and reporting skills
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Teamwork
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Contributes to building brand value and achieving enduring profitable growth.
By applying for the advertised position, candidates acknowledge that Nissan Mexicana and its subsidiaries reserve the right to conduct a public conduct search due to the sensitive nature of the assets and information involved in the role. This includes, but is not limited to, proprietary information, financial data, and other assets requiring safeguarding. Nissan Mexicana and its subsidiaries assure confidentiality and compliance with all legal requirements regarding the use of such information. By applying for this position, you are consenting to this check.
Nissan (NMEX, NRFS, NRFM y ANZEN) realiza contrataciones con base al cumplimiento del perfil de puesto en la vacante, sin distinción, ni discriminación por género, identidad y/o expresión de género, orientación sexual, raza, color, idioma, religión, opinión política o de cualquier otra índole, origen nacional o social, posición económica, nacimiento o cualquier otra condición.
Nissan (NMEX, NRFS, NRFM and ANZEN) hires based on the fulfillment of the job profile in the vacancy, without distinction or discrimination based on gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, race, color, language, religion, political or any other opinion, national or social origin, economic position, birth or any other condition.
Mexico City Mexico