Buyer 1

Location(s):  Toluca NISTEC

Job Schedule: Full-time, Hybrid

Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related, Industrial engineers

Come Drive Innovation with Us. We are currently looking for a Buyer 1 to join our team in Toluca Mex. Responsible for negotiating pricing, managing purchases, and coordinating the procurement of after-sales parts and accessories for Nissan plants and dealers. Develops and manages suppliers that meet quality, cost, and delivery targets while ensuring a continuous supply of materials. Collaborates with internal departments to resolve supply issues and oversees the administrative support activities of the purchasing team.

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. Locates suppliers and develops their abilities to meet current and future production parts requirements.  Ensures suppliers meet Nissan’s goals for quality, cost and delivery. Performs comparative analysis of competing suppliers to select most competitive source for a specified commodity. Establishes contracts for assigned commodities; maintains purchase orders, and related purchasing records; maintains files and records of current and potential suppliers, materials and prices. Coordinates activities between all departments and supplier base to ensure uninterrupted supply of parts and resolution of supply issues and problems. Plans, develops, implements and maintains cost reduction plans in support of the department’s cost reduction goals. Coordinates all functions, procedures and system related concerns between NNA-National and NNA-Smyrna regarding service, accessory, remanufactured and key value parts. Locates suppliers and negotiates for the procurement of facilities and MRO purchased items and services related to non-production purchasing.

As necessary, performs other related duties of which the above are representative.

• Electronics components and market knowledge. Commercial and legal regulations knowledge; good communication skills-both verbal and written; interpersonal; negotiation and cost and manufacturing process analysis skills.   
•   2 or 3 years of experience in the automotive industry 
• Language: Fluent in BOTH English and Spanish (TOEIC score 750 or higher)

• Drawing interpretation
• Manufacturing processes
• Cost Estimation
• Benchmark
• Quality process knowledge

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