Buyer 1

Negotiates pricing, facilitates purchases, and coordinates all activities required to purchase after sales parts and accessory commodities.  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.

Job Responsibilities:

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. 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.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.  Consider equivalent related college or technical courses, seminars in-house classroom training.  

Years of Experience:

One or more years of directly related experience at a professional level in purchasing or project management preferably.

Required knowledge:

Commodity and market knowledge. Commercial and legal regulations knowledge; good communication skills-both verbal and written; interpersonal; negotiation and cost and manufacturing process analysis skills.

Language: 

Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.  Fully bilingual.

Computer skills:

MS Office- Excel

Competences:

Strong problem-solving skills

A creative approach for generating new ideas

An understanding of manufacturing processes

Good team working skills

Availability to travel:

Occasional day or overnight travel.

(Mexico/ USA)

-Nissan (NMEX,NEdM, 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,NEdM, 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.

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.