Senior Buyer

POSITION SUMMARY

• Responsible for logistics procurement, ensuring that Vertiv is competitive in the market, with best prices, conditions, and quality, by negotiating with current suppliers and developing new ones. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Negotiate with local and international suppliers to ensure the best conditions to Vertiv.
• Handle high level of complexity and impact negotiations.
• Responsible for procurement for Latin America region.
• Develop new suppliers locally and internationally, based on Procurement, Quality and EHS premises.
• Manage supplier performance and act on actions plans to recover performance when needed.
• Formalize and sign agreements with suppliers to mitigate legal risks to the company.
• Follow-up with market trend, analyzing data regarding commodity prices, inflation, and other market indicators to guide the procurement negotiation.
• Alignment with Regional and Global procurement.
• Work along with Logistics and Engineering to develop the best strategy in terms of costs for the company.
• Maintain ERP updated with latest terms negotiated with suppliers.
• Generate reports to support management decisions.
• Support to other buyers in the team.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Job Qualifications: 

• Minimum number of 4+ years of experience in Logistics Procurement field.
• English speaking (fluent level)
• Knowledge in ERP Systems
• Excel intermediate level (data analysis, pivot table)

                Preferred Qualifications: 

• Six+ (6+) years of experience in procurement in International Logistics
• Knowledge in Oracle or SAP ERP
• English speaking (fluent level)
• Spanish speaking (intermediate level)
• Excel advanced level (data analysis, pivot table, macros and VBA)

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business-related field preferred (or equivalent of education and experience) – Business Administration, Foreign Trade.