Position Summary

The Buyer is responsible for expanding and strengthening the Mexico-based supply base for automotive parts by identifying new suppliers, leading end-to-end supplier onboarding and eligibility assessment, and executing sourcing/program management activities for vehicles produced in Mexico. The role partners closely with Purchasing, Supplier Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics, Finance, and Legal to deliver competitive commercial awards while ensuring suppliers meet quality, delivery, and compliance expectations.

Key Objectives
- Grow and diversify the Mexico supply base to improve competitiveness and optimize cost for purchased components and services.Manage new supplier onboarding and certification, ensuring suppliers meet required eligibility and assessment standards.
- Lead sourcing program management activities for Mexico-built vehicles (“Mx to Mx” program management), aligning sourcing timing and deliverables with vehicle program milestones.




- Support other buyers and general commodity teams by providing Mexico market intelligence and local supplier options to achieve best-cost outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

1) New Supplier Identification & Development (Mexico Focus)
- Proactively identify, screen, and qualify potential Mexico-based suppliers aligned to commodity strategy and manufacturing footprint needs.
- Build and maintain a robust pipeline of candidate suppliers through market research, industry networks, plant/cluster mapping, and collaboration with internal stakeholders.
- Engage potential investors/suppliers to develop Mexico commodity capability where gaps exist (localization opportunities, new capacity, or technical capability expansion).
- Coordinate supplier discovery activities (intro meetings, RFIs, NDA initiation, capability reviews) and maintain supplier profiles and documentation.

2) Supplier Eligibility / New Supplier Assessment Leadership
- Lead the Supplier Pre-Assessment Process (SPA) to evaluate suitabili

📌 Mx Program Buyer (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Stellantis
📍 Ciudad de México