Company DescriptionContinental is a leading manufacturer and industrial specialist.
Founded in **, the company generated sales of 19.7 billion euros in and currently employs around 78,000 people in 54 countries and markets.
ContiTech is one of the world's leading experts in materials for industrial applications.
As a division of the Continental Group, it offers its customers reliable, safe and efficient industrial and service solutions using a wide range of materials for off-highway applications, rail and road, aviation, underground and above-ground applications, industrial environments as well as for the food and furniture industries.
With around 20,000 employees (as of March ) at more than 60 locations worldwide and sales of around 6.0 billion euros in , the global industrial partner is active in the key regions of Asia, Europe and North and South America.
Company DescriptionContinental is a leading manufacturer and industrial specialist.
Founded in , the company generated sales of 19.7 billion euros in and currently employs around 78,000 people in 54 countries and markets.
ContiTech is one of the world's leading experts in materials for industrial applications.
As a division of the Continental Group, it offers its customers reliable, safe and efficient industrial and service solutions using a wide range of materials for off-highway applications, rail and road, aviation, underground and above-ground applications, industrial environments as well as for the food and furniture industries.
With around 20,000 employees (as of March ) at more than 60 locations worldwide and sales of around 6.0 billion euros in **, the global industrial partner is active in the key regions of Asia, Europe and North and South America.

Job Description




Your tasksAct as interface and represent the interests of Continental and the Purchasing Community towards all internal and external stakeholders (e.
G. Engineering, Plants, Suppliers)Understands the business and purchasing strategy to derive actions for own managed categoryGuide, support and train local and central stakeholders to execute with the right tools, methods and processesConsults internal customers for information regarding provision of goods/services, purchasing constraints and process optimization in his/her area of responsibility.
Plans and organizes regular meetings with internal key customers.
Clarifies technical and commercial requirements together with the requester and the supplierGive responses or feedbacks through the given tools in an acceptable period of time.
Develop and sustain (supplier) strategy for respective integrated category in alignment with all relevant stakeholders and supervisors (e.
G. Engineering, Regions, Plants) and in compliance with all relevant purchasing processes, guidelines and proceduresUnderstand multiple data management systems and manage data analytics for the respective integrated category (identify spend profile and concentration,



estimate / predict demand etc)Turns strategy into concrete actions and tangible goals as well as reporting relevant KPIs to track progress where applicableEnsures stakeholder satisfaction through transparent and early communication / involvementDrive the adoption of digital tools and procurement technologies (e.
G., e-sourcing platforms, AI-driven analytics) to enhance efficiency, transparency, and decision-making.
To ensure maintanance of purchasing (and correlated) policies at the locations, clear users questions and elevate topics to other purchasing associates if required.
Identify and push initiation and tendering of regional Projects in cooperation with our internal Customers and the respective leaderships and/or cluster partners.
Supplier ManagementAnalysis of the general supplier market and conduction of benchmark analysis to derive actions for the global supplier portfolioImplements and maintains sustainable supplier relationship and conducts Strategic Supplier Meetings to deploy the global integrated category strategyResponsible for steering the annual supplier evaluation and derives development programs where neededPerforms annual and regular negotiations to constantly improve the cost situation for respective integrated category, actively drives improvement or Total Cost of Ownership programs with suppliersMonitor if supplier acts in line with Continentals Business Partner Code of Conduct (BPCoC), responsible value chain (RVC) rules and processes and takes actions accordinglyInitiates the New Supplier Introduction ProcessCollect Vendors documents and information for submission into VM platformsShare information and escalation level for Vendor Master and Master Data maintenance.
Support Execution of Market Intelligence studies and ensure the ideal balance of Competition and Pooling through supplier reduction to achieve a maximum cost reduction contribution and best possible synergy effects.
Detect new suppliers and optimize number of existing sup

📌 Regional Category Buyer (México)
🏢 Continental Industry
📍 México