Associate Category Manager - Steel and Sheet Metal

What do you get to do in this position?

As a Jr. Associate Category Manager, you are responsible to ensure the best Quality, Cost and Delivery Conditions to supply Sheet Metal (K3 category) and Steel raw material (A1 category) to multiple plants within North America Region.

Aligned with the Corporate Strategy, you are in charge to implement the best terms and conditions with suppliers to achieve on a sustainable basis, the targets allocated to the team and the Purchasing Department (Yearly Productivity, Supplier´s Quality & Delivery performance):

Essential Responsibilities

• Ensure the operational relationships with allocated suppliers and drive sustainable competition into the supplier panel
• Manage the Request for Quotations and offers selection in consistency with the commodity strategy
• Execute the supplier strategy on targeted suppliers for Schneider Electric while securing business risks
• Participate to yearly negotiation with other Departments
• Identify/implement Technical productivity (QVE), Supplier Change (COS) with related actors (Business Unit, Material Productivity Leaders, Suppliers)
• Whenever bearing a role of SSL (Schneider Supplier Leader), lead a global approach (Global negotiation, Should Cost approach and Lean initiatives for allocated suppliers)
• Contribute to the purchasing database/tools updates by providing necessary information to commodity managers / supplier leaders/ purchasing assistant
• Be the first escalation level for supplier crisis management

We know skills and competencies show up in many different ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position.

This job might be for you if you fit the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Management or Engineering 
• 3-years of experience in Purchasing

Hard-skills:

• Negotiation skills
• Purchasing skills (Cost, Supplier Management, Cost analysis, Market analysis, Tools...)
• Fluent in Spanish and English
• Financial aspects with good knowledge of Excel
• Business knowledge and trade-off (Service Vs cost, Total Cost of Ownership)
• Quality and supply chain knowledge

Soft-skills:

• Open minded & Results oriented
• Teamwork spirit & Open multi-culture
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to communicate, organize and work with Plant Top Management Team and purchasing team
• Good Analytical skills
• Able to identify and manage priorities
• Customer-focused
• Ability to work in a matrix organization

If our recruiting team determines your background may be a good match for this position, we'll contact you directly regarding the next steps in the process.

Internal mobility is a top priority at Schneider Electric. If you’re looking for your next step or want to try something new, applying for an internal opportunity can help you further develop your career.

We seek out and reward people for being straightforward, open, passionate, effective and challenging the status quo. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We welcome people as they are, creating an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value for the company.

Why us?

At Schneider Electric we're committed to creating a workplace that gives you not just a job but a meaningful purpose in joining our mission to bring energy and efficiency to enable life, progress and sustainability for all.

We believe in empowering our team members to reach their full potential, fostering a sense of ownership in their work.

We embrace inclusion as a fundamental value, ensuring that every voice is heard and valued. We value differences, and welcome people from all walks of life. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere.

If you want to be part of a company where your contributions truly matter, where you are empowered to make a difference and where inclusivity is valued, we would love to hear from you.

Discover your Meaningful, Inclusive and Empowered career at Schneider Electric.

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+12% organic growth
135 000+ employees in 100+ countries
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Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best.

We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate and we ‘embrace different’ as one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.

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