Bilingual Buyer

Description

Position Summary: The Buyer is responsible for procuring raw materials and supplies, ensuring quality, competitive cost, and on-time delivery to maintain operational continuity. Key Highlights: 1. Manages the procurement of raw materials and supplies to ensure operational continuity. 2. Negotiates terms with suppliers and seeks competitive alternatives. 3. Participates in continuous improvement projects and inventory control. **Company Description** **Our Company** With over USD 2 billion in revenue, more than 80 manufacturing plants across 6 continents, and over 7,000 employees worldwide, Signode is one of the leading global manufacturers of a broad range of consumables, tools, software, and equipment for transport packaging—optimizing end-of-line packaging operations and protecting products during transit. Signode integrates this extensive portfolio of products under hundreds of well-known brands, offering customers comprehensive transport packaging solutions. We manufacture strapping, stretch packaging, and protective packaging. We also develop packaging tools and equipment used to apply these materials. These industrial packaging products are used to package, bundle, unitize, protect, and secure goods during storage and transportation. Our company is a pioneer in the industrial packaging industry, with a long history of customer-focused innovations in materials, processes, and automation technologies that have transformed the sector. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transport Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to operate in the market as Signode and share the portfolio of products, services, and capabilities that position us as the world leader in end-of-line packaging solutions. **Job Description** **Position Summary** The Buyer is responsible for purchasing raw materials, supplies, tools, and consumables to maintain operational continuity, ensuring quality, competitive cost, and on-time delivery. This role involves evaluating suppliers, negotiating commercial terms, managing purchase orders, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products at optimal prices; contributing to the development of new suppliers or improvements in raw materials. The Buyer collaborates with internal teams to understand requirements and ensure purchases align with organizational objectives and compliance with company policies. **Key Responsibilities** Ensure timely supply of raw materials, supplies, tools, and consumables. Identify the most competitive alternatives for raw materials and supplies that meet specifications and quality requirements. Control plant supply inventories—including all raw materials for various production lines. Procure supplies from foreign and local production suppliers; the procurement process includes requesting quotations, validating prices, placing purchase orders, and tracking shipments. Validate necessary documentation for proper material receipt. Support preparation of reports such as MOH and materials in transit. Participate in continuous improvement projects for inventory control and material availability based on sales forecasts. Generate monthly reports: inventories, backlog, and backorder. **Requirements** **Education**: Industrial Engineering, Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Global Business, or related field. **Experience**: +3 years in a similar role. Proficiency in MS Office. ERP system. Procurement policies and administrative requirements. Advanced English. **Competencies**: Negotiation skills. Organization / Planning. Customer orientation. Integrity. Interpersonal intelligence. Excellence. **Additional Information** Your data and information will be handled confidentially. *Accommodation Statement: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Signode is committed to providing equal opportunity to all qualified candidates. If you require any type of assistance to apply for this position, please contact us at the email address* ***mfernandez@signode.com****. The company has reviewed this job description to ensure inclusion of essential functions and core tasks. Its purpose is to provide guidelines regarding job expectations. It should not be interpreted as a complete list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and capabilities. Managers may assign additional functions and requirements as deemed appropriate. This document does not constitute an employment contract, and the company reserves the right to modify this job description and/or assign tasks to the employee for execution, as the company deems appropriate.*