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Direct Materials Procurement Specialist (Contract)
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🇭🇺 Hungary | 🇲🇽 Mexico
On-site
Manager or above
1 day ago
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- SAP
1 day ago
Location:United States or Mexico (Germany/Hungary candidates also considered)
Duration:4-6 Month Contract
Start:Immediate
Experience: 5+ Years
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Direct Materials Procurement Specialist to support a high-priority supply chain initiative. This supplier-facing role will focus on managing material shortages, driving supply gap closures, negotiating additional supplier capacity, and providing supply risk visibility to key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage supplier commitments and material coverage across short- and long-term planning horizons.
- Analyze supply coverage data and provide updates for business review meetings.
- Work with Supply Planning teams to manage allocations and mitigate shortages.
- Negotiate additional volumes, capacity increases, and production swaps with suppliers.
- Track and communicate supply risks, recovery plans, and mitigation actions.
- Perform root cause analysis on material shortages and support escalation activities.
- Present supplier recovery timelines, shortage status, and procurement actions to stakeholders.
- Support decisions regarding potential customer communications related to supply constraints.
- 5+ years of experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Materials Planning, or Supplier Management.
- Strong experience managing supplier relationships and negotiations.
- Excellent analytical, presentation, and communication skills.
- Experience with shortage management, supply planning, and risk mitigation.
- Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, IBP, or similar planning tools preferred.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.
- Direct Materials Procurement, Supply Chain, Supplier Management, Material Planning, Shortage Management, IBP, SAP, Supply Planning, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Manufacturing.
- This is an urgent requirement with immediate interview and onboarding potential.
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