Global Category Manager Ba Oesl (San Luis Potosí)

Your Tasks

• Manage the defined portfolio category on the Cluster on integral level, ensuring all category goals, strategies and actions align with BA strategy and internal needs.
• Manage the business related to the Category.

Category Strategy

• Build and maintain portfolio strategy aligned with BA needs; define a balanced portfolio to minimise risk, ensure flexibility, and gain supplier market advantage.
• Define, deliver and update a sourcing list.
• Identify and onboard new potential suppliers where the need is identified.
• Identify value improvement activities and steer implementation.
• Present and align the strategies with BA OESL stakeholders.

Commercial

• Handle all negotiations at the Category Supplier level.
• Negotiate and maintain necessary global contracts.
• Support Advance Purchasing with complex or difficult negotiations.
• Represent BA and manage suppliers.

Escalation Support

• Support Region Purchasing for Quality, Supply and Commercial escalation.
• Conduct market surveys in the region.
• Provide troubleshooting support to plants as next escalation level for supply problems (quality or delivery).

Reporting

• Share market situation with stakeholders.
• Report Category performance on a regular basis.
• Forecast expected price development.

Leadership & People Development

• Inspire people under Continental’s Leadership Philosophy.
• Provide employees support and guidance in a complex, dynamic environment.
• Build and maintain trust, foster corporate values, balance needs of customers, company, and colleagues.
• Guide employees, especially through change; encourage innovation and development.
• Act as ambassador for quality and safety.
• Dedicate to maximizing customer satisfaction by owning quality of outcomes.
• Strive for zero incidents and zero accidents.

Profile

• Purchasing portfolio handling (strategy, supplier list, market knowledge, portfolio analysis, forecast).
• Negotiation experience: RFQ, offer analysis, comparison, negotiation.
• Project management – PLC, APQP.
• Risk management: claims, finance, legal.
• IT tools: SAP, SupplyOn, Fides, Microsoft Office, data visualisation (CQ, PowerBI).
• English proficiency.
• Ability to work within a remote team.

Offer

Continental is committed to building an inclusive and discrimination‑free ecosystem in Mexico. These principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.

Location: San Luis Potosí – Tires. Job flexibility: Hybrid.