Categroy Specialist (San Pedro Tlaquepaque)

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis of commodity data and industry trends or an individual supply chain subcategory, reporting results to managers.
• Participate as a senior member on cross‑functional teams, potentially leading specific projects.
• Meet with stakeholder managers to understand business priorities and translate them into procurement plans; comprehend the industry and marketplace.
• Utilize supply chain and financial modeling tools.
• Participate in supplier selection activities.
• Lead activities for less complex domains.
• Assess the supply base of the category.
• Negotiate and contract with suppliers.
• Engage with low‑complexity suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance.
• Execute risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management, and operation strategies.
• Identify common contract risk areas.
• Negotiate acceptable contracting outcomes using pre‑packed solutions.
• Advise program‑level business representatives on fundamental contract risk areas.

Education and Experience

• First‑level university degree or equivalent experience; may hold an advanced university degree.
• Typically 4-6 years of experience in procurement or supply‑chain function.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of procurement processes, industry, and suppliers.
• Current knowledge and experience of procurement in the Software commodity space.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills, including presentation and negotiation abilities.
• Basic project management skills.
• Ability to develop suppliers.
• Strong teamwork and basic leadership skills; basic influencing skills.
• Mastery in English and local language.
• Ability to create a contract using standard HP contract templates with supervision.
• Apply cause‑and‑effect thinking to identify common contract risk areas.
• Use packaged contract solutions to obtain acceptable outcomes.
• Solid understanding of fundamental contracting principles.
• Good understanding of HP business units and HP business s