Procurement Field Representative – Experienced or Senior

at  Boeing

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Boeing Mexico Service Company is seeking an Experienced or Senior Procurement Field Representative, reporting to the Global Field Operations Manager, working out of the Chihuahua, Mexico office. The Procurement Field Representative will support our Global Field Operations team in Central & East Mexico to mitigate delivery or quality issues impacting Boeing production.
This role requires partnership with Leaders across the enterprise and as active member of the Supply Chain teams. This position will discover new opportunities and solutions for business problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking. This role requires blending strategic thinking with on-the-ground execution, enabling the organizations to improve systems, business policies, processes and efficiencies to operate as One Boeing Supply Chain.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• 5+ years of experience managing suppliers/vendors to deliver products and services
• 5+ years of experience in problem solving, root cause analysis, and/or corrective action
• 5+ years of experience in a role that required Industrial Engineering, Scheduling, Project and/or Program Management skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office Products such as Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• Proficient in both verbal and written communications skills in the English and Spanish Language
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time domestically and internationally, must hold or have the ability to hold a valid passport
• Must be legally able to work in Mexico

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE):

• 8+ years of experience managing suppliers/vendors to deliver products and services
• 8+ years of experience in problem solving, root cause analysis, and/or corrective action
• Experience in Procurement and/or Contract Administration roles
• Experience in Supplier Quality
• Experience working in Manufacturing Operations

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Experienced (Level 3): Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 6 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+4 years’ related work experience, 10 years’ related work experience, etc.).
Senior (Level 4): Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 10 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+8 years’ related work experience, 14 years’ related work experience, etc.).

• Participates in on-site supplier assessments to identify supplier capability and to support Boeing procurement strategy.
• Evaluates overall supplier health and resources to determine viability.
• Identifies problems, develops recovery plans and monitors supplier performance-to-plan to ensure compliance to contractual requirements.
• Identifies improvement opportunities to enhance supplier capability.
• Provides or recommends training and mentoring on business and manufacturing practices to improve or enhance supplier delivery performance.
• Monitors activities to ensure that suppliers produce conforming and compliant products on time.
• Monitors emergent offload or overload suppliers and provides technical assistance to ensure delivery schedule compliance and product conformity.
• Identifies, establishes and maintains priorities for deliveries of products, services and data.