Procurement Specialist

Mercosul Line, part of the CMA CGM Group, is a world leader in maritime transport and logistics. As a leading player in Brazil's domestic container shipping market, it offers comprehensive and integrated services for greener transportation.

**LOCAL POSITION**: PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

**MISSION**: This role involves strategic action in the Procurement department with a strong cost-oriented view, seeking cost reductions opportunities on inland services, new business opportunities, and improvements on existing services.

**SCOPE OF RESPONSABILITIES**:

• Establish relationships with Internal Stakeholders and Suppliers to ensure attainment of organization objectives regarding inland services;
• Analysis of procurement spend and supply base;
• Accountable for driving communication and reporting to keep internal clients and management informed of progress and benefits;
• Development of savings opportunities and benchmarking of industry standards and practices to identify quick win opportunities;
• Innovative focus in development of new methods to negotiate inland services, bringing lower costs and higher efficiency;
• Develop and manage KPI's;
• Constant search for saving opportunities with new suppliers and existing ones;
• Evaluate possibilities of synergies among GROUP, regarding inland services.

**Contract Management**: Inland services contract management, including legal contracts and basic documentation; negotiation of contracts and frame agreements with all inland suppliers; support the manager/department in implementing new routines of supplier development, medium and long-term negotiation, supplier follow-up, and procurement purchasing.

**EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS**

**Degree**: Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, and related areas. MBA or post-graduation is a plus.

**IT and System Requirements**: MS Office with expertise on MS Excel. Previous experience with E-cargo/LISA is a plus.

**Language**: Advanced English and Spanish is a plus.

**Experience**: Minimum 5 years of experience in a related area, preferentially focused on inland services. Previous experience in maritime modal is a plus.

**RELATIONS**

Describe the main stakeholders (internal and external)

**Internal**: Intermodal Mercosul Line (Planning, Operations, Risk Management), Trade, Logistics Project, Legal, Multimodal CMA CGM, and PROGECO.

**External**: Suppliers in general, maritime/cabotage entities, governmental departments (DNIT, ANTT, etc.).

**JOB COMPETENCES (UP TO 5)**

Mark the appropriate options

Leadership

Change Management

Making sound decision

Transversality

Conflict management

Financial Accumen

Team Work

Results Orientation

Communication

Planning

Assertiviness

Customer Focus

Innovative Inteligence

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Business knowledge

Criativity

People Management

Execution Excellence

Coaching

**JOB EXPERTISE (UP TO 5)**

Describe additional expertise required

Cost-oriented View;

Analytical skills;

Sense of urgency and capacity to prioritize tasks;

Initiative;

Organization.

**SCOPE OF PRACTICE**

Describe the coverage of the geographical location of responsibility

East Coast of South America (ECSA)

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