Procurement Junior Buyer (Portuguese Speaker)

Hybrid

Requirements

What We're Looking For You must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Finance/Accountancy/Business or any related major.
You must have 1-3years of
experience in Procurement (sourcing, evaluating bids, proven ability to correctly translate and process customer requests) Preferably, you must have negotiation experience, International Logistics expertise, Supplier Management with foreign incoterms, and
experience working in multinational companies You are required to have the ability to speak, write, and read in Portuguese. You must have previous
experience with SAP-ERP, SRM, CRM, or a comparable system You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English You have the ability to follow procedures and sequential processes You must have critical thinking skills to analyze/review orders and drive process efficiencies You are a team player and have strong interpersonal skills You have proven ability to work on your own initiative.

You are willing to work on a mid-shift or night shift schedule. #LI-MC #LI-Hybrid Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies.
Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer.

The role is responsible for managing end-to-end transactional buying and sourcing activities, ensuring timely allocation to suppliers within the agreed service levels.
It involves analyzing requisitions, enforcing supplier compliance, conducting bidding or sourcing activities, and securing the best price, delivery, and terms for non-contracted items.
The position also ensures accuracy in purchase orders, monitors order status, and maintains compliance with company policies and procurement guidelines.
Additionally, it contributes to process efficiency by identifying non-value-added tasks and supporting continuous improvement within procurement operations.
What You'll Do: You process purchasing requests and appropriately allocate them to suppliers within required service level agreements, in accordance with established policies, SOPs, and SWIs, across designated procurement commodities.
You ensure compliance with the company spend policy.
You ensure products and services are assigned UNSPSC codes in alignment with regional and global requirements.
You complete first-line issue resolution by engaging stakeholders and suppliers, and escalating to identified groups when necessary.
You manage the sourcing process by: You analyze requisitions.
You enforce the preferred supplier compliance strategy.