Regional Purchasing Coordinator - MRO

About the Role

As the Regional MRO Coordinator, you will coordinate the Purchasing Strategy for the MRO commodity within a specific region, integrated into the Corporate Global Procurement Team. Your mission is to enhance service and product supply needs, standardize processes, and drive savings from Antolin’s current MRO spend.

Responsibilities

• Promote, negotiate, and manage Frame Agreements with integrators and main supply suppliers across Antolin plants.
• Coordinate supplier performance, ensuring alignment with savings objectives.
• Facilitate implementation actions between Antolin plants and suppliers, collaborating with the MRO Category Manager and Global Indirect Procurement Team.
• Standardize indirect purchasing processes wherever possible.
• Track and report savings (both corporate and plant-level actions) in BI/SAC monthly reports, validated by Financial Controllers/Plant Managers.
• Ensure supplier-proposed actions align with targeted savings and are adopted by plants.
• Monitor monthly savings reports from suppliers, inputting data into BI/SAC tools for plant-level validation.
• Analyze consolidated reports (monthly/quarterly) to assess alignment with MRO_FM Commodity objectives.
• Conduct periodic meetings with integrators/main suppliers to track results and identify new efficiency opportunities.
• Activate corrective actions if objectives deviate (via quarterly review meetings).
• Share best practices across plants and suppliers to drive standardization and efficiency improvements.
• Define and monitor Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Supplier Campaigns (SCs), reporting savings in BI/SAC.
• Resolve escalated open items at the plant/supplier level.
• Identify and onboard new suppliers to optimize regional/country-specific categories where gaps exist.
• Develop and consolidate supplier relationships through continuous negotiation.
• Deploy the Punchout strategy with main suppliers, securing competitive pricing for high-runner references and ensuring plant involvement.
• Adhere to Antolin’s Purchasing & Compliance Procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Purchasing or a related field (preferred).
• 5–7 years of experience in Purchasing.
• Professional communication and representation skills.
• Ability to sit, stand, and move within office or manufacturing environments.
• Extended computer work and facilitation of employee discussions.
• Occasional visits to customer facilities/plants may require extended standing/walking.
• Ability to lift, move, and manipulate parts as needed.
• Domestic and international travel may be required.

Why Join Us

At Antolin, we’re a community with a 75-year heritage, driven by values like Family Spirit, Responsibility, Sustainability, and Innovation. As a family-owned business, we offer stability and long-term career growth while shaping the future of mobility. Your work will influence millions of vehicle experiences, partnering with world-class OEMs to develop smarter, sustainable interiors.

• Invests in people for the long term, offering stability and genuine career progression.
• Values relationships with colleagues, customers, and communities.
• Encourages every voice to be heard and every contribution to make a difference.
• Combines the agility of a family company with the scale of a global leader.