# Digital Procurement & Catalog Specialist

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Naucalpan de Juarez
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

The Digital Procurement & Catalog Specialist role is part of Ford's Purchasing team, which adds critical value to the organization by sourcing high-quality parts and services globally while ensuring optimal cost and on-time delivery.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall governance and end-to-end lifecycle of supplier catalogs within the SAP Ariba environment, ensuring system integrity, data accuracy, and seamless technical connectivity between Ford, its suppliers, and the SAP Business Network.

**Responsibilities**

### Catalog Governance & System Maintenance

- Maintain the SAP Ariba Catalog Module, managing master data and business entity restrictions.

- Oversee Change Management by maintaining technical documentation and updating Quick Reference Guides (QRGs).

- Provide internal training on new Ariba features and system enhancements.

- Enforce compliance with Ford and Ariba standards.

### Technology Innovation

- Support continuous improvement of SAP solutions.

- Stay updated on trends in AI analytics and integrate insights into supply chain projects.

### Data Management & Quality Assurance

- Perform data cleansing and enrichment for catalog keywords and descriptions.

- Validate the end-user interface for functionality, accuracy, and visual consistency.

- Manage the full content lifecycle, including version control and strategic activation or deactivation of supplier content.

### Supplier Liaison & Technical Enablement

- Coordinate between suppliers, SAP Ariba, Ford IT, and Supply Chain teams.

- Lead supplier onboarding on the SAP Business Network.

- Provide technical guidance to suppliers regarding CIF/cXML connectivity and ERP integrations.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Business Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.

- 4+ years of supply chain management experience.

- Strong business acumen and project management skills.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Analytical mindset with high attention to detail.

## Skills

### Required
- SAP Ariba
- supply chain management
- project management
- data analysis
- communication

### Nice to have
- AI analytics
- Spanish language proficiency
- experience leading IT projects in the global manufacturing industry

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