Global Indirect Sourcing Leader

Stoneridge; Juarez; On-site; MXN 1,662,000 - 2,216,000; Full time

Job summary

Stoneridge is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager - Indirect to lead sourcing and supplier-management across indirect categories, including Packaging, Chemicals, Solder Paste, Software and IT services, CAPEX, and more. You will collaborate with the Global Category Manager and site stakeholders to define strategy and drive value.

You will run RFIs, RFQs and RFPs, negotiate terms, manage supplier performance, and ensure regulatory and ESG considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field; MBA preferred.
• Five to ten years of strategic sourcing or category-management experience, preferably including indirect procurement within a multinational manufacturing or automotive environment.
• Ability to create and deliver clear, persuasive presentations
• Demonstrated experience sourcing and contracting complex indirect categories such as software/services, CAPEX, packaging, chemicals or MRO.
• Strong commercial, analytical and negotiation capability, including the ability to negotiate with senior supplier and internal stakeholders.
• Experience working in global and cross-functional project teams and managing multiple sourcing projects and priorities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build effective stakeholder relationships at all organizational levels.
• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound commercial judgement and collaborate effectively within a team.

Responsibilities

• Define current and future business needs for assigned indirect categories in collaboration with key stakeholders and site functions.
• Perform market, supplier, cost-driver and technology analysis for assigned categories, including benchmarking and total-cost-of-ownership evaluation.
• Source in accordance with approved category strategies, sourcing policies, delegated authority and business requirements.
• Interact with internal stakeholders to drive standardization and strategy execution.
• Lead RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, competitive tenders and negotiations to achieve the best total cost, quality, service, risk and contractual outcome.
• Manage sourcing and supplier involvement for CAPEX projects and other business initiatives, ensuring procurement is engaged early and commercial requirements are defined before supplier commitment.
• Ensure continuity of critical indirect supply and services. Establish mitigation plans, expedite where necessary and negotiate supplier compensation or corrective action for non-performance.
• Deliver measurable cost savings, cost avoidance, working-capital improvements, process efficiencies and supplier-base optimization.
• Manage contracts and commercial documentation: terms, SOWs, SLAs, and CAPEX commitments; monitor expiry, compliance, utilization and renewal/termination.
• Manage assigned sourcing projects and purchases across packaging, chemicals, solder paste, software, IT and professional services.
• Evaluate suppliers and participate in qualification, risk assessment, due diligence, sustainability, compliance and onboarding processes.
• Maintain accurate supplier, contract, pricing, sourcing-project and purchasing data in relevant systems.
• Lead contract review and negotiation with Legal, Finance, IT, Quality and other stakeholders.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance through reviews, KPI monitoring, corrective actions and continuous-improvement plans.
• Support purchase-to-pay compliance and No-PO/No-Pay principle with Finance.
• Ensure sourcing decisions address regulatory, environmental, health and safety, information-security and business-continuity requirements.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate suppliers and aggregate demand across sites.
• Develop and maintain category plans, savings forecasts and implementation trackers.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiation

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field

MBA

Job description

Stoneridge is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager - Indirect to lead sourcing and supplier-management across indirect categories, including Packaging, Chemicals, Solder Paste, Software and IT services, CAPEX, and more. You will collaborate with the Global Category Manager and site stakeholders to define strategy and drive value.

You will run RFIs, RFQs and RFPs, negotiate terms, manage supplier performance, and ensure regulatory and ESG considerations.