Hybrid: Strategic Category Lead — Grains & Sweeteners

Tastepoint d.o.o.; Ciudad de México; Hybrid; MXN 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

IFF, a global leader in flavors, fragrances, and food ingredients, seeks a senior procurement leader to shape regional sourcing strategies across North America. You will drive supplier performance, bolster supply resilience, and deliver measurable cost savings through strategic spend analysis and cross-functional collaboration.

Based in Mexico City with a hybrid setup, you will partner with Operations, Quality, Planning and Finance to support budgeting, risk management, and sustainability

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of procurement and supply chain experience.
• Strong understanding of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute regional category strategies for grains, starches, derivatives, soy, and other materials across North America.
• Ensure supply continuity, cost competitiveness, and sustainable sourcing practices.
• Apply strategic sourcing methodology through spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier assessment, and portfolio diversification.
• Develop commodity market analyses, should-cost models, supplier cost breakdowns, and pricing strategies to support sourcing and budgeting decisions.
• Build and strengthen strategic supplier relationships and drive collaboration, innovation, and tech-enabled solutions.

Skills

Procurement

Supply chain

Strategic sourcing

Cross-functional leadership

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

IFF, a global leader in flavors, fragrances, and food ingredients, seeks a senior procurement leader to shape regional sourcing strategies across North America. You will drive supplier performance, bolster supply resilience, and deliver measurable cost savings through strategic spend analysis and cross-functional collaboration.

Based in Mexico City with a hybrid setup, you will partner with Operations, Quality, Planning and Finance to support budgeting, risk management, and sustainability