Indirect Procurement Manager

Optimas Solutions; Monterrey; Presencial; MXN 1,440,000 - 1,801,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A manufacturing company in Monterrey is seeking an experienced Indirect Procurement Manager to optimize spend management across various categories. The successful candidate will have 5+ years of management experience in procurement and a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Responsibilities include driving cost savings, managing supplier relationships, and executing strategic sourcing initiatives. This role offers competitive compensation and opportunities for growth.

Formación

• 5+ years of management level experience within various indirect procurement categories.
• Experience in implementing and maintaining corporate travel and purchasing card programs.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence others.

Responsabilidades

• Drive cost optimization activities for indirect spend categories across the Americas footprint.
• Negotiate favorable terms and long-term contracts with suppliers.
• Monitor and report savings from sourcing activities.

Conocimientos

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration or comparable discipline

Herramientas

Corporate Travel Management platforms (Concur, Egencia)

Descripción del empleo

Position overview :

Reporting to the Americas VP of Finance, the Indirect Procurement Manager will work closely and collaboratively with the manufacturing, distribution and OpEx functions to provide support across a range of non-inventory procurement related activities, including responsibility of spend management activity across a range of OpEx categories.

Specifically, they will identify potential projects by analyzing category spend and market analysis to deliver improved products and services at lower costs through negotiations, supplier management, strategic sourcing, category management and total cost principles.

Re sponsibilities :

• Drive cost optimization activities for indirect spend categories across the Americas footprint
• Negotiate favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers for the procurement of services and supplies
• Manage company car programs
• Manage T&E and expense reporting programs
• Monitor, track and report savings and incremental value of sourcing activities
• Act as escalation point for supplier performance issues
• lead price and contract negotiations to achieve the best value from supplier relationships
• govern the project execution in terms of managing project timeline, resource planning, resolve issues and mitigate risks, etc.
• analyze and develop different KPIs and performance metrics for continuous improvement
• Research vendors and products to determine best options and make recommendations by evaluating total cost and quality of indirect materials and services
• Analyze current spend and find areas to improve service, reduce costs, and streamline purchasing procedures
• Identify and leverage company-wide spend opportunities
• Executing plans to achieve annual savings and business simplification (supplier reduction, process efficiency) targets
• Negotiation of contract agreements with suppliers, in partnership with Legal Dept
• Establish effective partnership with BUs via cross-functional team approach

Skills and Qualifications :

• 5+ years of management level experience within various indirect procurement categories
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration or comparable discipline
• Industrial supply distribution and manufacturing experience highly desirable
• Experience in implementing and maintaining self-service Corporate Travel Management platforms (i.e. Concur, Egencia)
• Experience in implementing and maintaining corporate travel and purchasing card programs
• Experiences of implementation of sizable transformational projects is preferable
• Strong negotiation skills
• Exceptionally strong communication skills, both written and verbal with demonstrable ability to influence others at all levels of an organization

Compensation :

At Optimas we believe in having a competitive compensation scheme to motivate and retain our employees.

More information will be given throughout the process.

Optimas OE Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

In addition to federal law requirements, Optimas OE Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.