Packaging Sourcing Specialist — Global RFQs & Negotiations

Royal Canin USA Inc; Santiago de Querétaro; On-site; MXN 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars is seeking a Sourcing Specialist - Packaging in Mexico to own packaging subcategories, lead RFQs/RFPs, and partner with cross-functional teams to translate category strategies into measurable value.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree, 3+ years in procurement, fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English, and strong analytical and negotiation skills to drive cost, quality, service, and sustainability while ensuring supply continuity. The position is based in Querétaro, Mexico.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 3+ years of procurement or strategic sourcing experience.
• Fluent: Portuguese, Spanish and English.
• Demonstrated experience leading RFQs/RFPs, evaluating supplier proposals and supporting supplier selection decisions.
• Experience preparing for and participating in supplier negotiations and commercial contracting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret spend, pricing and market data.
• Ability to develop sourcing recommendations balancing cost, quality, service, innovation, sustainability and supply continuity.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-management and supplier-relationship skills.
• Packaging, FMCG/CPG, direct-materials, manufacturing, cost-modeling or global sourcing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned packaging subcategories, sourcing initiatives and workstreams with increasing independence.
• Lead competitive RFQs and RFPs from market analysis and supplier engagement through proposal evaluation, supplier selection and award recommendation.
• Analyze spend, supplier proposals, cost drivers, market indices and external developments to identify sourcing opportunities and commercial risks.
• Develop sourcing scenarios, business cases and recommendations balancing value, service, quality, innovation, sustainability and supply-chain continuity.
• Partner with internal cost-modeling and business teams to prepare negotiation strategies, lead supplier negotiations and support end-to-end contracting.
• Maintain accurate pricing and commercial agreements following sourcing events.
• Build productive supplier relationships and support supplier segmentation, performance management and portfolio optimization.
• Collaborate across Procurement, Operations, Supply, R&D, Quality and Finance to implement sourcing decisions and deliver business commitments.
• Support regional and global sourcing initiatives, including standardization, analytics, automation and continuous process improvement.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Procurement experience (3+ years)

RFQ/RFP leadership

Spend analytics

Negotiation skills

Sourcing strategies

Cross-functional collaboration

Multilingual: Portuguese, Spanish, English

Packaging / FMCG knowledge

Job description

Mars is seeking a Sourcing Specialist - Packaging in Mexico to own packaging subcategories, lead RFQs/RFPs, and partner with cross-functional teams to translate category strategies into measurable value.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree, 3+ years in procurement, fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English, and strong analytical and negotiation skills to drive cost, quality, service, and sustainability while ensuring supply continuity. The position is based in Querétaro, Mexico.