Sourcing Logistics Manager

Chain IQ Group; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 900.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Chain IQ Group in Mexico City seeks a Strategic Sourcing Manager – Consumables to lead category strategies for MRO, PPE, tooling, and workwear, guiding a regional team and collaborating with engineering, maintenance, and EHS.

You will drive cost optimization, supplier innovation, and risk management while ensuring safety, quality, sustainability and regulatory standards in a food manufacturing environment.

Formación

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 4+ years in strategic sourcing or category management.
• Experience leading teams.
• Experience with RFQs/RFPs, negotiations, and contract management.
• Exposure to TCO-driven decision-making.
• Strong exposure to road transport and time-critical logistics; air freight experience is a plus.
• Solid understanding of Indirect Spend Categories, Pricing Mechanisms, and Cost Drivers.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder communication skills.
• Comfortable working in international, matrix-driven organizations.
• Fluent in English; Spanish or another language is an advantage.
• Execution-oriented with a strong operational mindset.
• Structured, pragmatic, and resilient in fast-paced environments.
• Curious and motivated to deepen transportation and MRO expertise.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and implement end-to-end category strategies for consumables (MRO, PPE, tooling, workwear) aligned with Group’s global procurement objectives.
• Deliver measurable value through cost savings, demand management, specification harmonization, and supplier consolidation.
• Lead total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling, and benchmarking initiatives.
• Identify, qualify, and manage strategic suppliers and regional partners to ensure continuity of supply and competitive advantage.
• Lead RFPs, RFQs, and contract negotiations, including pricing structures, SLAs, safety standards, and service levels.
• Act as a trusted procurement partner to plant engineering, maintenance, EHS, logistics operations, and quality teams.
• Drive alignment between local site needs and regional/global sourcing strategies.
• Leads a team

Conocimientos

Strategic sourcing

Cost optimization

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

RFQ/RFP process

Supply chain awareness

Multilingual (EN/ES)

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Herramientas

TCO modeling

Contract management

Descripción del empleo

Title: Sourcing Logistics Manager

Location:

Mexico City, MX

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters - bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

About the role:

The Strategic Sourcing Manager – Consumables is responsible for developing and executing category strategies for Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO), tooling, PPE, and safe workwear across manufacturing and operational footprint, while managing a team.

The role drives cost optimization, supply continuity, supplier innovation, and risk mitigation, while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, sustainability, and regulatory standards in a food and nutrition manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement end-to-end category strategies for consumables (MRO, PPE, tooling, workwear) aligned with Group’s global procurement objectives.
• Deliver measurable value through cost savings, demand management, specification harmonization, and supplier consolidation.
• Lead total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling, and benchmarking initiatives.
• Identify, qualify, and manage strategic suppliers and regional partners to ensure continuity of supply and competitive advantage.
• Lead RFPs, RFQs, and contract negotiations, including pricing structures, SLAs, safety standards, and service levels.
• Act as a trusted procurement partner to plant engineering, maintenance, EHS, logistics operations, and quality teams.
• Drive alignment between local site needs and regional/global sourcing strategies.
• Leads a team

Requirements:

• University degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s) or equivalent professional experience.
• 4+ years of experience in Strategic sourcing or category management experience.
• Experience leading teams
• Experience with RFQs/RFPs, negotiations, and contract management.
• Exposure to TCO-driven decision-making.
• Strong exposure to road transport and time-critical logistics; air freight experience is a plus.
• Srements:olid understanding of Indirect Spend Categories, Pricing Mechanisms, and Cost Drivers.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder communication skills.
• Comfortable working in international, matrix-driven organizations.
• Fluent in English, Spanish or another language is an advantage.
• Execution-oriented with a strong operational mindset.
• Structured, pragmatic, and resilient in fast-paced environments.
• Curious and motivated to deepen transportation and MRO expertise.

Join a truly global team.

We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let’s shape the future of procurement - together.

Chain IQ – Create. Lead. Make an impact.