Strategic Buyer IT

Lonza Group; Puebla de Zaragoza; Hybrid; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile culture

International environment

Exposure to senior stakeholders

Competitive compensation

Digitalization initiatives

Job summary

Lonza|Capsugel is seeking a Global Strategic Buyer IT/OT to shape sourcing strategies and build strategic partnerships across IT/OT categories. You will work with senior stakeholders to align procurement with technology roadmaps and digital transformation initiatives.

In this role, you will lead negotiations, drive cost optimization, and implement governance frameworks while supporting sustainable savings and supply continuity across global operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategic procurement within complex international organizations.
• Strong expertise in sourcing, supplier management, tendering, and contract negotiations.
• Experience negotiating software licenses, hardware IT services, and consulting contracts.
• Ability to analyze spend and market data to drive value.
• Experience with SAP and Ariba procurement systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global IT/OT sourcing strategies aligned with roadmaps.
• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, contract management, and relationships to drive value.
• Partner with IT/OT leadership and stakeholders to shape demand and digitalization initiatives.
• Drive cost optimization and sustainable savings across spend categories.
• Lead cross-functional projects for standardization, automation, and procurement excellence.
• Establish supplier performance metrics and governance frameworks.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Supplier management

Negotiations

Stakeholder management

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, Economics, or related field

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

Join a global procurement team at the forefront of digital transformation. As a Global Strategic Buyer IT/OT, you will shape sourcing strategies, build strategic supplier partnerships, and help deliver innovative technology solutions.

What you will get:

• An agile career and dynamic international working culture.
• The opportunity to influence global IT and OT procurement strategies across a leading healthcare organization.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and cross-functional global teams.
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance and value creation.
• Opportunities to lead transformational sourcing and digitalization initiatives.
• A variety of benefits dependent on role and location.
• An inclusive and ethical workplace where innovation and collaboration thrive.

What you will do:

• Develop and execute global sourcing strategies for IT/OT categories, aligning procurement activities with business priorities and technology roadmaps.
• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, contract management, and relationship management to drive value, innovation, and supply continuity.
• Partner closely with IT/OT leadership, vendor management teams, and business stakeholders to understand demand, shape sourcing decisions, and support digital transformation initiatives.
• Drive cost optimization, total cost of ownership improvements, and sustainable savings programs across assigned spend categories.
• Lead global, cross-functional projects focused on standardization, automation, process improvement, and procurement excellence.
• Establish and monitor supplier performance metrics, scorecards, and governance frameworks to ensure quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Champion procurement process transformation, change management, and best practices across global operations.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience in strategic procurement within complex international and matrix organizations, ideally focused on IT, OT, technology, or digital categories.
• Strong expertise in sourcing, supplier management, tendering, contract negotiations, and procurement strategy development.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating software licenses, hardware agreements, IT services, and consulting contracts.
• Ability to analyze spend, market intelligence, and business requirements to develop effective sourcing strategies and deliver measurable value.
• Experience working with procurement and ERP systems such as SAP and Ariba.
• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across global teams and senior leadership.
• Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, Economics, Legal Studies, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience delivering successful procurement outcomes.

About Lonza

At Lonza|Capsugel, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.

Reference: R80417

You will feel at home at Lonza if you:

• Take ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility
• Love solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast-moving environment
• Are curious, always looking to learn and improve
• Work collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself
• Are motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients

Why Lonza:

We are a place of unique opportunity, where your ideas, expertise and ambition can make a real difference. Here, will have the freedom to grow, the support to succeed and the chance to contribute to work that matters.

We are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow.