Strategic Indirect Procurement Lead

CSP Innovations Saltillo, S. de R.L. de C.V.; Saltillo; Presencial; MXN 700.000 - 1.100.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company match

Descripción de la vacante

CSP Innovations Saltillo, S. de R.L. de C.V.

is seeking an experienced Senior Indirect Procurement Leader to drive strategy across multiple facilities. You will lead a team of buyers, develop category plans, and manage supplier relationships to ensure value, continuity, and cost reduction. The role requires collaboration with corporate purchasing, legal, and finance, and involves contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and cross-functional engagement to align with enterprise goals.

Formación

• Minimum 5+ years in procurement/sourcing in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading, supervising, or mentoring procurement professionals is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing category/commodity strategies, and managing supplier relationships, sourcing events, and contract negotiation and management.
• Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations and balancing competing facility priorities.
• Strong knowledge of indirect materials, MRO, plant services, industrial suppliers, and manufacturing support requirements.
• Proficiency with ERP systems, purchasing systems, spend analysis tools, and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsabilidades

• Lead indirect procurement activities across multiple manufacturing facilities and assigned categories, including maintenance, repair, operations, services, equipment, and plant support needs.
• Manage, coach, and develop multiple Indirect Buyers to ensure consistent execution of procurement processes, priorities, policies, and performance expectations.
• Establish category priorities, workload allocation, and purchasing support models for assigned facilities in partnership with Corporate Purchasing and plant leadership.
• Design, develop, and own category and commodity strategies for assigned indirect spend categories, incorporating market intelligence, should-cost analysis, total cost of ownership, and multi-year sourcing roadmaps that support cost reduction, supplier consolidation, service reliability, risk mitigation, and operational continuity.
• Negotiate, draft, and manage contracts and supply agreements for assigned categories throughout their full lifecycle, including pricing, terms and conditions, service levels, and renewals, amendments, or terminations, in partnership with Legal and Finance.
• Lead supplier selection, bid events, negotiations, and commercial reviews in alignment with enterprise strategies, approved supplier lists, and business requirements.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and serve as an escalation point for supplier performance, delivery, quality, service, and commercial issues.
• Monitor supplier performance and purchasing metrics, including cost savings, purchase order cycle time, on-time delivery, compliance, open order status, and service levels.
• Identify, prioritize, and implement cost and process improvement opportunities across indirect spend categories and supported facilities.
• Drive procurement standardization, policy compliance, supplier rationalization, and utilization of preferred suppliers across assigned locations.
• Review purchasing data, spend trends, market conditions, and operational requirements to support category planning and sourcing decisions.
• Ensure accurate purchasing documentation, contract support, purchase order management, and ERP data integrity within the team.
• Serve as a trusted business partner to plant leadership, maintenance, engineering, production, operations, finance, legal, quality, and EHS teams to understand business needs, resolve supply issues, and embed category and commodity strategies into plant and enterprise priorities.
• Provide leadership updates, reporting, and recommendations related to purchasing activity, supplier performance, savings initiatives, risks, and category improvement plans.
• Support cross-functional initiatives related to inventory reduction, maintenance reliability, capital projects, compliance, and enterprise procurement transformation.

Conocimientos

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Contract negotiation

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or related field

Herramientas

ERP systems

Spend analysis tools

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

CSP Innovations Saltillo, S. de R.L. de C.V.

is seeking an experienced Senior Indirect Procurement Leader to drive strategy across multiple facilities. You will lead a team of buyers, develop category plans, and manage supplier relationships to ensure value, continuity, and cost reduction. The role requires collaboration with corporate purchasing, legal, and finance, and involves contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and cross-functional engagement to align with enterprise goals.