
Lead Category Leader - Regional Mexico & Latam - Chemicals & Non Metallics
- Ciudad de México
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
- Working with business teams to identify the demand, needs and potential opportunities.
- Searching, screening and proposing the right suppliers that can optimally meet the demand of the Western Hemisphere region
- Proposing the right suppliers that can fulfill our needs optimally
- Negotiating terms and conditions and transmitting information to Procurement. Address questions, needs, supplier set up and other administrative requirements of supplier on boarding.
- Developing contracts as per the legal templates to ensure prices and service level agreements are contractually expressed with suppliers
- Leading supplier on-boarding, including, audits, HICX on-boarding and other administrative requirements.
- Handling communication with direct colleagues and the business about approaches and methods for solving problems
- Leading as a project leader of medium sized projects or is a major contributor to bigger projects. Work goals typically take 3-6 months to complete and the time horizon for results/impact is typically 2-12 months after the event
- Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college, Chemical Engineering or Industrial Engineering is a plus, but will look at any other bachelor's.
- Have a minimum of 3 years of experience in Sourcing and/or Category Management.
- Have previous experience with the chemicals category is a plus.
- Be fluent in English and Spanish, written and spoken.
- Have availability to travel 25% of the time (local and international).
- Have oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Ability to influence others and lead small teams.
- Be able to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrate effective problem identification and solution skills. Proven analytical and organizational ability.