Job Title: Procurement Manager – Foods Mexico
Job Purpose
As a Procurement Manager – Foods Mexico, your mission is to create top- and bottom-line growth and value for the Mexico Foods business.
This role requires close business engagement with multiple functions, including R&D, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Global Portfolio, BG Procurement, and suppliers.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, bias for action, influencing capabilities, strategy development, business acumen, and project management skills are essential for success in this position.
Key Responsibilities
Experience & Qualifications
Technical Skills
Cross-Functional Skills
Experience You Should Have
Competencies
Leadership Expectations
Job Purpose
As a Procurement Manager – Foods Mexico, your mission is to create top- and bottom-line growth and value for the Mexico Foods business.
This role requires close business engagement with multiple functions, including R&D, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Global Portfolio, BG Procurement, and suppliers.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, bias for action, influencing capabilities, strategy development, business acumen, and project management skills are essential for success in this position.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive and deliver procurement actions under the Foods strategy, including innovation management, forecast engagement, sustainability, and value creation through 5S, ASA/AMA projects, complexity reduction, and Resilience Program
- Ensure early procurement and supplier involvement in innovations and supply chain projects; act as a core team member in cross-functional teams to ensure OTIF (On Time In Full) delivery.
- Support portfolio buyers with Foods factories’ material procurement projects (e.g., network optimization, ASA/AMA).
- Identify and deliver in-year and long-term material saving opportunities; secure resources for cost-saving projects.
- Ensure visibility of CAPEX requirements for moulds and alignment with cluster SC functions.
- Align projects with suppliers, ensuring they are part of joint business development plans and supported by the Foods business.
- Build strong global procurement networks to deliver fast and high-quality savings and innovation projects.
Experience & Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Strong procurement expertise.
- Project management skills for cost savings and innovation (including network planning and risk assessment).
- Strategy development and implementation, translating business objectives into actionable procurement strategies and roadmaps.
- Finance acumen (P&L understanding) to assess material inflation and communicate impacts on innovation projects.
- Supply market intelligence and analysis to build strong portfolio and supplier understanding.
- Alliance and relationship management to deliver long-term value.
- Sustainability roadmap execution in partnership with portfolio teams.
- Strong supplier negotiation skills.
Cross-Functional Skills
- Customer service mindset in all stakeholder relationships.
- Implementation of supply chain improvement programs.
- Advanced project management skills.
Experience You Should Have
- University degree.
- Experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, or R&D.
- Experience leading change management projects.
Competencies
- Self-management (priority setting, risk analysis, resource allocation).
- Networking and relationship management with full accountability.
- Outstanding communication and influencing skills.
- Ownership and responsibility, with high energy and drive.
- Strong analytical skills providing actionable insights.
- Ability to drive results with teams and work effectively in networks and independently.
- Results- and solutions-oriented, able to solve unexpected problems on short notice.
- Experience working in a virtual, global environment.
- Fluency in English.
Leadership Expectations
- Energized by delivering excellent results, acting as a role model in performance and resilience.
- Proactively seek better ways of working, engaging and collaborating with others.
- Take responsibility for your own wellbeing while delivering high standards of work.
- Maintain a consumer-first mindset in all decisions.
- Remain humble, data-driven, and attentive to market signals to identify opportunities and address issues swiftly.
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