Sourcing Procurement Manager - Mexico, Global Procurement

Sourcing Procurement Manager – Mexico, Global Procurement

The Job:

The Stanley Black & Decker Global Procurement (GP) team is the company’s strategic procurement organization, focused on leveraging enterprise scale to achieve the best possible value across cost, quality, service, and delivery for all categories of spend. In addition, the team maintains close alignment with business leaders to support enterprise strategies and advance a best‑in‑class procurement organization using Stanley Fulfillment System principles. The Sourcing Procurement Manager, Global Procurement, is responsible for the effective and efficient management of all indirect spend in Mexico. This role supports the organization through the development and execution of sourcing strategies across indirect categories, while also ensuring strong day‑to‑day procurement execution for the business. This position operates in a hybrid model, combining strategic sourcing leadership with procurement operations support. The role is expected to drive long‑term category strategy, supplier optimization, and productivity initiatives, while also ensuring responsive operational support, continuity of supply and services, stakeholder satisfaction, and compliance with procurement processes. This is a flexible, in‑person position based at Monterrey Plant. This role will report directly to the Corporate Indirect Regional Director, with a dotted‑line reporting relationship to the LAG Manufacturing VP. The scope includes responsibility for indirect categories such as MRO, Facilities, Professional Services, Utilities, Temporary Labor, IT, and other indirect spend categories as applicable. The successful candidate should bring a particularly strong understanding of MRO, Crib Planning, Facilities, and Professional Services, including supplier landscape knowledge, cost drivers, service models, negotiation levers, and operational requirements. The role requires strong analytical capability, including advanced spend analysis across plants, functions, and business units, and the ability to identify and execute productivity, cost reduction, working capital, and supplier optimization initiatives. The successful candidate must be able to build strong cross‑functional relationships, work effectively in a matrix organization, and communicate with stakeholders at plant, country, regional, and global levels.

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Lead sourcing and procurement activities for indirect spend categories in Mexico, developing and executing strategies aligned with Global Procurement priorities, business goals, and margin resiliency initiatives.
• This hybrid role combines strategic sourcing with hands‑on procurement operations to support both long‑term category plans and day‑to‑day purchasing needs, ensuring business continuity and service delivery.
• Analyze spend and market data to identify sourcing opportunities, cost savings, supplier consolidation, and demand management actions.
• Support supplier network initiatives to reduce total cost, improve service, mitigate risk, and strengthen supply continuity.
• Execute procurement strategies in line with corporate guidelines and market conditions.
• Lead supplier selection through RFP, RFQ, and RFI processes, manage commercial negotiations and contract implementation, and oversee supplier contracts, service levels, compliance, renewals, and performance expectations.
• Support procurement operations for assigned categories and stakeholders, including requisition‑to‑purchase activities, supplier coordination, issue resolution, and continuity of supply and services.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders such as Operations, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Logistics, IT, HR, EHS, Facilities, and Plant Leadership.
• Provide Mexico market expertise, support budgeting and forecasting, track sourcing pipelines and savings delivery, drive process improvement, ensure policy and DoA compliance, support audits, and collaborate with regional and global category leaders.
• Approximately 15% of time spent on direct sourcing and local support functions.

The Person

The ideal candidate is growth‑oriented, adaptable, and motivated by innovation and meaningful contribution. They bring strong knowledge of sourcing, procurement, supplier management, and commercial negotiations in domestic and international environments, with particular expertise in indirect categories such as MRO, Facilities, and Professional Services. They should demonstrate strong analytical, financial, and project management skills, with the ability to assess opportunities, build business cases, manage multiple priorities, and make sound decisions in fast‑paced environments. Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills are essential, along with executive presence and the ability to work effectively across functions, cultures, and organizational levels. Fluency in English and Spanish is required; Portuguese is a plus. Experience in global or regional, multi‑site, matrixed organizations is preferred. Candidates should also reflect Stanley Black & Decker leadership qualities, including accountability, integrity, discipline, respect, speed, stretch, vision, and open‑mindedness, along with personal strengths such as proactivity, teamwork, innovation, ethics, and relationship building.

Education and Experience

A bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, or a related field. An MBA or relevant master’s degree is preferred. Candidates should have 10+ years of relevant experience in purchasing, sourcing, procurement, and/or supply chain, with strong preference for indirect procurement experience. Additional preferred experience includes strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract negotiation, risk management, procurement operations, budgeting, savings tracking, financial reporting, and working in international, multicultural matrix organizations.

Technical Competencies

Candidates should have advanced PC skills, especially in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, along with strong written and verbal communication, analytical, financial, and problem‑solving skills. Experience with procurement systems, ERP platforms, spend analysis tools, contract management tools, procurement compliance, and supplier performance management is preferred. Certifications such as CPIM, CPSM, CSCMP, PMP, Six Sigma, Lean, or Kaizen are advantageous.

The Details

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan. And More:

Global Benefits & Perks

• You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.
• Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state‑of‑the‑art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
• Purpose‑Driven Company: You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.
• Benefits: As well as the competitive salary, we offer flexible working arrangements, bonus programs, health and wellness benefits, time‑off policies, and other benefits tailored to local regulations.

We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in.

Who We Are

We’re the world’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state‑of‑the‑art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.