Lead Strategic Sourcing Specialist (Valle de Chalco Solidaridad)

Innovate high-purity, high-performance chemicals and materials

As a Lead Strategic Sourcing Specialist for the Sustainability and Decarbonization business unit, you will play a crucial role in driving the procurement of materials and services in alignment with the business goals. You will be accountable for establishing and executing procurement strategies to achieve the lowest total cost, reduced working capital, and ensure supply continuity. This role requires strong negotiation skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic integral environment. In this role, you will impact the company by driving performance-driven commodity and category supply strategies, managing supplier performance, and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures. You will also contribute to the growth and success of the business by identifying cost‑saving opportunities, implementing value engineering initiatives, and eliminating sole/single sources.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and execute annual and strategic plan with assisting strategies
• Right and fast execution of strategies to align with business growth and New Product Introductions
• Manage and support category and commodity strategies including spend thoughtfulness, benchmarking, cost, market thoughtfulness, and general technology/economic trends
• Build new relationships with key supplier guide
• Work with sales, marketing, technology, business, operations, finance, and quality and other Advanced Material businesses
• Guide Supplier selection, RFQ and RFI process, negotiation, contracting, and supplier performance processes
• Improve Working Capital through payment terms extensions, payment cycle optimization, vendor managed inventories
• Inventory and guide time reductions

Must Have

• Extensive experience (6+ years) in Contract Management and Negotiations
• Proficient in Data analytics tools such as Excel
• Experience working in chemical manufacturing companies