Vice President, Global Indirect Sourcing, Freight & (Monterrey)

Responsibilities

Strategic Vision & Leadership

• Design and implement a comprehensive global sourcing strategy for all indirect materials and services, ensuring alignment with the company's overarching business objectives.
• Establish a holistic, international logistics and freight strategy, optimizing efficiency and reducing transportation costs across complex delivery networks.
• Spearhead the digital transformation of sourcing and logistics processes, leveraging technologies to improve spend visibility, analytics, and supplier management.
• Build and lead a high-performance, global team of indirect sourcing, logistics, and freight professionals, creating a collaborative and results-oriented environment.

Supplier Development & Contract Negotiation

• Identify, evaluate, and establish collaborative partnerships with a diversified supplier base across various global regions.
• Conduct in-depth market analysis, lead complex contract negotiations, and manage supplier relationships to secure the most favorable pricing, quality, and delivery terms.
• Develop and manage robust risk mitigation strategies throughout the supply chain, encompassing geographical, regulatory, and financial risks.

Cost Reduction & Process Optimization

• Drive aggressive cost savings initiatives across all indirect spend categories, leveraging global sourcing strategies and economies of scale.
• Analyze international freight and logistics processes, implementing streamlined operations to increase efficiency, minimize delays, and address capacity constraints.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of robust KPIs and metrics to track cost savings, supplier performance, and logistics effectiveness.

Governance & Control

• Collaborate with finance to establish rigorous spend controls and implement financial safeguards to protect company assets.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable international trade regulations, customs requirements, and ethical sourcing practices.
• Partner with business unit leaders across all operating facilities to understand indirect sourcing needs, providing guidance and ensuring optimal support for their operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ***** years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management, with a substantial portion in a global leadership role.
• Demonstrated success in driving significant cost reductions and process improvements within multinational organizations.
• Strong understanding of indirect spend categories such as MRO, IT, facilities, professional services, marketing, and travel.
• Deep expertise in international freight forwarding, logistics management, and customs regulations.
• Master's degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field preferred.
• Proven analytical skills, including the ability to interpret complex data and use it to drive strategic decision-making.
• Exceptional negotiation, communication, and influencing skills.
• Fluency in multiple languages; a strong advantage.

Competencies & Behaviors Needed

• Exceptional communicator at all employee levels, including senior executives.
• Strong proponent of ESAB's values and behaviors and EBX principles.
• Drives continuous improvement.
• Effective at building relationships and trust.
• Strong collaboration skills across functions and business platforms.
• Negotiates with associates with a respectful give-and-take approach, where decisions are shared.
• Comfortable working in an integral matrix organization.
• Results-oriented with the ability to make decisions and to follow through on programs and policies which have been developed.
• Bias for action; a sense of urgency; self-starter; moves with speed.
• Focus on delivering results and continuous improvement.
• Manages workload efficiently and effectively.
• Agile mind; quick o