Global Category Manager General R&D

Job Description Summary

Location: Mexico City #Hybrid
About the Role:
To plan and lead Category initiatives for categories globally; to lead proactive sourcing projects, specification definition and demand management, as well as manage R&D supplier performance and innovation activities.

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

• Translates global divisional category strategy into global, divisional, sub category strategy OR translates regional procurement strategy into country strategy and local implementation.
• Lead the implementation of sourcing plans for the sub category and deliver sub-category savings targets following engagement in the target setting process.
• Provide input into the overall Category or sub-category strategy about segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships, and lead business planning activities and ensure these projects are staffed and executed on a timely basis in line with the targeted goals.
• Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships, and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, ensuring that any supplier performance risks and issues are resolved on a timely basis to end user satisfaction.
• May directly control at a country level purchase with respect to supplier choice, timing and commercial conditions (may vary between divisions depending on way spend is controlled).
• Collect supplier information and feedback from Divisions, countries, sites, Category teams and Business Partners, and deliver Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics.
• Create, apply, complete and reviews major contracts for the sub category, and ensure that negotiated contracts are clearly communicated for the sub-category area and that they are consistently applied
• Manage the budget/resource allocation for the area of responsibility. Manage the performance and talent development of direct reports and contribute to talent development of indirect reports.

Minimum Requirements:

• University/Advanced degree is required. Master’s Degree/other advanced degree is preferred.
• Preferably > 8-10 years of relevant subject experience in Procurement (indirects)
• Cross Cultural Experience.
• Strategic sourcing and stakeholder management experience.
• Strong and effective written and verbal communications (English)
• Experience in Research and development category (preferred)
• Operations Management and Execution Project Management

Skills Desired

Effective Communication, Finance Management, Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Managing Resources, Negotiating