The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for maintaining consistency in purchasing methodology and procedures across all buyers. They will identify and implement process improvement with a goal to minimize transactional costs associated with material delivery to the plant.

General Responsibilities

- Manage direct, evaluate, and develop a team of purchasing staff to ensure the team's resources are used effectively and work schedules and targets are met
- Manage plans, cost estimates, and schedules for integrating these needs into existing purchasing activities
- Responsible for reviewing policies, checklists, and other materials that describe the organization's technical, quality, service, or reliability standards to help purchasing staff evaluate supplier proposals
- Manage team of buyers to ensure they follow established procedures and policies
- Manage and evaluate the organization's overall purchasing trends to potential bulk purchases

Experience / Qualifications

- A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience
- Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members
- Holds self and others accountable to achieving goals and standards
- Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
- Strong communication skills: oral, written and presentation
- Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
- Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Power Point and Excel)
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and external customers

Excellence, Compliance and Process Responsibilities

- Map and maintain complete picture of procurement tools and software




- Lead the organization through decisions to change, update, bundle solutions
- Define the KPIs and performance measurement rules and tools
- Coordinate with other departments in alignment with company goals
- Lead development/deployment of all procurement tools and software
- Generate and maintain roles and responsibilities for procurement
- Map and maintain procurement processes, consolidate and remove if obsolete
- Align with other departments
- Coordinate the communication initiatives, including the maintenance of the procurement teams and Share Point
- Lead procurement corporate social responsibility and sustainability efforts
- Maintain clear organization chart and lead training/skill assessment efforts
- Support the AI integration in procurement processes

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📌 Senior Procurement Manager - Compliance, Excellence & Process (México)
🏢 Sensata Technologies
📍 México