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Procurement Manager
This position resides in the Americas Regional Cement Procurement organization and is responsible for leading a team that provides, among other things, purchasing, proposal preparation, expediting and logistics support for the sales and order execution departments within the Monterrey, Mexico office.
It is expected that this position would be one of a team that provides regional procurement activities to the Americas region.
Specific responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, leading a cross-functional team to obtain and prepare pricing for proposals, place purchase orders, manage the supplier order acknowledgement process, manage relationships with a global network of suppliers of parts and equipment, and deliver equipment to customers, among other operational activities.
This will enable the Monterrey office to maintain competitive costs and fulfill its obligations for timely delivery of quality products to the marketplace.
Your responsibilites:
- Ensure execution of purchasing activities to comply with business unit specific requirements for cost, time, quality and risk minimization
- Engage with business units management, on strategic as well as tactical Purchasing related matters, to ensure right and timely involvement




- Manage and develop the country purchasing team and ensures collaboration and alignment with logistics and Quality Control /expediting
- Drive efficiency through resource optimization, offshoring and implementation of best practice within purchasing across all business units in the country
- Engage in the implementation of and compliance to procurement policies, processes and reporting of KPI's in alignment with group directives, and leads specifically for purchasing
- Ensure realization of savings implementing general category initiatives
- Where relevant, oversee purchasing organizations in assigned countries outside home country
- Promote a culture of personal and team safety, including others who may be affected by the company's operational activities
What you bring:
- Previous supervisory experience preferred.
- Buying, expediting and logistics experience required.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Business preferred.
Equivalent experience acceptable.
- Knowledge of cement equipment is preferred.
- Individual should possess a sense of urgency, be customer-driven, and self-motivated.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, good time management skills.
- Pleasant demeanor, good with colleagues, calm in high pressure situations.
- Organization skills and ability to prioritize work based on customer and business requirements.
- Commercial and technical knowledge required.
- Blueprint reading is desirable.
- Experience with domestics and international suppliers.
- Fluent spoken and written English language skills are a must.
- Excellent coordination skills.
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📌 Procurement Manager (Monterrey)
🏢 Flsmidth
📍 Monterrey