**Job Title: Procurement Manager - Foods Mexico**
**Job Purpose**
As a **Procurement Manager - Foods Mexico**, your mission is to create top
- and bottom-line growth and value for the Mexico Foods business.
This role requires close business engagement with multiple functions, including **R&D;, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Global Portfolio, BG Procurement**, and suppliers.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, bias for action, influencing capabilities, strategy development, business acumen, and project management skills are essential for success in this position.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Drive and deliver procurement actions under the Foods strategy, including innovation management, forecast engagement, sustainability, and value creation through **5S**, **ASA/AMA projects**, **complexity reduction**, and **Resilience Program**:
- Ensure early procurement and supplier involvement in innovations and supply chain projects; act as a core team member in cross-functional teams to ensure **OTIF** (On Time In Full) delivery.
- Support portfolio buyers with Foods factories’ material procurement projects (e.g., network optimization, ASA/AMA).
- Identify and deliver in-year and long-term material saving opportunities; secure resources for cost-saving projects.
- Ensure visibility of CAPEX requirements for moulds and alignment with cluster SC functions.
- Align projects with suppliers, ensuring they are part of joint business development plans and supported by the Foods business.
- Build strong global procurement networks to deliver fast and high-quality savings and innovation projects.
**Experience & Qualifications**
**Technical Skills**
- Strong procurement expertise.
- Project management skills for cost savings and innovation (including network planning and risk assessment).
- Strategy development and implementation,



translating business objectives into actionable procurement strategies and roadmaps.
- Finance acumen (P&L; understanding) to assess material inflation and communicate impacts on innovation projects.
- Supply market intelligence and analysis to build strong portfolio and supplier understanding.
- Alliance and relationship management to deliver long-term value.
- Sustainability roadmap execution in partnership with portfolio teams.
- Strong supplier negotiation skills.
**Cross-Functional Skills**
- Customer service mindset in all stakeholder relationships.
- Implementation of supply chain improvement programs.
- Advanced project management skills.
**Experience You Should Have**
- University degree.
- Experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, or R&D.;
- Experience leading change management projects.
**Competencies**
- Self-management (priority setting, risk analysis, resource allocation).
- Networking and relationship management with full accountability.
- Outstanding communication and influencing skills.
- Ownership and responsibility, with high energy and drive.
- Strong analytical skills providing actionable insights.
- Ability to drive results with teams and work effectively in networks and independently.
- Results
- and solutions-oriented, able to solve unexpected problems on short notice.
- Experience working in a virtual, general environment.
- Fluency in English.
**Leadership Expectations**
- Energized by delivering excellent results, acting as a role model in performance and resilience.
- Proactively seek better ways of working, engaging and collaborating with others.
- Take responsibility for your own wellbeing while delivering high standards of work.
- Maintain a consumer-first mindset in all decisions.
- Remain humble, data-driven, and attentive to market signals to identify opportunities and address issues swiftly.

📌 Procurement Manager Foods Mexico (Bosques de las Lomas)
🏢 Unilever
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