Purchasing Manager LATAM

Purchasing Manager LATAM

Come Make the World With Us

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World. Sound like you Join our top-notch team of nearly 60000 professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the worlds beloved brands including DEWALT CRAFTSMAN CUB CADET STANLEY and BLACKDECKER

The Job

Oversees the functionality the assigned team of 10 15 Purchasing Agents/buyers of Indirect Materials located in the same or different sites. The role is to provide guidance support and direction to team members so they can complete assigned tasks successfully. Leads the supply base around their commodity in support of Supply Management goals and objectives.

A Purchasing Manager isresponsible for overseeing the Indirect procurement process which includes executing procurement strategies managing supplier relationships and negotiating contracts to achieve cost savings and ensure a steady supply of goods and services. Key duties involve managing site level buyers leading sourcing projects collaborating with internal stakeholders managing risk and ensuring compliance with regulations and policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains close relationships with suppliers within assigned plants offices or distribution centers and takes proactive approach in interfacing with them to resolve issues.
• Assist Purchasing Agents/buyers in general department questions and guide them in the correct process
• Maintain and report department KPIs
• Goal development and progression for direct reports
• Oversee day-to-day teams operation and performance
• Execute procurement strategies policies and best practices to align with company procurement policy and goals.
• Buyer Management: Manage site level buyers to ensure they are following the procurement strategies policies and established KPIs.
• Supplier management:Identify evaluate and build relationships with new and existing suppliers. This includes supplier selection development and performance monitoring.
• Contract negotiation:Lead the negotiation of contracts less than $500K and agreements to secure the best possible terms for quality price and delivery.
• Process oversight:Manage the end-to-end procurement lifecycle from requisition and sourcing to purchasing and delivery and ensure compliance with all relevant policies.
• Risk mitigation:Develop and implement strategies to mitigate supply chain risks such as cost increases tariffs and single-supplier dependencies.
• Stakeholder collaboration:Work closely with internal departments to understand their needs and ensure they have the necessary resources to operate effectively.
• Assist is rollout and reoccurring training on department processes.
• Creates and updates purchase orders supplier scorecards supplier profile folders and other documentation as required to ensure data integrity.
• Identifies and manages the implementation of cost reductions
• Coordinates the implementation and execution of supply agreements as required. This includes but is not limited to confidentiality agreement long-term agreements proprietary rights agreements and exclusivity agreements.
• Supports cross-functional team initiatives around total cost improvements
• Leads and reports all supplier performance. This includes the coordination of supplier scorecards as well as establishing and implementing corrective action plans.
• Supports the continual training of suppliers to ensure they are following the latest SBD policies and procedures.
• Ensures the purchasing agents perform all purchasing activities in accordance with procurement policies and procedures
• Effectively lead and communicate at all levels within the company working closely with teams across the company to drive success
• Provides guidance and accountability to assigned purchasing agents to drive results to department and company goals and objectives.

The Person

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. Youre not intimidated by innovation. Wouldnt it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good In fact you embrace it. You also have:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Microsoft Office Applications
• High degree of creativity flexibility and resourcefulness
• Ability to organize and lead complicated projects that involve several disciplines
• Power to motivate individuals
• Possess and apply a broad knowledge of Supply Management principles practices and procedures. As well as specific knowledge of functions of the roles leading.
• Bachelors Degree or other related degree or equivalent experience
• Five to ten (5-10) years professional purchasing experience
• Willingness to travel as needed

And More

We want our company to be a place youll want to be and stay. Being part of our team means youll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20 brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources including our Lean Academy Coursera and online university.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity equity and inclusion.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism giving back and sustainable business practices.

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veterans status or any other protected characteristic.

We Dont Just Build The World We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here youll get the unique chance to impact some of the worlds most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS DEWALT CRAFTSMAN MAC TOOLS and Black Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

Were the Worlds largest tool company. Were industry visionaries. Were solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art smart factory products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843 but that hasnt stopped us from evolving into a vibrant diverse global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks
Youll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What Youll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths arent linear here. Being part of our global company with 60 brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means youll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because thats how the best work gets done. Youll find we like to have fun here too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
Youll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism giving back and sustainable business practices.