Senior Manager, Procurement COE Sourcing Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Job Description

Mexico City, Mexico

Education Level
• Bachelor Degree required, MBA preferred

Years of experience
• 5+ years of Procurement and/or sourcing experience, or experience in using purchasing systems (Ariba, Zycus, Ivalua,
Jaggaer, or Coupa)
• 2+ years of change management experience, managing cross-functional projects or large change initiatives

Soft Skills
• Must have experience in developing category strategy or sourcing strategy•
Team player
• Ability to comprehend stakeholder needs effectively, communicate development plans, and track progress milestones
• Bilingual in English and Spanish will be a plus.

Technical Skills
• Change management skillsets and the ability to influence at all levels

• Open to feedback and suggestions for individual development and team management
• Possesses strong written and verbal communication skills. Organizes information in a way that facts or ideas build upon
one another to lead the audience to a specific conclusion.
• Values and promotes diversity and inclusion in the cultivation of talent and the leadership of teams
• Flexible and creative thinker with the ability to define business trade-offs, generate out-of-the-box solutions, challenge the
status quo, understand industry trends, best practice and manage change/uncertainty
• Act as a champion for change that can act decisively to drive decisions, while demonstrating agility to support the
evolution of business needs
• Professional accreditation in sourcing, procurement or project management a plus but not a requirement

Summary

In the Procurement Center of Excellence (PCOE), our goal is to be the catalyst to propel Procurement's business performance. We do this by relentlessly pursuing best practices, challenging the status quo, asking "why not", empowering decision-making through data and insights, and enabling continuous improvement at scale to drive value. Our team fosters a culture of collaboration and agility while providing opportunities for ongoing career growth and development.
In this highly critical role, we are looking for someone with in-depth experience in Sourcing process excellence, including category strategy development and e-sourcing system management (Ariba).

Responsibilities
1. The responsibilities of this role will be mainly 3 parts: end-to-end Sourcing process, sourcing tool of record management (Ariba), and category strategy development
2. Manage all Procurement sourcing calendars under the CPO and provide regular updates to the Procurement Leadership Team (PLT) on opportunity pipeline status and estimate.

Manage a series of sourcing strategy templates as well as category strategy templates and ensure knowledge management is up to date. Develop ad hoc templates as needed
3. Assist category teams in long-term planning and building category strategy through work sessions and provide support for category leaders driving change initiatives.

Provide basic cost modeling insights and direct teams to category intelligence sources.

Develop and maintain the sourcing policy and approval matrix
4. Act as the SME for the e-sourcing system and oversee system performance, including but not limited to: facilitating cross-functional sourcing events/e-auctions set-up, supporting new vendor risk screening, as well as hosting local/department training.
Be the main point of contact for Ariba e-sourcing with IDS and vendor when it comes to system performance issues and product roadmap to ensure contract compliance.
5. Be the liaison with the Procure-to-Pay team for Guided Buying related activities.

Own the category segmentation for all Procurement and relevant RACI when it comes to category roles, TBA roles, as well as stakeholders when it comes to category strategy development

Location
Mexico City

Additional Locations

Job Type
Full time

Job Area
Supply Chain

Equal Opportunity

Constellation Brands is committed to a continuing program of equal employment opportunity. All persons have equal employment opportunities with Constellation Brands, regardless of their sex, race, color, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), marital status, gender (including gender identity or gender expression), familial status, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions (or any other group or category within the framework of the applicable discrimination laws and regulations).