Senior Procurement Manager

Description

Summary: Lead and define strategies for the Mexico Procurement Organization, managing spend and collaborating cross-functionally to drive business growth and ensure end-to-end impact. Highlights: 1. Lead Mexico Procurement Organization and define strategies 2. Active member of Mexico and Latin America Leadership Teams 3. Autonomy and strategic influence at the regional level Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services, operating in more than 170 countries with over 48,000 associates worldwide. Our purpose is to help ensure food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiency and sustainability. We operate across multiple strategic areas: Food \& Beverage, Institutional, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Industrial, Pest Elimination, Quick Service Restaurants, EcoSure, and Food Retail Services, delivering comprehensive solutions, data\-driven insights, and personalized service. With more than a century of innovation, Ecolab combines science, technology, and expertise to address our customers’ most critical challenges, contributing to public health, sustainability, and business growth globally. We are looking for talented individuals to join us in the role of **Senior Procurement Manager** based in **Santa Fe, México.** **How You’ll Make an Impact:** You will lead teams and define strategies to drive business growth. * Lead and oversee the **Mexico Procurement Organization**, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational . * Manage **Indirect, Direct, and Equipment spend**, defining strategy, category plans and long‑term value creation . * Ensure **project implementation from ideation through full P\&L impact**, delivering measurable financial results. * Collaborate closely with **Supply Chain (SC)** and cross‑functional areas to ensure **end‑to‑end impact** of procurement initiatives. * Serve as an active member of both the **Mexico Leadership Team** and the **Latin America Procurement Leadership Team**. * Deliver **leading indicators**, ensuring visibility, governance and continuous improvement of procurement performance. **Minimum Qualifications:** * **MBA degree**. * **15\+ years of experience** in Procurement or related fields. **Preferred Qualifications:** * Experience in corporate sales and executive\-level negotiations * Knowledge of management and analytics tools (CRM, Power BI) **Position Detail:** * **Location:** Santa Fe, Ciudad de México. * **Work schedule:** Standard business hours. * **Travel:** **A****cross Latin America and USA.** **What We Offer:** * A solid long\-term career path with competitive benefits and executive development programs designed to refine your leadership, within an inclusive, results\-driven culture that provides autonomy and strategic influence at the regional level * The support of an organization that values inclusion and diverse perspectives to achieve our best * Access to training programs and our learning platform, where you can develop technical skills, enhance your proficiency with digital tools, and learn new languages — all designed to support your professional success * A company\-provided vehicle for business and personal use, when applicable * The ability to plan and manage your schedule in an independent and flexible work environment **About Ecolab:** At Ecolab, we prioritize a talent\-first philosophy, building diverse and highly skilled teams to deliver excellence across nearly three million customer locations. With over a century of innovation, our 48,000 associates provide comprehensive science\-based solutions, evidence\-driven insights, and world\-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiency and sustainability across the food, healthcare, life sciences, hospitality, and industrial markets in more than 170 countries. Our solutions not only enhance operational efficiency but also contribute to sustainability and public health, making a positive impact worldwide. We are committed to eliminating unnecessary complexities and embracing a continuous learning mindset, seeking new perspectives and innovative ideas to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world. **Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion \& Belonging** Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance in all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement. Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin,citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.