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Its scope covers Marketing & Communication, Fashion Boutique and Point of Sales Maintenance & Construction, Logistics & Transportation, Human Resources, General Services, Professional Services, Travel & Events, Marketing & Trade Marketing, IT & Telecom, Property & Facilities. The role includes leadership responsibility, contributing to Team Development, Change Management and the successful delivery of cross-functional transformation projects. This is not a transactional buying role. It is a market-building and transformation leadership mandate, accountable for establishing procurement as a structured, risk-controlled, digitally enabled and value-creating function that actively supports the company’s growth ambitions. The role reports to local CFO and the Regional Head of Indirect Procurement Swiss Market Region who leads the Regional Procurement Strategy across all categories, ensures alignment with global objectives, and orchestrates the regional and local IP community. Within this framework, the IP Manager for Mexico acts as the market owner, with full accountability for structuring, governing and elevating the procurement capability across the country.\nKey Responsibilities\nActivities\nGovernance and Function Development\nDesign, implement and ensure compliance with Indirect Procurement policies, processes and approval frameworks.\nContribute to the deployment and continuous improvement of the Source-to-Pay (S2P) model in collaboration with Finance and IT.\nDefine and execute the Indirect Procurement roadmap for the Mexican market, aligned with business priorities and global guidelines.\nMonitor performance through KPIs, savings tracking and executive-level reporting.\nEnsure full adoption and effective use of the COUPA procurement platform.\nMarket Intelligence, Strategic Sourcing & Business Partnership\nMap the supplier ecosystem and identify strategic partners and provide forward-looking market intelligence and risk anticipation.\nSupport business expansion through local sourcing capabilities.\nAct as a trusted procurement partner to business stakeholders, supporting supplier selection through competitive sourcing processes (RFPs, cost analysis, negotiations).\nLead sourcing projects across all Indirect Procurement categories.\nCoordinate closely with Legal (internal and external) on contractual frameworks and negotiations.\nSpending, Value & Project Management\nAnalyze supplier spending using financial and reporting tools.\nEnsure accurate spending categorization and budget discipline.\nIdentify and deliver cost optimization, cost avoidance and value creation initiatives.\nLead procurement-related projects end-to-end, from opportunity identification through implementation and benefits tracking.\nManage multiple projects in parallel, ensuring timely delivery and stakeholder alignment.\nSupplier Risk & Performance Management\nLead supplier compliance, due diligence and risk assessment processes.\nManage supplier 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