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 60,000 professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s beloved brands, including DEWALT®, CRAFTSMAN®, CUB CADET®, STANLEY® and BLACK+DECKER®

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 is responsible 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 processMaintain and report department KPI’sGoal development and progression for direct reportsOversee day-to-day teams' operation and performanceExecute 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 reductionsCoordinates 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 improvementsLeads 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 proceduresEffectively lead and communicate at all levels within the company, working closely with teams across the company to drive successProvides 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. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t 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 skillsMicrosoft Office ApplicationsHigh degree of creativity, flexibility and resourcefulnessAbility to organize and lead complicated projects that involve several disciplinesPower to motivate individualsPossess and apply a broad knowledge of Supply Management principles, practices, and procedures. As well as specific knowledge of functions of the roles leading.Bachelor’s Degree or other related degree or equivalent experienceFive to ten (5-10) year’s professional purchasing experienceWillingness to travel as needed

And More

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll 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, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

We Don’t 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 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s 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 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re 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 hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

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

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t 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 you’ll 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 that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll 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.