Specialist, Indirect Purchasing, Regional Commodity

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Specialist, Indirect Purchasing, Regional Commodity
Date: Sep 18, 2025
Location: Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, BR
Workplace Type: Hybrid/Remote
Do you want to help solve the world's most pressing challenges?
Feeding the world's growing population and slowing climate change are two of the world's greatest challenges.
AGCO is a part of the solution
Join us to make your contribution.
Your Impact
The Regional Category Specialist is responsible for managing and optimizing the sourcing and procurement activities for specific Indirect Material categories within AGCO's South American region.
This role involves developing sourcing strategies, identifying and qualifying suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing supplier relationships, and driving cost savings and process improvements.
The Regional Category Specialist collaborates with cross-functional teams while establishing strong stakeholder relationship to ensure the best-in class execution of category priorities.
Initiate and manage complex sourcing projects for several Indirect Material categories including but not limited to MRO, facilities, Capex and Utilities.
Work closely with the senior managers of the related business units, the Global Category Manager and the Category Buyers to define strategies and initiate sourcing projects.
Understand and match procurement and business strategies to find the best sourcing opportunities, help to develop and improve Indirect Material main categories (nest strategies, processes or new way of working)
Will work with Indirect Procurement tools e.g. Sourcing Pipeline, e-Sourcing tool and reporting tools to gain visibility on spend, create status updates and business cases
Manage negotiations and complex regional tenders (RFP, RFQ, RFI) self-drive
Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with business strategies.
Your Experience and Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Related Field
Required a senior experience in category management, strategic sourcing, or procurement, preferably within the indirect procurement.
Fluency in English (both written and verbal)
Excellent MS Excel skills and general IT literacy
Strong knowledge of category-specific sourcing strategies, supplier management, and contract negotiation.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze spend data, conduct market research, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
Strong negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage timelines, and deliver results.
Ability to work in a cross-functional and regional environment, collaborating with stakeholders across different departments
Strong business acumen, strategic thinking.
Life Insurance
Health Insurance
Others.
Your Workplace (Optional)
This position is located in Jundiai, SP or Mogi das Cruzes, SP and the work format is Hybrid.
We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers.
Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.
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Category Manager, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Pre-Sales, RFP, Retail, Operations, Sales
AGCO is a global leader in design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision technology.
AGCO delivers value to farmers and OEM customers through its differentiated brand portfolio including leading brands like Fendt, Massey Ferguson, PTx and Valtra.
AGCO's full line of equipment, smart farming solutions and services helps farmers sustainably feed our world.
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