Ubicazione: mexico city, mex
categoria: supply chain
procurement
associate
hybrid
*descrizione*:
campari group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in europe and the americas.
Headquartered in milan, italy, campari group owns *25* plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in *26*countries, and employs approximately *4,700* people.
Shares of the parent company davide campari - milano n.v. are listed on the italian stock exchange since 2001. Campari group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.
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- company*
- campari group
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- job title*
- category manager - glass bottles, cluster north
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- location*
- mexico city, mexico
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- reports to*
- americas category director - packaging (glass)
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- direct reports*
- none*scope countries*
- usa - canada - jamaica
*- general description of the role*
- the category manager glass bottles - cluster north is a strategic regional role within campari group's global procurement pr organization. The position is part of the americas (ames) glass team, structured around two geographic clusters (north and south) that report to the americas category director - packaging (glass).
- the role is accountable for developing and executing the glass sourcing strategy across the united states, canada, and jamaica - markets that collectively represent approximately 47% of ames glass spend. It drives commercial and technical excellence, orchestrates regional supplier relationships, leads tendering activities, and partners closely with local procurement spocs embedded in each country to ensure seamless strategy execution on the ground.
- the role operates fully within the global glass category strategy framework (availability - profitability - sustainability - operational excellence) and plays a central part in the ulysses project - campari's strategic initiative to enlarge the ames supplier base and progressively reduce the high dependency on o-i glass.
*- mission / objectives*
- ensure continuous, efficient and cost-effective supply of glass bottles across cluster north markets.
- develop and implement the regional glass category strategy, aligned with global direction and local business priorities.
- strengthen supplier competitiveness, performance and sustainability across the cluster.
- reduce single-source dependency and expand the qualified supplier base through the ulysses project.
- drive productivity, value engineering, npd, bcp and srm programs with measurable financial outcomes.
- enable flawless local execution through structured collaboration with procurement spocs in usa, canada, and jamaica.
*- key responsibilities and activities*
- *1. Category strategy & market intelligence*
- build and execute the regional glass category strategy for cluster north, aligned with the global glass strategy and the americas cluster framework.
- conduct internal and external analysis (swot, porter's five forces, cost modeling, supply/demand balance, m&a monitoring) to identify risks and opportunities.
- monitor glass cost drivers - energy, soda ash, raw materials, cullet, transportation - and develop mitigation actions in collaboration with global category leads.
- identify multi-sourcing and alternative supplier opportunities; leverage the glass market's balanced supply/demand conditions to develop competitive scenarios.
- maintain category intelligence gathering and contribute to the global glass database for cluster north skus (technical specs, commercial data, sustainability, logistics).
- *2. Sourcing, negotiation & contract management*
- lead negotiations for cluster north and support global negotiations with strategic suppliers (o-i, vical, verallia, saverglass, ulysses new suppliers).
- design and execute the regional tendering strategy: lead the 2026-2027 ames tender (vical, ~15% of ames spend) and ulysses new supplier volume awards.
- negotiate and implement long-term agreements (ltas) following campari's standard lta model: 3-year (+2 option) duration, harmonized paf structures with transparent public indexes (energy, gas, raw materials, labor), 90% pass-through, and volume flexibility of +/-10%.
- manage the full contract lifecycle: drafting, compliance monitoring, volume commitment tracking, paf calculation review, and renewal planning.
- identify and implement working capital optimization opportunities: payment terms extension, reverse factoring programs.
- *3. Supplier relationship management (srm) & performance*
- lead the srm animation framework for cluster north strategic and essential suppliers: monthly regional operational alignment (o-i, vical), quarterly management reviews, annual executive reviews.
- monitor and report supplier kpis across the four pillars: availability (otif, bcp activation), profitabili