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Category Lead, South LATAM Parts & Equipment

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Job ID 335553 Date posted 10/14/2026 Location : Uberlândia, Brazil | Asunción, Paraguay | Rosario, Argentina | São Paulo, Brazil Category  COMPRAS ESTRATÉGICAS Job Status  Assalariado(a) em tempo integral

A Cargill está comprometida em oferecer soluções alimentares e agrícolas para nutrir o mundo de forma segura, responsável e sustentável. No centro da cadeia de suprimentos, fazemos parcerias com agricultores e clientes para obter, produzir e entregar produtos essenciais para a vida.

Nossos 155.000 colaboradores inovam com propósito, fornecendo aos clientes o essencial para que empresas possam crescer, comunidades prosperem e consumidores vivam bem. Com mais de 160 anos de experiência como empresa familiar, olhamos para o futuro mantendo-nos fiéis aos nossos valores. Colocamos as pessoas em primeiro lugar. Buscamos ir além. Fazemos o que é certo — hoje e para as gerações futuras.

Propósito E Impacto do Trabalho

The Category Lead, South LATAM Parts & Equipment will develop and implement Strategic Sourcing and Procurement processes for the Grains (Ag & Trading) and Food businesses across South LATAM, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Ecuador, in close collaboration with M&R (Maintenance and Repair) and CAPEX stakeholders. The role will identify and secure value from competitive advantages enabled by the company’s regional and global scale and market insights. You will be accountable for achieving category targets, setting direction, and leading regional supplier engagement in strategic negotiations. You will also serve as a key partner in generating value-creation insights and evaluating and implementing commercially viable local opportunities.

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PRINCIPAIS RESPONSABILIDADES

  • Develop regional expertise for the categories in your area of responsibility, synthesizing all technical and economic factors, building relationships with key business partners, and understanding the competitive regional dynamics of the categories.
  • Create regional sourcing strategies that leverage leading business market positions to establish a competitive edge in the market and lead category contract negotiations with regional and local suppliers.
  • Work in partnership with market intelligence analysts to support the business approach according to business priorities.
  • Responsible for regional sourcing initiatives, including definition and deployment of medium- and long-term Parts/MRO & Equipment strategies in order to guarantee value capture mechanism, measuring and reporting procurement value creation.
  • Handle complex issues independently with minimal supervision, while only escalating the most complex cases to the appropriate team.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualificações

  • Experience on developing Strategic Sourcing Playbooks.
  • Experience in developing purchasing strategy
  • Experience in procurement related to Latam region – a plus
  • Experience with any ERP (SAP, Ariba, etc.)
  • Experience in purchasing Parts/MRO, Indirect Material & Equipment
  • Advanced English
  • Intermediate Spanish
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