Manager Peru Non-Trade Procurement (NTP)
Department: Finance
Direct Reporting Line: M3 NTP Chile & Peru
Indirect/Second Reporting Line: Peru FD
Location: Peru - Lima
GSMS Grade: M4
Personnel Managed: No
Budget Managed: N/A
PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
Latin America Non-Trade Procurement (LAM NTP) acts as a strategic business partner, ensuring supplier relationships and business engagements align with company policies, commercial objectives, risk management principles, and procurement best practices.
We develop value-driven NTP strategies and processes to maximize profitability, efficiency, transparency, and supplier performance, while creating value beyond savings through innovation, sustainability, governance, and enhanced stakeholder experience.
The Manager Non-Trade Procurement Peru assumes end-to-end ownership of the local procurement agenda, ensuring alignment with regional/global strategies while addressing local business needs & regulatory requirements.
The role requires a proactive, commercially driven professional who independently manages NTP priorities, challenges existing ways of working, and identifies opportunities for value creation.
Additionally, the position contributes to regional initiatives across Latin America, driving collaboration, process simplification, AI & automation, and continuous improvement.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Countries in Scope (Primary Peru / Support Chile & LAM)
Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering
- Act as the primary SPOC for the countries/categories in scope, building strong relationships with finance, business leaders, enabling functions & key stakeholders, including all NTP layers (local, regional,
integral & GBS).
- Serve as a strategic business partner, translating business needs into procurement strategies and constructively challenging requirements to maximize commercial and operational values, in line with adidas policies.
- Independently build and manage a pipeline of sourcing initiatives aligned with business priorities and value creation ambitions.
- Anticipate business needs, identify opportunities, and influence decisions while balancing commercial objectives, procurement governance, and a One Team mindset.
Strategic Sourcing & Project Management
- Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives, including RFx, negotiations, supplier assessments, and sourcing recommendations, ensuring delivery of commercial and operational objectives.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies leveraging TCO, demand management, market intelligence, and negotiation best practices.
- Manage cross-functional sourcing projects, stakeholder alignment, clear milestones, and timely execution.
- Partner with finance, business leaders, enabling functions & key stakeholders, including all NTP layers to ensure contractual alignment, implementation of negotiated conditions, and financial benefit tracking.
Category Management & Commercial Excellence
- Develop and execute local category strategies while contributing to regional and global initiatives aligned with business needs and NTP priorities.
- Conduct spend analysis, benchmarking, market research, and supplier assessments to identify trends, risks, and commercial opportunities.
- Drive cost optimization, supplier consolidation, demand management & cross-market synergies maximizing NTP value.
- Act as an advisor and escalation point for category-related issues and drive resolution, including centralized communications and topics consolidations.
- Maintain relevant category management tools, supplier rosters, and buying channels, ensuring effective category governance and continuous improvement.
Supplier Relationship Management & Innovation
- Manage relationships with key suppliers, driving performance, innovation, and long-term value creation.
- Foster supplier performance reviews and QBRs, monitoring KPIs, contractual commitments, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and suppliers to identify opportunities for service improvements, innovation, and commercial optimization.
- Proactively address supplier-related risks and performance issues, coordinating corrective actions with relevant stakeholders.
Digital Transformation, AI & Automation
- Proactively identify and drive opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and digital solutions to improve NTP efficiency, decision-making, and stakeholder experience.
- Translate NTP and business challenges into practical digital use cases, partnering with Tech, GBS, and other teams to drive implementation and ado
📌 Manager Non Trade Procurement (Lima)
🏢 Adidas
📍 Lima