Procurement Professional

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Job Description:

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Job Summary:

The Contracting Professional is a key member of the Indirect Procurement Contracting Center of Excellence, responsible for managing the end-to-end contracting lifecycle and supporting procurement teams and business stakeholders with their contracting needs. This role manages a high volume of contracts from drafting and review through negotiation, approval, execution, and archiving while ensuring compliance with company policies, legal requirements, and established contracting standards.

This position will work closely with Procurement, Legal, suppliers, and business stakeholders to negotiate non-commercial contractual terms, resolve contracting issues, reduce enterprise risk, and drive contracts to timely execution. This position requires strong contract negotiation experience, attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What you will do:

• Manage the full Procurement contract lifecycle, including drafting, review, negotiation, approval, execution, signature, and archiving.
• Review and negotiate non-commercial contractual terms, including indemnification, limitation of liability, intellectual property, confidentiality, and other legal or risk provisions.
• Prepare, review, and process Master Agreements, Statements of Work, Local Implementation Agreements, amendments, schedules, and supporting contractual documents.
• Partner with Procurement, Legal, business stakeholders, and suppliers to resolve contract-related matters and move agreements to timely execution.
• Manage contract workflows in Procurement systems, gather required information, coordinate reviews, obtain approvals, and facilitate signatures.
• Ensure contracts comply with company policies, legal requirements, approval levels, and established contracting standards.
• Identify and escalate contractual risks, deviations, or terms that require specialized review by Legal or other responsible functions.
• Maintain complete, accurate, traceable, and auditable contract records in Coupa, NextGen, and applicable corporate systems.
• Proactively identify and implement improvements in contract-related processes.
• Monitor contract performance, cycle times, and service-level commitments.
  

Degree Requirement

• Bachelor's degree Law, Business Administration, Business Management, International Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field.
• Advanced English level is required.

Skills you must have

Procurement

• Applies established Procurement processes, contracting procedures, and documentation requirements.
• Confirms that required approvals and supporting documentation are complete before execution.
• Uses Procurement policies and controls when working with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Recognizes contracting and e-Procurement considerations that may affect an agreement.
• Escalates deviations from policy through the appropriate review channels.

Knowledge of a Specific Procurement System

• Uses Coupa, NextGen, or comparable platforms to manage contracts and workflow activities.
• Maintains traceability of requests, reviews, approvals, signatures, and final agreements.
• Guides stakeholders through standard Procurement and contracting workflows.
• Identifies process or system issues and coordinates timely resolution.
• Applies standard practices that improve accuracy, visibility, and workflow efficiency.

Effective Communications

• Explains contractual risks and requirements clearly and objectively.
• Prepares concise, professional written communications and recommendations in English.
• Adapts terminology and level of detail to Procurement, Legal, supplier, and business audiences.
• Facilitates discussions that resolve contracting matters and advance agreements.
• Listens to stakeholder input and confirms alignment on actions, owners, and timing.
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Analytical Thinking

• Defines the contractual issue and identifies its business and risk implications.
• Compares alternative terms or language and evaluates practical trade-offs.
• Identifies the functions affected by a contractual provision.
• Uses sound judgment to determine whether an issue can be resolved directly or requires escalation.
• Recommends solutions that balance business needs, policy requirements, and enterprise risk.

Top Candidates:

• Background in Procurement contracting, contract management, a contracting center of excellence, or legal operations.
• Direct involvement in negotiating non-commercial contractual terms.
• Knowledge of Master Agreements, Statements of Work, implementation agreements, amendments, and related documents.
• Working knowledge of Coupa and NextGen; familiarity with Guided Buying is an additional advantage.
• Ability to independently manage a high volume of contracts and competing priorities.
• Knowledge of contractual compliance, internal controls, and risk management.

Additional Information

• Location: Santa Maria Office, Monterrey, Nuevo León.

• Travel Requirements: Domestic and/or international travel may be required up to once per year, as needed.
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday.
• Domestic Relocation: Available; applicable policy requires
• Include your resume in English

Final details:

Caterpillar's Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests or HIV tests as requirements for entry, permanence, or promotion in employment.

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