Assistant Procurement Manager — Cross-Border Transportation
Position Title: Assistant Procurement Manager — Cross-Border Transportation
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
Overview
Cross-border transportation is one of the most commercially demanding and relationship-driven categories in Mexico's logistics landscape, and Maersk MGF is growing aggressively within it. The Assistant Procurement Manager for Cross-Border Transportation will own the procurement of cross-border drayage and carrier capacity across key Mexico-US corridors, building the provider relationships, market intelligence, and commercial frameworks that keep Maersk competitive in a fast-moving market. This role is based in Monterrey, where proximity to the cross-border carrier market, product leadership, and operations is a direct commercial advantage. The right person already knows this market, already has the relationships, and is ready to own a category that is being built to win.
Key Responsibilities
1. Category Strategy and Sourcing
Negotiate rates, capacity commitments, and service terms with cross-border providers, using market intelligence and cost knowledge as the foundation for every commercial conversation.
2. Provider Relationship Management
Stay close to providers through regular direct engagement, including phone and face-to-face contact, understanding their operating models, capacity constraints, and commercial priorities.
3. Market Intelligence and Cost Leadership
Maintain active and current knowledge of the cross-border freight market across key corridors including Laredo, El Paso, and Nogales, tracking capacity dynamics, rate movements, border crossing conditions, and B1 carrier availability.
4. Compliance and Risk Management
Verify provider compliance at point of execution including CTPAT certification, DOT/MC authority, insurance coverage, and SCT authorization for all cross-border movements.
Identify and mitigate capacity, service, and compliance risks across assigned corridors, developing contingency provider options before disruptions occur.
5. Stakeholder Engagement
Ideal Candidate
Established relationships with cross-border carriers and providers operating on key Mexico-US corridors. This is not a role for someone learning the market. The right person already knows the players, the lanes, and how business gets done at the border.
Deep understanding of cross-border freight dynamics including B1 capacity, border crossing strategies, CTPAT certification, and the commercial behavior of carriers operating in this space.
Proven negotiation experience with transportation providers, including the ability to challenge rates, apply market pressure, and secure capacity under competitive conditions.
Strong analytical and data skills, with the ability to build rate benchmarks, interpret market data, and present commercial analysis clearly and independently.
What's in it for You
A Monterrey base that puts you at the center of the cross-border freight market, close to the carriers, the customers, and the product leadership that depends on what you deliver.
