Strategic Procurement Manager

What you can expect to be responsible for as a Strategic Procurement Manager:

• Identify and execute against strategic initiatives to build upon category advisor expertise
• Partner closely with key stakeholder teams to understand critical business needs, trends and strategies
• Manage a team of junior sourcing professionals including category experts and analysts for the day-to-day coaching, training, and ongoing development
• Define and implement global sourcing and outsourcing strategies that consolidate and optimize both the supplier base and services, while securing the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and access to the highest levels of service and quality
• Leadership role in key procurement activities, including RFx development and execution, Statement of Work (SOW) and contract drafting, and pricing and contract negotiations (new client initiatives).
• Greater participation/involvement in cross functional visionary development and implementation
• Greater responsibility of coaching leadership qualities into subordinates and direct reports, building the future leaders of the organization
• Leading a medium/large team, and mentorship of senior buyers
• Participating in firm-building activities, including recruitment, client visits and wider delivery center improvement activities

Fitting experience for the role would be:

• Manufacturing or industrial sector experience (cable, wire, electrical equipment, or adjacent heavy industry)
• Prior exposure to a global manufacturer with multi-country European operations
• Senior procurement leader with Center of Excellence or strategic sourcing leadership experience
• Track record owning a savings pipeline and reporting it to senior client stakeholders (director/VP level)
• Background at a BPO, consulting, or shared-services provider environment
• Experience leading distributed/offshore delivery teams
• Exceptional mentorship and coaching capabilities
• Strong strategic abilities coupled with analytical curiosity and collaborative style
• High degree of motivation, ability to prioritize and self-direct, strong business acumen and interpersonal skills
• Ability to inspire, delegate, and be an intuitive, creative visionary
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills required
• Proficiency in the MS Office package
• Sourcing/Procurement systems knowledge
• Some experience or aptitude in digitalization and automation of processes would be considered an advantage
• Any business process improvement methodology such as TQM, Six Sigma, APEX etc. would be considered an advantage
• Additional language: German/French/Spanish/Italian would be considered an advantage