Serve as an active leader, regularly engaging with executives across Europe and Asia Pacific to understand their priorities and help to deliver results aligned to their success
Job Summary
Serve as an active leader, regularly engaging with executives across Europe and Asia Pacific to understand their priorities and help to deliver results aligned to their success.
Evolve the International procurement function from ad hoc reactive and mostly operationally centric into a strategic function, being a business advisor and leader with vision, driving decisions through centralized sourcing, and procurement efforts.
Manage relationships with stakeholders across the International space, providing them with accurate information on active and upcoming projects, value creation and spend across the geographies.
Matching Summary
Serve as an active leader, regularly engaging with executives across Europe and Asia Pacific to understand their priorities and help to deliver results aligned to their success.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
International procurement leadership
Executive engagement
Negotiation across large commercial deals
Legal and commercial knowledge
Procurement management tools
Global sourcing and procurement principles
IT contracts expertise
Procurement business process re-engineering
Cross-geographical team collaboration
Procure-to-Pay lifecycle processes
Supply chain understanding
Nice-to-have
Fin-tech or supplier-side experience
Driving continuous improvement
Fostering an inclusive culture
Attracting and promoting high quality deliverables
Key Requirements
7+ years of Leadership experience
Experience with cross-geographical teams (India, Europe, APAC)
Leadership experience in negotiation strategies
Proven ability to influence and enhance processes
Ability to build partnerships
Demonstrated analytical skills
Experience managing major corporate cost reduction initiatives