Hybrid Senior Director, Global Professional Services – Strategies

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About the role

  • Lead category management for multiple enterprise-wide global categories encompassing multiple functions and groups with complex requirements.
  • Ensure that the category strategy is aligned with the functional/business objectives and work closely with Corporate Functions Leaders, Group and Divisions Presidents, Division Business Partners, R&D, and Business leaders to ensure category strategies are aligned cross functionally.
  • Build organizational strength, create robust sourcing strategies, negotiate agreements, manage strategic supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement year over year savings.
  • Analyze cross-groups/divisional spending and develop global strategic sourcing plans to reduce the total cost of ownership for all business units and functions without compromising quality and service levels.
  • Lead the supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, compliance, and ongoing supply base management process.
  • Drive supplier consolidation through engaging and supporting Division Business Partners and Group Procurement Operations (e.g. sourcing engineers).

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree required or equivalent combination of experience and education; Graduate Degree in Business (Preferred), Finance, and/or Technical field
  • Minimum 15 years’ of procurement/sourcing experience with increasing global responsibility and experience in a large matrixed company environment, proven experience in the assigned category
  • 5+ years' experience leading and managing procurement teams with a focus on mentoring, coaching and performance management
  • Strong leadership and effective business partnering capabilities – influence without authority
  • Proven track record to lead cross-functional teams in a complex organization
  • Strong negotiation and presentation skills
  • Strong understanding of the strategic sourcing and category management process
  • Strong project management skills
  • Requires ability to deal with ambiguity and the corresponding capacity to make decisions or recommendations based on potentially incomplete information
  • Capable of working across all functions and levels of an organization
  • International experience (plus) – working experience in different countries/regions/languages

Benefits

  • driven remuneration
  • annual incentive plan bonus scheme
  • healthcare
  • company pension
  • range of employee benefits

Job title

Senior Director, Global Professional Services – Strategies

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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