Director, Procurement – Tech Services

Overview

In this role you drive global sourcing for Tech Professional Services, overseeing a multi-year strategy and a sizeable spend. You partner with senior technology and finance stakeholders to align category decisions with business needs, fostering value and resilience. You shape contracts and supplier relationships to enable AI-enabled delivery, automation, and data-driven insights, delivering measurable benefits. You lead cross-functional teams and communicate strategy clearly to gain buy-in across the organisation. This is a high-impact role at a global, innovative biotech company.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute global sourcing strategies for Tech Professional Services portfolio (up to 350m)
• Partner with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities, build business cases, and reflect local requirements in global decisions
• Shape sourcing, contracting and supplier strategies leveraging AI-enabled delivery and data insights
• Lead complex negotiations and establish governance with strategic suppliers to improve value and innovation
• Deliver sustainable commercial benefits balancing service quality, resilience, risk, cost and innovation
• Lead and develop procurement colleagues and cross-functional teams
• Communicate category strategies and outcomes across procurement and business networks

Key requirements

• Degree or equivalent practical experience in Supply Chain, Business, Finance or related discipline
• Strong procurement and sourcing experience with large spend and strategic supplier relationships
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Ability to build trusted relationships across Technology, Finance, Procurement and leadership teams
• Experience in services-sourcing categories, especially professional services, including supplier management

• Negotiation
• Stakeholder management
• Strategic thinking
• Technology services procurement
• AI-enabled delivery models
• Data-driven insights

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