Head of International Procurement

Overview

In this leadership role, you will steer international procurement to align with regional priorities across Europe and APAC. You’ll act as a strategic partner to executives, driving centralized sourcing, contract negotiations, and category strategies that support sustainable, value-driven outcomes. You will shape the function from an operational focus to a strategic advisory unit, ensuring compliance and effective stakeholder management. This position offers impact across multiple geographies within a matrixed, global organization and emphasizes ROI, risk, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Global Procurement leaders to implement standard processes, policies, and tools
• Advise business unit heads (HR, Legal, IT, Marketing) with clear, finance-grounded recommendations
• Transform International procurement into a strategic, centralized function and act as a business advisor
• Negotiate vendor contracts and ensure policy/compliance alignment across the organization
• Represent Strategic Sourcing across International orgs, providing guidance and expertise
• Define category strategies across local, regional, and global segments, assessing vendor concentration risk and consolidation opportunities
• Set annual targets, lead continuous improvement projects, and measure program competitiveness
• Foster an inclusive culture of productivity, innovation, and customer service
• Manage stakeholder relationships across International spaces with visibility on projects, value creation, and spend
• Coordinate with broader Strategic Sourcing Group to align International with global strategy
• Keep Source-to-Pay leadership informed of progress and issues
• Mentor and develop a small team of junior buyers across geographies

Key requirements

• 7+ years of leadership in Sourcing and business operations, including global sourcing
• Strong IT contracts experience
• Procurement process re-engineering experience
• Experience working with cross-geographical teams (India, Europe, APAC)
• Leadership in negotiation strategies and oversight of procurement programs for diverse products/services
• Ability to influence and improve processes across business lines
• Partnership building with internal/external stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills to present business cases and drive engagement
• Experience leading cost-reduction and process-improvement initiatives

• leadership
• influence
• stakeholder management
• IT contracts
• Procure-to-Pay lifecycle
• Supplier Risk Management

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