Procurement Corporate Center Team Leader

Purpose

As Procurement Corporate Center Team Leader, you will lead the Corporate Center category mandate by shaping sourcing strategy, strengthening governance and outsourcing discipline, and delivering resilient, value-driven procurement outcomes with senior stakeholders, category teams, suppliers and external partners.

What you will be doing

• Shape, implement and govern the Corporate Center procurement strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, service resilience, regulatory expectations and stakeholder value.
• Drive long-term sourcing plans that secure reliable supply, optimize total cost of ownership, strengthen supplier performance and support enterprise-wide value delivery.
• Own the continuous review and enhancement of procurement processes, procedures and the Corporate Center Procurement Category Playbook, embedding governance, consistency and operational efficiency.
• Undertake high-complexity and multi-category RFx projects.
• Develop service-specific playbooks and negotiation strategies for assigned services, ensuring alignment with market best practices, company standards and category objectives.
• Lead and manage the team assigned to the Corporate Center Procurement Category.
• Lead vendor negotiations and contract outcomes that balance competitive pricing, service quality, risk mitigation, performance accountability and business continuity.
• Identify and qualify alternative supply sources to diversify the supplier base, improve commercial leverage, enhance service resilience and create sustainable value.
• Conduct regular market intelligence and supplier screening to identify emerging strategic opportunities, assess capability gaps across the Corporate Center supplier base, and build meaningful partnerships with external providers.
• Cultivate a high-performance team by inspiring your team while fostering a culture of empowerment, accountability and inclusion.
• Lead and liaise on technology-enabled evolving procurement transformation initiatives that enable technology-driven evolution, align with business and strategic priorities, support operating model development, and advance procurement maturity.

What you need to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Accounting or Economics.
• A Master’s degree in a related field will be considered an advantage.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience, including proven experience in people management.
• Solid experience in procurement, contract and vendor management, with exposure to complex and multi-category requirements.
• Strong understanding of demand and supply analysis, supplier risk assessment, budgeting and financial analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for continuous process improvement and apply sound business judgment to procurement decisions.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to create an environment of empowerment, accountability and inclusion.
• Effective negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build productive relationships across different functions and levels.
• Excellent communication, decision-making and complex problem-solving skills, combined with a clear focus on delivering results.
• Fluent in English, both oral and written.