Director, Indirect Procurement - IMEA 1

How You'll Make an Impact 

As the Director, Procurement – IMEA, you will help translate enterprise procurement strategy into regional execution across India, Middle East and Africa while delivering measurable business value, strengthening supplier partnerships, and advancing procurement capabilities across the region. In this role, you will: 

• Develop and execute multi-year indirect procurement and category strategies aligned with enterprise and regional priorities. 

• Drive cost savings, cost avoidance, working capital improvement, supplier innovation, and process efficiency across indirect spend categories. 

• Lead and develop the regional indirect procurement organization and provide matrix leadership across Direct, Logistics, and Third-Party Manufacturing procurement activities. 

• Lead strategic supplier relationships, complex negotiations, risk mitigation initiatives, and long-term commercial agreements. 

• Partner with Operations, Finance, IT, Engineering, Legal, and Commercial teams to deliver procurement solutions and change initiatives. 

• Champion governance, digital enablement, source-to-pay adoption, analytics, and continuous improvement across IMEA. 

Required Qualifications that Enable Your Success 

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Finance, or a related field. 

• 15+ years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supply chain, or commercial experience in a complex industrial or manufacturing environment. 

• Demonstrated success leading regional procurement strategies and teams across multiple countries and cultures. 

• Expertise in indirect procurement, supplier relationship management, contract negotiation, category management, and procurement governance. 

• Strong financial acumen including cost modeling, total cost of ownership analysis, business case development, and value tracking. 

• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and deliver results through direct and matrixed teams. 

• Experience assessing and mitigating supplier, market, geopolitical, regulatory, and operational risks. 

• Experience leading change and driving adoption of enterprise standards, systems, and processes. 

• Proficiency with Enterprise Resource Planning systems, source-to-pay platforms, procurement analytics, and dashboards. 

• Excellent communication skills and willingness to travel regionally and internationally as needed. 

• High standards of ethics, integrity, compliance, and accountability. 

Preferred Qualifications that Drive You Forward 

• Master of Business Administration or other advanced degree in a related discipline. 

• Experience mentoring and coaching senior procurement professionals. 

• Leadership of procurement transformation initiatives, operating model changes, or governance improvements. 

• Experience building and executing enterprise-wide procurement strategies. 

• Exposure to sustainability, Environmental Social and Governance programs, or responsible sourcing initiatives. 

• Advanced experience with SAP, Ariba, Coupa, Power BI, or Business Objects platforms. 

• Formal training in strategic negotiation, change leadership, or advanced procurement methodologies.