Director, Corporate Indirect Purchasing

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Serve as the indirect purchasing lead for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive global indirect purchasing spending strategy aligned with corporate objectives and long-term business priorities while identifying synergies.
• Including business cases, implementation roadmaps, and executive reporting to monitor value realization against acquisition targets.
• Build trusted partnerships with divisional leadership and corporate functions to align procurement strategies with evolving business priorities.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A and Corporate Strategy to identify, validate, and execute procurement opportunities that support transaction objectives and deliver measurable value.
• Identify, validate, and deliver purchasing spend synergies through supplier consolidation, contract harmonization, category optimization, demand aggregation, and process standardization.
• Evaluate supplier overlap, commercial agreements, purchasing processes, and organizational capabilities to identify opportunities for operational efficiency and cost optimization.
• Lead supplier transition planning and contract negotiations to ensure seamless integration and continuity of supply.
• Support due diligence activities by assessing indirect spend, supplier risk, contract obligations, purchasing processes, and synergy opportunities.
• Establish enterprise purchasing policies, governance, and best practices to improve efficiency, compliance, and scalability.
• Identify emerging market trends, supplier innovations, and business opportunities to enhance competitive advantage.
• Develop and execute category strategies that optimize total cost of ownership while balancing quality, service, innovation, and risk.
• Lead enterprise-wide sourcing initiatives and complex commercial negotiations.
• Develop strategies to proactively manage supplier, commercial, operational, and geopolitical risks.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of progressive purchasing, procurement, or strategic sourcing experience.
• 7+ years of people leadership experience managing managers and/or global teams.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide indirect procurement organizations and category management strategies.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, or post-merger integrations.
• Demonstrated success identifying and delivering procurement synergies across complex organizations.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive enterprise decisions.
• Extensive experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and managing strategic supplier relationships.
• Prominent ability to lead through ambiguity, drive organizational change, and influence without direct authority.
• Strong financial acumen with experience developing business cases, managing budgets, and delivering measurable cost savings.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master's degree.
• Professional certifications such as CPSM, CPSD, CPM, or Lean Six Sigma.
• Experience in a global manufacturing, automotive, or industrial environment.