Director, Global Procurement Corporate Services

About the role

The Procurement role of Corporate Services, Director who will drive high-impact strategies enterprise-wide for stakeholders — delivering measurable enterprise value by leading strategic sourcing and contract negotiations with key suppliers. Reporting to the Head of Global Procurement, a successful candidate will have experience in best-practice procurement methods and business processes; deep data-driven analytical skills; and demonstrated success at building consensus, navigating through ambiguity, and developing deep relationships across disparate stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

• Own category strategy and contract negotiations across several categories of spend: Professional Services, Travel, Contingent Workforce, and Workplace Facilities and CapEx related projects.
• Design data-driven sourcing strategies that effectively address stakeholder objectives while balancing cost, speed, quality, and innovation.
• Lead supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract management (end to end) ensuring best-in-class procurement practices.
• Negotiate complex, global agreements focused on total value, negotiated savings (budgetary and avoidance), and market-reasonable terms.
• Use analytics and automation to enhance visibility and decision speed.
• Prepare RFQs, RFPs, bid documents, analyze and evaluate proposals, and administer the evaluation process.
• Serve as trusted commercial advisor to senior leaders across HR, Finance, and Legal.
• Align sourcing strategies to enterprise goals for growth and margin.
• Manage and develop organizational and team member capabilities, particularly in category management and strategic sourcing processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve process issues impacting internal stakeholders.
• Define and implement process improvements that increase engagement, reduce cycle time and deliver efficiency gains, while ensuring compliance with policies and mitigating supplier risk.
• Manage and optimize strategic supplier relationships to drive innovation and accountability.
• Lead a high-performing team recognized for innovation and commercial excellence.
• Provide thought leadership from a procurement/sourcing perspective and work with business partners to develop new and creative strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• MBA or JD preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive strategic sourcing or commercial leadership experience leading Corporate Services / Professional Services spend categories.; 8+ years of team leadership experience.
• Strong negotiation experience (Master Agreements, Statements of Work, Change Orders, etc.) and demonstrated organizational and project management skills.
• Success in large-scale enterprise initiatives and demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing at a global scale and within a fast paced, and dynamic organization is required.
• Outstanding ability to collaborate with business partners and teams in defining and implementing category strategies at scale.
• Solid leadership skills and demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, develop and retain outstanding strategic sourcing teams.
• Strong financial acumen and complex negotiation experience.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder influencing skills.
• Other duties as necessary and assigned.

Benefits

At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. That’s why we champion your wellness through a wide range of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:

• 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
• Stock Ownership Potential