Executive Director Global Procurement- Strategy and Delivery

About the role

The Executive Director, Global Procurement Strategy & Delivery is a senior strategic leader responsible for shaping and enabling the global procurement agenda in alignment with enterprise priorities, business growth, and long-term value creation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, refresh, and execution of the Global Procurement strategy, ensuring alignment to enterprise priorities, business objectives, and the organization's medium- and long-term ambitions.
• Act as a senior advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer and Global Procurement Leadership Team on strategic priorities, transformation initiatives, and key business decisions affecting the global procurement function.
• Drive cross-functional and enterprise-wide initiatives that elevate procurements role as a strategic partner, including sustainability, small business, and strategic supplier relationship management.
• Lead merger and acquisition due diligence and planning across Global Procurement.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable roadmaps, governance, performance measures, and communications that enable execution across categories, regions, and business partners.
• Lead a small, high-impact team responsible for strategic programs and enterprise initiatives, creating clarity, focus, and accountability while developing organizational capability for the future.
• Apply deep knowledge of leading global procurement organizations, industry best practices, and external market trends to identify opportunities and drive continuous improvement across processes, capabilities, and structures.

Requirements

• Significant leadership experience within global procurement, supply management, operations, strategy, or related functions in a complex, multi-national organization; biopharmaceutical industry experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to operate credibly and effectively with senior executives, influence across functions, and lead high-visibility initiatives that require strong alignment, governance, and change management.
• Past success in developing strategy and translating it into execution through roadmaps, operating models, performance management, and organization-wide communication.
• Strong executive communication, strategic thinking, and organizational leadership skills, with the ability to create clarity and momentum in a dynamic environment.
• A high degree of integrity, judgment, and resilience, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, challenge the status quo, and drive meaningful transformation.

Qualifications

• Holds a Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline; advanced degree and/or professional certification preferred.
• 20+ years of progressive experience demonstrating increased scope, strategic complexity, and leadership impact.