ISP Divisional Procurement Lead – North America and LATAM

About the role

Lead procurement across an ISP division while owning the Technology & Digital Services category strategy. The role combines regional procurement leadership, stakeholder partnership and operational support with global category management responsibility for Technology infrastructure, SaaS, and systems integration partners. The role drives value, governance, supplier performance, risk management, and stakeholder satisfaction while ensuring divisional requirements are effectively represented in wider procurement strategies.

Responsibilities

Divisional Procurement Leadership

• Support regional sourcing and commercial activity across a broad range of indirect spend categories as required by divisional priorities.
• Act as senior procurement business partner for the division.
• Support procurement plans aligned to divisional priorities.
• Provide commercial advice for technology investments and supplier decisions.
• Collaborate with Regional Procurement Leads and improve capability.
• Manage supplier escalations, governance, and risk.

Technology & Digital Services Category Leadership

• Own global category strategies across Software, SaaS, Cloud, Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, AI Platforms, ERP, School Information Systems, Managed Services, and Systems Integration.
• Develop multi-year category strategies aligned to ISP digital and educational priorities.
• Lead complex sourcing programmes, negotiations, and enterprise technology agreements.
• Optimise software licensing, cloud consumption, and technology spend.
• Support major digital transformation and platform implementation programmes.
• Lead strategic supplier relationship management and governance.
• Partner with Technology, Finance, Legal, and Information Security leaders.
• Drive value creation, innovation, and supplier consolidation opportunities.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic procurement business partner, balancing stakeholder priorities with commercial, risk, and governance outcomes.
• Extensive procurement experience within multinational organisations.
• Proven ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders and operate as a trusted commercial business partner.
• Strong indirect procurement experience, including exposure to Technology, Digital Services, and related categories.
• Experience supporting technology, AI-enabled software, or digital sourcing activities (desirable).
• Experience negotiating enterprise technology agreements.
• Executive stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• MCIPS, FCIPS, or equivalent (preferred).

ISP Principles

• Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success.
• Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
• Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences, and promote the well-being of self and others.
• Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.
• Are financially responsible. We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students, and our schools.
• Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

Safeguarding & Diversity

ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references, and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.

ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background, or other demographic characteristics.