Senior Manager, Global Procurement
About the role
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Manager, Global Procurement based in United States. This senior procurement role will lead global category strategy, cost structures, savings initiatives, and supplier commercial strategies across key product categories. You will help create a competitive costing environment that balances product quality, sustainability, supply continuity, and margin objectives. The role combines strategic sourcing with hands-on expertise in clean-sheet costing, manufacturing efficiency, raw materials, and supplier negotiations. You will work closely with merchandising, materials, sourcing, production, technology, and manufacturing partners across international markets. A major focus will be driving measurable cost improvements while building scalable procurement processes and negotiation frameworks. You will also explore innovative approaches to verticalization, volume consolidation, commodity management, and upstream sourcing. The position offers significant scope to shape global procurement strategy and introduce technology and AI into complex sourcing and costing processes.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute commercial category strategies and vendor distribution roadmaps that improve margins while supporting business growth, product quality, and ESG objectives.
- Establish short- and long-term procurement targets for assigned categories and drive measurable product cost improvements, including a target of 700 basis points of product cost reduction over the next 12 months.
- Partner with technology teams to embed procurement capabilities, processes, and playbooks into vendor and product management tools.
- Lead competitive, end-to-end RFP processes, from vendor identification and bidding through negotiation and final supplier award.
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