Senior Manager Procurement Project Lead

About the role

Dematic seeks a Senior Manager, Procurement Project Lead (PPL or related experience) to guide a team of Procurement Project Leads. These leads assist with managing Dematic's most complex, strategic, and high-value customer projects. This important leadership role collaborates directly with Regional Program Management, Engineering, Solutions Development, Finance, Quality, Manufacturing, Procurement Category Management, and Suppliers to ensure procurement success throughout major project portfolios. The Senior Manager is responsible for developing and implementing procurement strategies that align with project goals, minimize risk, maintain schedule alignment, optimize cost efficiency, and improve customer happiness. This role leads the management of complex project procurement, handles resolution of critical supplier and project concerns, and serves as a main point of contact for procurement issues impacting project scope, timeline, cost, quality, and customer commitments. This role suits an experienced procurement and project leadership professional who can effectively lead teams, engage with partners across functions, develop creative solutions, and deliver successful outcomes in challenging project environments. At Dematic and KION, our talent is key to creating the magic of supply chain solutions. As part of a global community of communities, you’ll help orchestrate intelligent logistics that power the future of commerce. Here, you can push your career forward in an environment built on collaboration, growth, and real-world impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement efforts for Dematic's most complex, strategic, and high-value customer projects, ensuring successful delivery of scope, schedule, cost, quality, and customer commitments.
• Develop and complete project-specific procurement strategies aligned with project objectives, commercial goals, and customer requirements.
• Provide leadership and oversight across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring consistent execution, performance, and governance.
• Collaborate closely with Program Management, Project Management, Engineering, Finance, Quality, Manufacturing, Category Management, and suppliers to ensure project success.
• Lead, mentor, develop, and performance manage a team of Proc