Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute global sourcing strategies across non-technology categories (Marketing, HR, Travel, Professional & Corporate Services), ensuring alignment with business priorities and growth plans.
- Partner with senior stakeholders across functions and regions to understand evolving business needs and deliver procurement solutions that support revenue-generating initiatives and organizational agility.
- Drive supplier innovation and market insight to introduce new capabilities, enhance service delivery, and support global expansion or transformation initiatives.
- Support ESG and sustainability goals by embedding responsible sourcing principles and collaborating with suppliers to drive social and environmental impact.
- Manage end-to-end procurement processes for all non-tech categories, ensuring efficiency, transparency, and value creation across sourcing, contracting, and supplier management.
- Lead supplier selection, negotiation, and contract management to secure optimal commercial terms, deliver savings, and maintain business and service continuity.
- Implement and maintain supplier governance frameworks, including performance tracking, service level agreements (SLAs), and continuous improvement programmes.
- Maintain accurate procurement data, contracts, and spend analytics to enable proactive decision-making, budget forecasting, and reporting to Finance and Senior Leadership.
- Collaborate with Finance to manage procurement pipelines, support budgeting cycles, and monitor savings targets and benefits realization.
Qualifications:
- Progressive procurement experience, with a strong track record of managing global or regional spend across diverse non-technology categories — including HR, Marketing, Professional Services, Travel, Professional and Corporate Services.
- Proven experience in a strategic procurement leadership role, ideally within a high-growth, regulated, or security-conscious industry such as cybersecurity, technology or financial services.
- Strong commercial negotiation and contract management skills, with a demonstrated ability to drive total value, not just cost savings — including innovation, service delivery, risk mitigation, and sustainability.
- Effective stakeholder engagement with the gravitas to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate across legal, finance, HR, compliance and other teams.
- Hands-on experience implementing and optimising global procurement processes, policies, and governance frameworks, including vendor performance management, spend controls, and strategic sourcing methodologies.
- Understanding of third-party risk, ESG, and compliance requirements, with the ability to integrate these into sourcing strategies and supplier engagements.
- Proficiency in procurement systems and data analytics tools, as well as strong Excel and financial modelling skills.
Work Set up: Hybrid (BGC Office)