Procurement League Leader

Position Summary
The Procurement League Leader serves as the strategic procurement partner for the Process Automation business, connecting people, projects, suppliers, and procurement expertise to drive competitiveness, innovation, resilience, and profitable growth.

This role provides procurement leadership across product development, offer lifecycle management, supplier strategy, and cross-functional business initiatives while fostering a high-performing procurement community.
Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Business Partner


* Act as the primary procurement representative and point of contact for the assigned Process Automation League.


* Translate business strategies, product roadmaps, technology trends, and regional priorities into actionable procurement strategies.


* Align sourcing approaches with business objectives related to growth, profitability, innovation, sustainability, and lifecycle management.


* Identify risks and opportunities early and provide data-driven recommendations to stakeholders.


* Ensure procurement engagement during the earliest phases of product development and strategic initiatives.

Procurement Leadership & Community Development


* Lead and coordinate Offer Procurement Leaders and Business Buyers across projects, product lines, and regions.


* Drive consistency in procurement execution, best-practice sharing, standardization, and collaboration across the portfolio.


* Mentor and develop procurement professionals while partnering with Procurement Chapter Leaders to strengthen organizational capabilities.


* Foster accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and effective leadership without direct authority.

Product Development & Project Procurement


* Lead procurement activities for complex global new product development and offer lifecycle projects.


* Influence product architecture and sourcing strategies through Make-or-Buy decisions and supplier engagement.


* Serve as the link between engineering teams and supplier markets, aligning technical requirements with market capabilities.


* Drive supplier selection, qualification, and onboarding, with a strong focus on semiconductors, PCBAs, electronic components, embedded platforms, and related technologies.


* Lead commercial negotiations involving cost, contracts, quality, capacity, lead times, intellectual property, and supply continuity.


* Support industrialization, manufacturing transfers, and production ramp-ups across global operations.

Cost, Value & Competitiveness


* Lead design-to-cost, value engineering, sourcing optimization, and supplier productivity initiatives.


* Promote supplier and technology standardization to reduce complexity and improve scale efficiencies.


* Ensure procurement objectives are integrated into project business cases and design decisions.


* Deliver measurable improvements in product cost, profitability, quality, time-to-market, and supply cont...