Strategic Supplier Leader

Are you an experienced procurement professional who combines strategic thinking, strong negotiation skills and technical understanding?

We are looking for a Strategic Supplier Leader to take ownership of key strategic supplier relationships and help shape category and supplier strategy across our organization.

In this senior role, you will work closely with regional procurement teams, business stakeholders and key suppliers, combining strategy development with hands-on supplier management and negotiation.

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What will you do?Shape supplier and category strategy


* Analyze procurement needs across different business entities and translate them into clear category and supplier strategies.


* Monitor market developments, supplier landscapes, pricing trends and supply risks within your geographic scope.


* Identify and recommend strategic suppliers based on business and category needs.


* Contribute to global procurement tools and methodologies, including cost models, supplier scoring models and price indexes.


* Help evolve the supplier strategy as market conditions, technologies and business requirements change.

Lead strategic supplier relationships


* Take direct ownership of selected strategic suppliers and lead or contribute to global negotiations.


* Support Regional Procurement teams in complex supplier negotiations.


* Plan and lead regular business reviews with strategic suppliers.


* Negotiate and deploy supplier framework agreements.


* Lead the qualification process for new suppliers within the category.


* Build strong relationships with both supplier leadership teams and internal stakeholders.

Drive supplier performance and improvement


* Monitor supplier performance across Quality, Service and Productivity.


* Follow up on improvement plans and ensure agreed actions are implemented.


* Track supplier concentration and identify potential opportunities or sourcing risks.


* Drive a strong innovation and productivity pipeline across your scope.


* Share market intelligence, technical developments, category strategy and best practices with Regional and Operational Buyers.

Lead and connect the wider supplier network


* Coordinate and engage the network of Supplier Leaders within your geographic scope.


* Support alignment between global category strategy and regional execution.


* Contribute to objective setting and performance discussions for Supplier Leaders within the category.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who brings a strong combination of procurement expertise, technical understanding and commercial judgment.

Ideally, you have:


* A Bachelor's degree or higher.


* Solid experience in senior procurement, strategic sourcing or supplier management.


* A strong technical background combined with good business and commercial acumen.


* Proven experience negotiating with strategic or key suppliers, including c...