Director, Procurement (12-month contract)

About the role

The Procurement Director leads the execution and continued development of the enterprise procurement and vendor management function. The role owns procurement strategy, category planning, strategic sourcing, complex commercial negotiations, supplier governance, and procurement performance reporting, while ensuring alignment with business priorities, financial objectives, risk requirements, and company policies.

What you'll do

• Procurement Strategy and Category Leadership (25%)
• Execute the annual procurement plan, category strategies, sourcing pipeline, and savings roadmap in alignment with business and financial priorities
• Use spend, market, supplier, and demand analysis to identify consolidation, cost optimization, competitive sourcing, and contract improvement opportunities
• Establish sourcing approaches and negotiation strategies for key IT, software, cloud, telecom, Hardware and operational categories
• Advise senior leadership on market trends, procurement risks, commercial options, investment trade-offs, and supplier strategies

What you need

• 5–9 yrs of experience
• Procurement
• Vendor management
• SAP
• Supply chain
• Excel
• Negotiation
• BBA or B.Com

Good to have

• ERP
• Telecom
• Due diligence