Executive Director, Global Sourcing and Procurement – Indirect Category

Role Overview

• Provide executive leadership for global indirect sourcing and procurement across multiple categories
• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned with enterprise financial, operational, and growth objectives.
• Drive margin improvement initiatives through strategic sourcing, demand management, supplier consolidation, and commercial negotiations.
• Lead and develop a geographically dispersed team, fostering a high-performance culture focused on people development, leadership capability, analytics, and negotiation excellence.
• Serve as a strategic advisor and business partner to senior stakeholders across Finance, Legal, Compliance, HR, IT, Operations, and business leadership.
• Establish and maintain effective sourcing governance, policies, procedures, and standard operating models in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Oversee complex supplier relationships, including vendors with long-standing MSAs and multiple SOWs, ensuring commercial optimization, risk mitigation, and contract compliance.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) teams to ensure adherence to regulatory, ethical, and risk standards.
• Leverage sourcing tools, contracting platforms, ERP systems, analytics, and benchmarking resources to enable data-driven decision-making and transparency.
• Lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives associated with enterprise transformation, system implementations, and process standardization.
• Monitor market trends, supplier innovation, and industry best practices to continuously improve sourcing outcomes and capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations
• 12 or more years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain, with significant leadership responsibility.
• Master’s degree or higher (preferred)
• Certification in CPSM, CIPS or PMP (preferred)
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-category indirect sourcing organizations in a large, matrixed, global environment.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings, margin improvement, and enterprise value through strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Experience leading sourcing transformations, ERP or contract lifecycle management (CLM) implementations, or operating model redesign
• Strong business judgment, integrity, and commitment to compliance and ethical standards.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, diagnostics, or other highly regulated industries.

Tech Stack

• ERP
• PMP

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• STD/LTD
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan