Global Vice President Purchasing – Information Technology & Engineering
The Global VP of Purchasing - Information Technology & Engineering leads purchasing strategy for an increasingly strategic commodity spanning technology, engineering services, digital software, cloud modernization, and AI-enabled transformation. Reporting to the SVP of Global Indirect Purchasing and working closely with the CIO and Executive Management, this role aligns sourcing decisions with enterprise technology priorities, supplier innovation, cost efficiency, compliance, and long-term digital transformation goals.
Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Global Category Leadership: Define the global purchasing strategy, governance, and priorities for IT and Engineering Services
- Strategy & Value Creation: Convert business, technology, and engineering priorities into sourcing strategies that deliver cost, innovation, and resilience
- Supplier Management: Lead strategic partnerships across IT, digital, software, engineering, and technical services
- Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with the CIO, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and regional and global leaders to align sourcing with company priorities
- Financial Performance: Deliver budget, savings, supplier value creation, and contract performance commitments
- Risk & Governance: Ensure strong contract governance, compliance, and supplier risk management.
- People Leadership: Lead and develop a global, matrixed purchasing organization with strong strategic sourcing and stakeholder partnering capability
- Transformation: Drive process simplification, digital tools, analytics, automation, and global best practice
Financial and Non-Financial Data:
- Budget Scope: Responsible for managing a multi-million euro global commodity purchasing budget.
- Team Size: Direct and indirect supervision of a large global and multi-regional team
Degree of Autonomy: The VP of Purchasing - ITE holds significant decision authority within Strategic Functional Group strategy and compliance standards, with accountability for sourcing, budget adherence, ethical governance, transparent SVP reporting, and proactive risk management.