Procurement Excellence Manager

Procurement Excellence Manager Job Summary

The Procurement Excellence Manager is responsible for leading the development and execution of procurement capabilities, processes, and transformation initiatives across the global supply management organization. This role is a critical enabler of procurement maturity and is expected to drive meaningful, sustainable change within the procurement function and across the broader ETS business.

Reporting into Procurement leadership, the Procurement Excellence Manager will serve as a flexible transformation leader, partnering across procurement, supply chain, planning, operations, finance, engineering, quality, sustainability, and site leadership to identify improvement opportunities, build scalable processes, increase performance visibility, strengthen controls, and support more disciplined business decision‑making. This role oversees key areas including process optimization, data and analytics, governance and policy, and supplier sustainability & development.

The position acts as a central enabler to Category Management, Sourcing, and Planning teams, ensuring the organization operates with consistency, transparency, and discipline while advancing toward a more strategic, data‑driven, and value‑focused procurement model.

Success will depend on the ability to define problems, build alignment, develop practical solutions, and drive adoption across a decentralized, global organization. Key Performance Indicators for the role include procurement savings tracking accuracy and reporting visibility, process adoption and compliance to procurement standards, audit outcomes and closure of corrective actions, supplier sustainability and compliance performance, data quality and analytics utilization, delivery of transformation initiatives, and measurable improvements in procurement process maturity.

• Define and lead the Procurement Excellence roadmap aligned to business objectives and organizational maturity goals
• Establish standardized processes, tools, and ways of working across global procurement
• Identify capability gaps and implement solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness, scalability, and decision quality
• Partner with procurement leadership to prioritize transformation initiatives and build the foundational capabilities needed for a more strategic procurement organization
• Support the development of procurement skills, tools, and governance models that enable category management, sourcing, supplier management, and planning effectiveness

• Lead high-priority procurement transformation projects that improve cost management, supplier performance, process discipline, compliance, and business visibility
• Partner across supply chain, planning, operations, finance, engineering, quality, and sustainability to identify opportunities for process improvement and value creation
• Translate complex business problems into structured workplans, clear deliverables, and actionable improvement roadmaps
• Drive cross-functional alignment and change adoption across global sites and business functions
• Support broader ETS improvement initiatives where procurement process, supplier performance, data, or governance are key enablers

• Establish and manage procurement KPIs, dashboards, and reporting frameworks
• Partner with Finance and Procurement teams to ensure accurate tracking of savings, cost avoidance, and performance metrics
• Develop data-driven insights to support decision making and identify improvement opportunities
• Support implementation and optimization of analytics tools (e.g., AI, Power BI, procurement systems)
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to streamline workflows, eliminate inefficiencies, reduce process variation, and increase service level to our stakeholders
• Drive adoption of best practices across regions and sites

• Define and maintain procurement policies, standards, and governance frameworks
• Establish clear expectations for procurement process compliance, documentation, approvals, and decision rights
• Partner with Category Management,…