Senior Global Procurement Manager

Overview

Are you a procurement leader who thinks globally, acts strategically, and builds organizations that deliver? We re looking for a Senior Global Procurement Manager to take the helm of our worldwide sourcing function — driving category strategy, developing a high-performing team, and shaping the supply chain partnerships that fuel our long-term growth. If you re ready to lead at the highest level and leave a lasting mark on a complex, global procurement organization, this is your role.

This role serves as a key business partner to Operations, Engineering, Quality, SIOP/Planning, Materials, Finance, and leadership teams—ensuring that procurement strategies align with long-term business objectives, growth plans, and operational readiness.

• Team Leadership & Organizational Development: Lead, coach, and develop a team of Commodity Managers responsible for driving sourcing strategy and managing Buyers and Supply Chain Project Managers;
  Build organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, and coaching;
  Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and strategic thinking across the procurement team.
• Strategic Sourcing & Category Strategy: Develop and deploy long-term global category strategies across direct materials - including high-complexity commodities such as electronic components, cable assemblies, and Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs);
  Ensure Commodity Managers execute commodity strategies consistently across programs, with clarity of roles between strategic and tactical execution;
  Oversee supplier segmentation, strategic sourcing roadmaps, and cost transformation initiatives.
• Supplier Management & Performance: Build, optimize, and rationalize the global supply base to ensure capability, capacity, quality, delivery performance, and innovation;
  Lead executive-level supplier relationship management (SRM) and oversee Commodity Manager–driven supplier business reviews;
  Champion supplier development efforts in partnership with SQE.
• Cost, Contracting & Negotiation: Drive annual and multi-year cost reduction targets across commodities;
  Govern all major negotiations, long-term agreements, pricing structures, and contract strategies;
  Support commodity teams in executing RFP/RFQ processes and evaluating proposals based on total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Risk Management & Continuity of Supply: Identify supply chain risks, lead long-range mitigation strategies, and ensure proactive management of obsolescence, capacity constraints, and geopolitical impacts;
  Oversee work transfer strategies and ensure execution across global supply networks;
  Champion cross-functional root cause and corrective action (RCCA) efforts for systemic supplier issues.
• Tactical Procurement & Execution Governance: Provide strategic direction and oversight of all tactical procurement activities executed by Commodity Managers, Buyers, and Supply Chain Project Managers across assigned commodities;
  Ensure that MRP-driven procurement execution is accurate, timely, and aligned to approved commodity strategies and production requirements;
  Establish and enforce procurement process standards, including purchase order execution, change control, supplier communication protocols, and delivery assurance processes.
• MRP Health, Data Integrity & System Governance: Oversee the accuracy and integrity of procurement-related data in ERP/MRP systems, ensuring Commodity Managers maintain disciplined parameter management (lead times, MOQ, safety stock, sourcing rules);
  Monitor MRP signal health and systemic data quality across all commodities, driving corrective actions and continuous improvement;
  Govern inventory optimization strategies to balance service levels, cash flow, and operational risk.
• Shortage Management & Delivery Execution: Own the global shortage management process across commodities, ensuring Commodity Managers and Buyers are effectively identifying, mitigating, and escalating risks;
  Drive supplier delivery performance through structured escalation paths, data-driven action plans, and cross-functional alignment;
  Serve as the executive escalation point for critical material…