Vice President- Procurement Operations Excellence & Purchasing Strategy

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it.

We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in procurement operations, purchasing, procure-to-pay (P2P), procurement transformation, and global program leadership across corporate card, travel, contingent workforce, and third-party labor operations within complex global organizations
• Acts as the business process owner for the end-to-end purchasing journey, bringing deep expertise in procurement processes, purchasing operations, controls, intake orchestration, catalog management, punchout programs, purchase order optimization, and payment operations. Leads procurement technology strategy, workflow design, and implementation, translating business requirements and pain points into system architecture and user-centered workflows, while measuring and acting on KPIs to drive successful implementation, team and process performance, and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated success leading and driving global, cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives with full ownership, accountability, and measurable outcomes across the organization. Ability to simplify fragmented processes into an integrated and scalable operating model
• Proven expertise in leveraging automation, artificial intelligence, analytics, and digital workflow technologies to drive strategic transformation, operational efficiency, compliance, stakeholder experience, and business outcomes, with a strong understanding of user-centered workflow design, friction and cycle-time reduction, and appropriate financial, risk, legal, and compliance controls. Demonstrated experience implementing AI solutions, managing AI-related risks and ethical governance, and promoting responsible AI adoption
• Deep expertise in contingent workforce strategy, operating models, and VMS technology, with hands‑on experience in implementation, configuration, workflow design, integrations, supplier management, and the end-to-end contingent worker journey. Strong understanding of how contingent workforce programs intersect with Procurement S2P, HR, Finance, Risk, and identity/access processes, with experience driving consistency across geographies, worker types, policies, and purchasing channels while enabling global visibility and reporting
• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for executive leadership. Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills with experience influencing and aligning senior leaders across Finance, Technology, Legal, Human Resources, Risk, and business functions
• Experience implementing, optimizing, or enhancing enterprise procurement S2P platforms (e.g., Coupa, SAP, Ariba, Oracle, Service Now, Zip, Oro or similar solutions) is preferred, particularly within large-scale, global organizations

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management, or a related field required
• Advanced degree (MBA or Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related discipline)…