Procurement Lead

• Maintain a forward pipeline of sourcing events and contract renewals.

• Deliver measurable savings and value (hard savings, cost avoidance, service improvements).

• Lead competitive sourcing activities (RFx, e-auctions, single/sole-source justifications) for a wide range of products and services.

• Define scopes of work (SOWs), specifications and evaluation criteria with stakeholders to ensure standardised supplier comparisons.

• Establish preferred vendor lists and purchasing channels to simplify buying and improve compliance.

• Build and maintain effective vendor relationships ensuring performance, responsiveness and continuous improvement.

• Define and track service performance measures (KPIs/SLAs) and conduct periodic vendor reviews.

• Drive remediation plans for underperformance, including root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

• Negotiate commercial terms: pricing, volume discounts, payment terms, indexation, termination rights, renewal clauses, and SLAs.

• Ensure contracts include appropriate governance: deliverables, acceptance criteria, confidentiality, data protection, IP, and audit rights.

• Manage contract lifecycle; renewals, amendments and scope changes, ensuring documentation is complete and audit ready.

• Business divestment support; contract separation, early termination negotiations, novation and transition service agreements. Working closely with internal stakeholders to minimise risk and avoid contract breaches.

• Manage vendor risk: financial stability, criticality, HSE, cybersecurity, data privacy and continuity of service.

• Support vendor onboarding and due diligence requirements (as defined by governance), ensuring correct set up in relevant systems.

• Partner with internal stakeholders (IT, Facilities, Finance, HR, Marketing, Operations, EHS, Travel etc) to understand requirements and translate into sourcing strategies.

• Manage competing priorities across regions and functions.

• Provide clear communication on timelines, sourcing approach and decision rationale, managing stakeholder expectations.

• Engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders.

• Monitor market and vendor trends (rate inflation, capacity, regulatory shifts, emerging technologies).

• Benchmark pricing and service models across regions; maintain rate cards and cost baselines.

• Represent procurement on the ESG team; integrate sustainability objectives into procurement strategies and vendor management.

• Support vendor ESG assessments, sustainable sourcing initiatives and compliance with environmental and social governance standards.