Head of Indirect Procurement(m/w/x)

Description

As a strategic leader reporting to the COO, you will transform the procurement function by building a high-performing team and driving significant EBITDA savings through expert category management.

Requirements

• •10+ years of strategic procurement experience
• •5 years in a leadership role
• •Deep Retail or FMCG experience
• •Sourcing expertise in IT, Marketing, Logistics, or Real Estate
• •Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field
• •Fluent German
• •Advantageous professional English proficiency
• •Exceptional stakeholder influence and leadership
• •Expertise in change management
• •Strategic thinking and hands-on mentality
• •Strong financial acumen and P&L understanding
• •Data-driven decision making skills

Tasks

• •Design the multi-year indirect procurement roadmap
• •Establish procurement vision, policies, and governance
• •Recruit and lead a ten-person procurement team
• •Advise the C-suite on procurement-led strategies
• •Partner with department heads to co-create solutions
• •Drive adoption of new procurement technologies
• •Educate stakeholders on strategic sourcing benefits
• •Execute a comprehensive cost-savings pipeline
• •Guide category managers on high-spend areas
• •Lead complex and high-value supplier negotiations
• •Implement a scalable group-wide P2P process
• •Utilize spend analytics and AI-driven reporting
• •Establish a robust supplier risk framework

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