采购卓越中心主管
Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence
职位概述
采购卓越中心负责人
地点：英国远程 / 欧洲远程 / 波兰 - 卡托维兹
采购正在发生变化。数据、人工智能、自动化和更好的决策正变得与供应商谈判和节省目标一样重要。我们正在寻找一位采购卓越中心负责人，打造新成立的全球采购职能背后的引擎。直接向首席采购官汇报，您将领导技术、流程、数据、治理和能力的开发，使公司各处的采购团队能够实现规模化交付。这不是一个只坐在 sidelines 上撰写战略幻灯片的角色。您需要塑造愿景，亲自参与，领导交付，并创造人们实际使用的实用解决方案。而且，理想情况下，您会享受解决一些复杂问题的过程。
职位职责
作为采购卓越中心负责人，您将领导一个小的中央团队，负责全球采购组织中的采购技术、人工智能、数据和分析、治理、能力建设、供应商风险和运营卓越。您将与采购领导人、财务、IT、法律、风险和业务相关方紧密合作，确保采购拥有有效运作所需的工具、数据和框架。您还将担任采购技术景观的高级产品负责人，帮助将采购战略转化为可持续的系统、流程和工作方式，以推动可衡量的价值。
职责内容
- 领导并发展采购卓越中心在技术、数据、流程、治理和能力方面的职能。
- 主导全球采购技术和人工智能路线图，识别提升效率、控制和用户体验的机会。
- 担任采购系统的高级产品负责人，管理优先级、采用、控制和持续改进。
- 推动在采购、支出分析、合同管理、供应商风险和运营流程中的AI和自动化计划。
- 建立可信的采购数据和报告能力，创建支出、节省、价值交付、供应商绩效和风险的清晰可见性。
- 主导全球采购政策、流程、控制和治理框架。
- 与财务部门合作，建立稳健且可审计的价值跟踪和效益报告。
- 领导采购能力建设计划，学习倡议
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Overview
Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence
Location: UK Remote / Europe Remote /Poland - Katowice Procurement is changing. Data, AI, automation and better decision-making are becoming just as important as supplier negotiations and savings targets.We’re looking for a Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence to build the engine room behind a newly formed global procurement function. Reporting directly to the Chief Procurement Officer, you'll lead the development of the technology, processes, data, governance and capability that enable procurement teams across the business to deliver at scale. This isn't a role for someone who wants to sit on the sidelines writing strategy decks. You'll be expected to shape the vision, roll up your sleeves, lead delivery and create practical solutions that people actually use. And, ideally, enjoy solving a few complex problems along the way.The Role
As Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence, you'll lead a small central team responsible for procurement technology, AI, data and analytics, governance, capability development, supplier risk and operational excellence across a global procurement organisation. You'll work closely with procurement leaders, finance, IT, legal, risk and business stakeholders to ensure procurement has the tools, data and frameworks needed to be effective.You'll also act as the senior product owner for the procurement technology landscape, helping translate procurement strategy into sustainable systems, processes and ways of working that drive measurable valueResponsibilities
What You'll Do
- Lead and develop the Procurement Centre of Excellence function across technology, data, process, governance and capability.
- Own the global procurement technology and AI roadmap, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, control and user experience.
- Act as senior product owner for procurement systems, managing priorities, adoption, controls and continuous improvement.
- Drive AI and automation initiatives across sourcing, spend analytics, contract management, supplier risk and operational processes.
- Build trusted procurement data and reporting capabilities, creating clear visibility of spend, savings, value delivery, supplier performance and risk.
- Own global procurement policies, processes, controls and governance frameworks.
- Partner with Finance to establish robust and auditable value tracking and benefits reporting.
- Lead procurement capability programmes, learning initiatives and change management activities.
- Develop supplier risk, ESG and compliance frameworks that are effective without becoming bureaucratic.
- Manage external technology partners, implementation providers and specialist advisors.
- Coach and develop a small team of specialists while influencing senior stakeholders across a global matrix organisation
Qualifications
What You'll Bring
- Significant experience leading procurement transformation, procurement digitalisation or procurement technology programmes within a complex international business.
- A track record of implementing procurement technologies and seeing them through adoption, not just procurement software selections that never quite left the PowerPoint stage.
- Experience delivering AI and automation use cases with measurable business outcomes.
- Strong knowledge of procurement data, analytics, savings validation and value tracking.
- Experience acting as a business product owner and working with technology vendors and implementation partners.
- Solid understanding of procurement governance, policy, controls and process design.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage senior leaders across procurement, finance, IT and the wider business.
- Degree-level education or equivalent experience. Professional procurement qualifications would be advantageous.
- Manufacturing sector experience would be beneficial but isn't essential.
What You'll Get
- Remote working across the UK or Europe
- Opportunity to shape and lead a newly established global Procurement Centre of Excellence
- Direct exposure to executive leadership, including the Chief Procurement Officer
- A broad international remit spanning indirect and direct procurement activities
- The chance to influence procurement's digital, AI and data strategy from the ground up
- Regular international travel and collaboration with global teams
Interested?
If you're excited by the idea of building a modern procurement capability rather than simply maintaining one, we'd love to hear from you.Apply today or reach out for a confidential conversation.Don't have an up-to-date CV? No problem. Apply with what you have, or connect with our Talent team via LinkedIn for an informal discussion.Originally posted on Himalayas