Senior Manager, Procurement Strategy & Analytics

Job Purpose

The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing, Governance & Procurement Analytics leads the development and execution of enterprise-wide procurement strategies that optimize cost, strengthen supplier performance, improve procurement governance, and enable data-driven decision-making.

The role provides strategic leadership across sourcing, category management, supplier governance, procurement analytics, policy and process compliance, and continuous improvement. It partners closely with business functions to ensure procurement decisions balance commercial value, operational requirements, risk, quality, and long-term business sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Strategy

• Develop and implement strategic sourcing and procurement strategies aligned with business priorities and financial objectives.
• Lead sourcing strategies for critical, high-value, complex, and cross-functional procurement requirements.
• Establish category strategies based on spend, supplier market dynamics, business demand, risk, and value opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, demand aggregation, specification optimization, competitive sourcing, and alternative supply models.
• Provide strategic guidance on major commercial negotiations, supplier selection, and contracting decisions.
• Drive measurable value beyond purchase-price savings, including cost avoidance, productivity, quality, service, risk reduction, and total cost of ownership.

Procurement Governance & Risk

• Establish and continuously improve procurement policies, governance frameworks, sourcing standards, approval protocols, and controls.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with internal policies, delegated authorities, contractual requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Establish appropriate governance for competitive bidding, tendering, supplier selection, exceptions, and procurement approvals.
• Monitor procurement compliance and identify control gaps, recurring exceptions, and process risks.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Risk, Audit, and other stakeholders on supplier and procurement-related governance matters.

Procurement Analytics & Intelligence

• Establish procurement analytics and reporting capabilities that provide visibility into spend, savings, supplier performance, sourcing activity, compliance, and procurement effectiveness.
• Lead enterprise spend analysis and identify opportunities for category consolidation and strategic sourcing.
• Develop procurement dashboards, management reports, and actionable insights for leadership.
• Establish methodologies for tracking realized savings, cost avoidance, procurement value, and sourcing effectiveness.
• Use internal and external data to support supplier negotiations, category strategies, budgeting, and procurement decisions.

Supplier Strategy & Performance

• Establish supplier segmentation, performance management, and governance frameworks.
• Identify strategic and critical suppliers requiring structured business reviews and performance monitoring.
• Drive supplier performance improvement and manage significant commercial or service issues in partnership with business owners.
• Support supplier risk assessment and development of alternative or contingency sources for critical requirements.

Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership

• Lead and develop the Strategic Sourcing, Governance & Procurement Analytics team.
• Serve as a strategic procurement adviser to senior business stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders to understand forward procurement demand and translate requirements into sourcing strategies.
• Build procurement capability across the organization by promoting commercial discipline, governance, and data-driven decision-making.
• Lead procurement transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Performance Indicators

• Procurement savings and validated cost avoidance
• Spend under strategic sourcing / managed spend
• Procurement policy and sourcing compliance
• Competitive sourcing / tender compliance
• Supplier performance and service levels
• Strategic supplier risk coverage
• Procurement cycle-time improvement
• Spend visibility and analytics coverage
• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Procurement transformation / productivity initiatives delivered

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or related field; postgraduate degree is an advantage.
• Significant experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, commercial management, or supply chain, preferably within retail, FMCG, consumer, healthcare, or another complex multi-site organization.
• Strong experience leading complex sourcing projects and commercial negotiations.
• Strong understanding of procurement governance, supplier management, contracting, risk, and procurement controls.
• Demonstrated capability in spend analytics, procurement performance management, and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders across functions.
• Strong commercial, analytical, negotiation, communication, and leadership skills.