Strategic Procurement Lead Transformer Service

Job Description

As the Strategic Procurement Lead, you will be responsible for building and leading a high-performing procurement and supply chain setup that supports safe, efficient, and reliable operations. You will shape regional processes, define strategic priorities, and ensure alignment with global standards, business objectives, and customer expectations. This role offers the opportunity to make a visible impact from day one by strengthening supplier performance, driving cost and cash improvements, improving resilience across the supply chain, and helping to establish a future-ready operating model for Transformer Services in North America. You will work closely with business leadership and cross-functional teams in a dynamic, international environment.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Define and manage effective interfaces across operational procurement, strategic procurement, and local logistics to ensure smooth collaboration and accountability.
• Own and deliver the Procurement & Supply Chain strategy for the Transformer Service Facility in line with business objectives and company guidelines.
• Act as a trusted partner to business leadership and represent Procurement & Supply Chain in key management and decision-making forums.
• Deliver measurable value through savings, EBIT contribution, cash flow improvement, and working capital optimisation, and establish and drive KPIs, governance routines, and performance reviews to increase transparency and support continuous improvement.
• Define and implement supplier strategies, including sourcing, supplier relationship management, and supplier development, in collaboration with internal stakeholders and commodity management.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks to strengthen resilience and safeguard business continuity. Lead critical supplier negotiations and act as the final escalation point for supplier-related issues.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a comparable discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in Procurement and Supply Chain, ideally within industrial, manufacturing, service, or project-driven environments.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with a practical, hands-on approach to execution and problem solving.
• Excellent negotiation, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.
• Experience with SAP and a strong understanding of procurement and supply chain performance management.
• Ability to thrive in an international, matrixed organisation and drive change in a dynamic environment.