Global Head of Procurement

STÄUBLI; Bayreuth; Vor Ort; EUR 180.000 - 290.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Stäubli is seeking a Global Head of Procurement to define and lead our worldwide procurement strategy across Direct and Indirect spend. You will build a global organization, shape governance, and partner with senior leaders across Operations, Finance, Legal, ESG, and more.

The role focuses on driving cost competitiveness, supplier strategy, and organizational capability while ensuring supply continuity and ESG-aligned sourcing across an international, matrix-driven enterprise.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive procurement and strategic sourcing leadership, including global teams.
• Experience managing large spend portfolios across Direct and Indirect categories.
• Experience in multinational, matrix-driven organizations in industrial, manufacturing, or tech sectors.
• Strong strategic and commercial acumen with cost optimization and category management success.
• Knowledge of procurement finance levers, risk, and supply continuity.
• Proven ability to lead change, digitalization, and data-driven decisions.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management with executive credibility.
• Master's degree in related field; MBA or executive education preferred.
• Fluent English; German/French/Mandarin advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Define and lead the global procurement strategy across Direct and Indirect categories, ensuring alignment with business priorities, financial goals, operational needs, and growth ambitions.
• Own procurement governance and spend performance by establishing group-wide policies, ethical sourcing standards, and robust control frameworks while optimizing value across an annual spend of approximately CHF 750 million.
• Drive strategic sourcing and supplier management through category strategies, supplier segmentation, contract negotiations, performance management, innovation partnerships, and risk monitoring.
• Elevate Indirect Procurement excellence by professionalizing decentralized spend areas, standardizing sourcing approaches, strengthening demand management, and partnering effectively with IT, HR, Finance, Marketing, and Logistics.
• Strengthen supply resilience, compliance, and sustainability by mitigating supplier and geopolitical risks, ensuring adherence to trade and ethical standards, and embedding ESG criteria into sourcing, supplier selection, and performance reporting.
• Lead procurement transformation and capability building by advancing digitalization, improving data quality and visibility, embedding best-in-class processes, and building a high-performing international procurement organization with strong executive stakeholder engagement.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Strategic sourcing

Procurement strategy

Supplier management

Risk management

ESG

Digital transformation

Stakeholder management

Change management

Executive communication

Ausbildung

Master's degree in Procurement or Supply Chain

MBA or executive education

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Jobbeschreibung

Company Description

Stäubli is a global industrial and mechatronic solution provider with four dedicated Divisions: Electrical Connectors, Fluid Connectors, Robotics and Textile, serving customers who aim to increase their productivity in many industrial sectors. Stäubli currently operates in 28 countries, with agents in 50 countries on four continents. Its global workforce of 6,000 shares a commitment to partnering with customers in nearly every industry to provide comprehensive solutions with long-term support. Originally founded in 1892 as a small workshop in Horgen/Zurich, Switzerland, today Stäubli is an international Group headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.

Job Description

We are seeking an accomplished Global Head of Procurement to define, lead, and continuously evolve our global procurement strategy across both Direct and Indirect spend categories. This is a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for delivering value creation, ensuring supply continuity, strengthening supplier performance, mitigating risk, and advancing ESG and digital transformation objectives across a complex, international, matrix-driven organization.

With oversight of an annual spend of approximately CHF 750 million, you will build a global organization, shape procurement governance, cost competitiveness, supplier strategy, and organizational capability and efficiency while partnering closely with senior leaders across Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Compliance, ESG, and other corporate functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global procurement strategy across Direct and Indirect categories, ensuring alignment with business priorities, financial goals, operational needs, and growth ambitions.
• Own procurement governance and spend performance by establishing group-wide policies, ethical sourcing standards, and robust control frameworks while optimizing value across an annual spend of approximately CHF 750 million.
• Drive strategic sourcing and supplier management through category strategies, supplier segmentation, contract negotiations, performance management, innovation partnerships, and risk monitoring.
• Elevate Indirect Procurement excellence by professionalizing decentralized spend areas, standardizing sourcing approaches, strengthening demand management, and partnering effectively with functions such as IT, HR, Finance, Marketing, and Logistics.
• Strengthen supply resilience, compliance, and sustainability by mitigating supplier and geopolitical risks, ensuring adherence to trade and ethical standards, and embedding ESG criteria into sourcing, supplier selection, and performance reporting.
• Lead procurement transformation and capability building by advancing digitalization, improving data quality and visibility, embedding best-in-class processes, and building a high-performing international procurement organization with strong executive stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain, including leadership of global and international teams.
• Proven track record managing large, complex spend portfolios (ideally CHF/ €500m+) across both Direct and Indirect categories.
• Experience operating in multinational, matrix-driven organizations, ideally within industrial, manufacturing, or technology environments.
• Strong strategic and commercial acumen, with demonstrated success in cost optimization, value creation, category management, supplier negotiations, and contract structuring.
• Solid understanding of procurement finance levers, risk management, compliance, and supply continuity in a global environment.
• Proven ability to lead change and transformation, including procurement digitalization, process improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence senior executives and external strategic partners.
• Master's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or a related field; MBA or equivalent executive education preferred.
• Fluent English is essential; additional languages such as German, French, or Mandarin are advantageous.

Additional Information

At Stäubli, we value both people and performance. We hire for cultural fit and long-term collaboration, seeking a team member who is committed to being an integral part of our team for the long run. We start with remote interviews and move to on-site interviews as the process progresses. During the interview process you will have the opportunity to meet with the entire team to ensure a mutual fit.