Global Supplier Lifecycle & Panel Management Leader

Horse Powertrain; Alcobendas; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Horse Powertrain in Madrid is seeking a senior procurement professional to own and govern global supplier lifecycle management and category governance. You will define policies, drive roadmaps, and lead onboarding, qualification, segmentation, performance, and exit frameworks across multinational teams.

You will enable data-driven decision making through analytics and governance, collaborate with global stakeholders to ensure compliance and continuous improvement, and help transform procurement

Qualifications

• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing senior leadership in global environments.
• Strong data analytics, reporting, and procurement systems skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional transformation or procurement excellence initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern global Supplier Lifecycle Management and Strategic Category Panel Management processes.
• Define and deploy policies, governance models, standards, methodologies, and KPIs.
• Develop and execute global roadmaps aligned with procurement strategy and business objectives.
• Lead supplier onboarding, qualification, segmentation, performance, development, and exit frameworks.
• Drive supplier panel strategy, optimization, competitiveness, resilience, innovation, and sustainability initiatives.
• Enable data-driven decision-making through analytics, reporting, digital tools, and governance frameworks.
• Lead cross-functional transformation, change management, and capability development initiatives.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders to ensure process compliance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Procurement systems

Change management

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

English language proficiency

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business/Engineering/Supply Chain Management/Procurement

Tools

Procurement systems

Job description

Horse Powertrain in Madrid is seeking a senior procurement professional to own and govern global supplier lifecycle management and category governance. You will define policies, drive roadmaps, and lead onboarding, qualification, segmentation, performance, and exit frameworks across multinational teams.

You will enable data-driven decision making through analytics and governance, collaborate with global stakeholders to ensure compliance and continuous improvement, and help transform procurement