Global Indirect Procurement Lead (HR, Travel) – Hybrid

World Fuel Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

World Fuel Group in London, UK (Hybrid) seeks a Senior Category Manager – Indirect Procurement to lead strategy across HR, Payroll and Travel, and manage supplier relations in a global setting.

The role combines commercial strategy, stakeholder engagement and procurement transformation, requiring strong negotiation skills, data-driven insights, and the ability to drive measurable cost savings.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of strategic procurement and category management experience.
• Strong experience managing indirect procurement categories within a multinational or global organization.
• Experience leading procurement strategies across HR, Payroll, Travel, Professional Services, or related indirect spend categories.
• Demonstrated success delivering strategic sourcing initiatives and measurable cost savings.
• Strong commercial negotiation and contract management experience.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong financial analysis, business case development, and commercial evaluation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies across HR, Payroll, Travel, and other indirect procurement categories.
• Align category plans with business objectives and stakeholder priorities.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs, improve supplier performance, reduce risk, and create long-term value.
• Conduct market analysis, benchmarking, and supplier assessments to support strategic decision‑making.
• Lead complex sourcing initiatives from strategy development through supplier selection and contract award.
• Develop sourcing methodologies, evaluation frameworks, and negotiation strategies.
• Lead commercial and contractual negotiations with global suppliers.
• Challenge existing commercial arrangements and identify opportunities for improved service, pricing, and contractual protections.
• Deliver measurable savings, value creation, and operational improvements.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across HR, Finance, Legal, Technology, and business operations.
• Act as a strategic advisor on procurement decisions and supplier strategies.
• Present recommendations, business cases, and sourcing outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven commercial insights.
• Oversee the full contract lifecycle, including renewals, amendments, reviews, and terminations.
• Establish supplier performance expectations, KPIs, and governance frameworks.
• Drive supplier innovation, continuous improvement, and value-generation initiatives.
• Manage supplier relationships to maximize business outcomes and mitigate risk.
• Lead procurement improvement initiatives focused on automation, process optimization, analytics, and digital transformation.
• Use spend analysis, benchmarking, cost modelling, and total cost of ownership methodologies to identify opportunities.
• Contribute to procurement policy development, governance improvements, and operating model enhancements.
• Support the evolution of procurement capabilities, tools, reporting, and data management.
• Coach, mentor, and develop procurement team members.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Support capability building across the broader procurement organization.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Financial analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Degree qualified

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Job description

World Fuel Group in London, UK (Hybrid) seeks a Senior Category Manager – Indirect Procurement to lead strategy across HR, Payroll and Travel, and manage supplier relations in a global setting.

The role combines commercial strategy, stakeholder engagement and procurement transformation, requiring strong negotiation skills, data-driven insights, and the ability to drive measurable cost savings.