Global Indirects Lead – IT & Marketing Procurement

Arbex; Tadworth; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading pension contribution

Bonus scheme

Flexible Savings and spending accounts

Private Medical Insurance

Diverse income protection insurance

Education/relocation/childcare support

Job summary

ARBEX in the United Kingdom is seeking a senior procurement leader to shape global indirect category strategies across Corporate Services, IT, and Marketing. You will negotiate with strategic suppliers, drive savings, and implement P2P governance while partnering with C-suite leaders to deliver tangible value.

Join a flexible workplace that blends remote work with in-person collaboration, and help drive continuous improvement, cost control, and supplier excellence across a global business

Qualifications

• Preferably 12+ yrs procurement, with 5+ yrs leading Indirect category portfolios at global scale
• Deep expertise in IT procurement and/or Marketing procurement
• Strong executive stakeholder management — influence without authority at C-suite level
• Demonstrated savings delivery in complex, decentralized environments
• Experience implementing P2P transformation (catalogues, policies, e-procurement)

Responsibilities

• Define and execute global category strategies: Corporate Services, Marketing, IT, REFM
• Lead strategic supplier negotiations for global contracts (IT, travel, professional services)
• Drive indirect spend consolidation on preferred suppliers
• Build business partner relationships with CMO, CIO, CFO and functional leaders
• Deliver annual savings through demand management, consolidation, renegotiation
• Implement spend analytics and P2P governance across all indirect categories globally
• Develop category management talent within the Indirect team

Skills

Procurement leadership

Indirect category management

IT procurement

Marketing procurement

Executive stakeholder mgmt

Savings delivery

P2P transformation

Tools

P2P systems

e-procurement

Spend analytics

Job description

ARBEX in the United Kingdom is seeking a senior procurement leader to shape global indirect category strategies across Corporate Services, IT, and Marketing. You will negotiate with strategic suppliers, drive savings, and implement P2P governance while partnering with C-suite leaders to deliver tangible value.

Join a flexible workplace that blends remote work with in-person collaboration, and help drive continuous improvement, cost control, and supplier excellence across a global business