Global Indirect Spend Pro: Procurement & Strategy Lead

75 Elementis Portugal, Unipessoal Lda; Porto; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

75 Elementis Portugal, Unipessoal Lda procura um Global Indirect Spends Procurement Manager para liderar a gestão de despesas indiretas em escala global. O papel envolve otimizar o gasto de mais de $160M, desenvolver estratégias de categoria e consolidar o conjunto de fornecedores, promovendo eficiência operacional e conformidade.

O candidato ideal tem experiência de 8+ anos, habilidades fortes de negociação e gestão de parte interessadas, e fluência em Inglês.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive procurement experience in indirect procurement (Utilities, Contractors, MRO).
• Experience in managing regional/global indirect procurement categories across industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Fluent English.
• Willingness to travel 10-15%.
• Strong stakeholder management and contract negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead global indirect procurement spend of $160M+.
• Develop and execute global/regional category strategies (Utilities, Contractors, MRO).
• Hedge strategies by monitoring energy markets.
• Assess, monitor, and mitigate operational, financial, and supply chain risks within the indirect vendor base.
• Reduce supplier fragmentation and harmonize vendors to maximize volume leverage.
• Establish preferred suppliers and framework agreements.
• Drive Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) improvements and value beyond price negotiations.
• Governance & Enablement: develop procurement standards and templates; influence regional teams and plant buyers.
• Support and/or lead vendor meetings and coordinate requests.
• Report KPI’s via KPI dashboard.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Commercial Contracting

Negotiation

Data Analytics

Category Strategy Development

Energy Sourcing & Hedging

Spend Analytics

Supplier Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management

Industrial Engineering

Logistics

Business Analytics

Tools

JD Edwards

Zycus

Power BI

MS Excel

Job description

75 Elementis Portugal, Unipessoal Lda procura um Global Indirect Spends Procurement Manager para liderar a gestão de despesas indiretas em escala global. O papel envolve otimizar o gasto de mais de $160M, desenvolver estratégias de categoria e consolidar o conjunto de fornecedores, promovendo eficiência operacional e conformidade.

O candidato ideal tem experiência de 8+ anos, habilidades fortes de negociação e gestão de parte interessadas, e fluência em Inglês.