Senior Director, Strategic Procurement

Hewlett Packard; Singapore; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company seeks a Senior Director of Strategic Procurement to provide leadership and drive strategic initiatives. This role involves managing relationships, improving procurement processes, and leading a team to achieve business goals. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in procurement and supply chain management, along with strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Typically has 15+ years of job-related and/or management experience, preferably in procurement.
• Demonstrated competence in supply chain or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership for a team driving procurement assessment and improvement solutions.
• Develops strategies to ensure high quality at the lowest negotiated cost.
• Manages talent and advises on organization design.

Skills

Customer Centricity

Prioritization

Resilience

Team Management

Strategic Thinking

Education

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Supply Chain Management

Business Administration

Job description

About the Company
HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world united in creating technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Our history: HP’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion – it’s just who we are. From the boardroom to factory floor, we create a culture where everyone is respected and where people can be themselves, while being a part of something bigger than themselves. We celebrate the notion that you can belong at HP and bring your authentic self to work each and every day. When you do that, you’re more innovative and that helps grow our bottom line. Come to HP and thrive!

About the Role
The Senior Director of Strategic Procurement provides leadership to subordinate managers and professional staff who support Strategic Procurement assessment, management, and improvement solutions. The role is responsible for establishing procurement program objectives, strategies, and plans, as well as for managing strategic relationships, providing thought leadership and working across the company to increase productivity and reduce costs. The position includes working with executive leaders and other internal stakeholders to achieve business objectives and deliver process excellence. In addition, this role leads a team that is responsible for designing and implementing strategic procurement initiatives and allocating resources to achieve goals.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and ongoing strategic leadership for a team of multiple subordinate managers and high-level individual contributors driving strategic procurement assessment, management and improvement solutions.
• Sets overall program initiatives, manages and allocates financial and human capital for programs and projects, and ensures timely and effective delivery of supply chain programs.
• Develops and leads planning, design, implementation, communication and delivery of the company's procurement and/or logistics initiatives across a large business group or region(s).
• Provides procurement leadership for all phases of the sourcing process; leads change on procurement initiatives that have an enterprise impact.
• Develops strategies to provide the highest quality at the lowest negotiated cost to the business units.
• Actively partners with and influences internal and external stakeholders and/or suppliers at the executive level on a regular basis; leads objective and effective contract negotiations in collaboration with key internal stakeholders and the legal department.
• Drives multi-year strategies and initiatives at the regional/global/business group level by exercising governance oversight in one or more areas (e.g., key policy decisions, resolution of high impact issues. etc.).
• Manages and develops the talent in the procurement organization, and advises on organization design.
• Performs the responsibilities of performance management, talent management and succession planning, ensuring that the appropriate tools and processes are in place to support the team.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 15+ years of job-related and/or management experience, preferably in procurement, supply chain, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
NA

Knowledge & Skills
NA

Cross-Org Skills

• Customer Centricity
• Prioritization
• Resilience
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking

Impact & Scope

• Impacts entire business and influences company direction across multiple disciplines or areas of HP.

Complexity

• Uses input from managers and directors to inform strategy and achieve company goals and objectives.

Disclaimer

• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

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