Global Spend Procurement Director Sourcing Strategy Lead

Aon Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Aon Corporation is seeking a Director of Procurement to lead global category strategy and drive sourcing initiatives for enterprise spend. You will partner with senior leaders, manage key supplier relationships, and shape strategies that deliver value while balancing risk across diverse geographies.

The role requires 8–10+ years of progressive procurement experience and the ability to work in a geographically diverse workplace, with some travel.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of progressive procurement and strategic sourcing experience across one or more enterprise spend categories, including substantial experience with complex contracts and management of key supplier relationships.
• Bachelor's degree
• Ability to work in a geographically diverse workplace
• Must have excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to think and act strategically while engaging and executing tactically as appropriate to drive results
• Experience working with all levels of management including "C" Level
• Strong negotiation and world-class supplier relations skills
• Position requires some travel
• Excellent people management skills

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of advanced sourcing strategies for your assigned category(ies), including long-range objectives, performance goals, and clear metrics.
• Build and manage multi-year category roadmaps, opportunity pipelines, and performance dashboards that drive value, resilience, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Independently lead complex sourcing, RFP, and negotiation efforts, applying strong commercial judgment while balancing value, risk, stakeholder priorities, and long-term category strategy.
• Act as a primary procurement partner to senior business and functional leaders (e.g., Finance, Legal, Privacy, Operations, and category-specific stakeholders)—translating business needs into sourcing approaches that enable outcomes.
• Manage overall supplier relationships for assigned categories, aligning supplier goals and performance with business objectives and holding suppliers accountable for results.
• Champion supplier diversity objectives, seeking opportunities to engage diverse suppliers directly or via prime suppliers' subcontracting and tiered-sourcing commitments.
• Stay closely engaged in periodic supplier reviews to identify opportunities, address issues early, verify performance against contractual commitments, and proactively plan renewals, extensions, or transitions.
• Draft and negotiate business and commercial contract language of above-average complexity in collaboration with legal and functional partners.
• Support internal clients in building alignment and consensus on recommendations, then drive timely execution, communication, and implementation/transition activities.
• Assess financial, operational, and risk implications of sourcing options and make sound trade-off decisions that clearly connect to business outcomes.
• Leverage leading-edge tools and technologies, including AI-enabled solutions, to improve speed, insight, and quality of procurement work.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Travel readiness

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Aon Corporation is seeking a Director of Procurement to lead global category strategy and drive sourcing initiatives for enterprise spend. You will partner with senior leaders, manage key supplier relationships, and shape strategies that deliver value while balancing risk across diverse geographies.

The role requires 8–10+ years of progressive procurement experience and the ability to work in a geographically diverse workplace, with some travel.