Head of Global Procurement Gradiant

Build and lead a global procurement team covering direct procurement and indirect procurement, including organization design, hiring, capability building, and performance management.

Establish procurement governance, policies, approval workflows, and negotiation standards across regions and functions.

Own a global cost reduction and margin improvement roadmap with clear accountability, tracking, and savings validation.

Develop and execute global category strategies for direct procurement and indirect procurement spend areas.

Lead supplier evaluation, competitive sourcing processes, supplier selection, and negotiation of commercial terms.

Establish strong contracting discipline, including pricing structures, volume frameworks, warranties, and service commitments.

Improve supplier performance across cost, quality, on-time delivery, lead time, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.

Lead supplier risk management, including alternate sourcing strategies, capacity assurance, and continuity planning for critical categories.

Own the end-to-end purchasing process from requisition to purchase order to delivery to invoice resolution, improving cycle time and execution reliability.

Improve payment terms, contract coverage, and purchasing compliance while maintaining strong supplier relationships.

Build procurement analytics and performance dashboards, with regular reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and leadership team.

Implement or optimize procurement processes and procurement tools to support global scale.