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Job Description
KDP Ireland seeks a Senior Director to lead Procurement Strategy and Capabilities, managing a team of 14 members in the US and Ireland.
The successful candidate will drive long-term Procurement strategy development, annual business planning, and Procurement performance management.
Key responsibilities include defining and implementing future digital strategy for Procurement, spearheading strategic programs, and deploying KDP's buy-sell sourcing model.
The Senior Director will also harmonize and improve procure-to-pay processes, provide governance and compliance monitoring, and drive skills and competencies development across the Procurement function.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
- Create and deliver a robust long-term Procurement strategy driven by business needs and incorporating modern technology, services, and tools to report performance and increase efficiencies within Procurement and the Sourcing process.
- Drive organizational development within Procurement and deploy future state buy-sell model.
- Develop and deploy Procurement's Technology Roadmap, collaborating with key stakeholders including IT, Procurement Leadership, and other key internal and external stakeholders.
- Enable effective category strategy development by optimizing Supplier Relationship Management, Tail Spend Management, and Supply Resiliency programs.
- Lead all aspects of Procurement operations, system controls, and compliance reporting services to better support end-users, and guide the team towards maintaining a high standard of service.
- Lead initiatives to drive continuous improvement in process, skills, and team engagement as a key member of KDP's Procurement leadership team.
- Lead Procurement's Play to Win strategy and management system.
- Oversee key ESG initiatives, including Supplier Diversity; Partner with the Sustainability and Procurement teams to deliver responsible sourcing and environmental initiatives.
- Deploy KDP's buy-sell model to achieve optimal supply chain efficiencies.
- Provide governance over KDP's Procure-to-Pay processes, systems, and policies while partnering with stakeholder functions to drive harmonization, compliance, and efficiencies.