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Director - Global Procurement

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Job Summary

Lead global category strategy and end-to-end procurement for technology and/or BPO services. Manage cross-functional teams, develop multi-year roadmaps, run complex sourcing and negotiations, and act as primary procurement partner to senior leaders while ensuring value, risk management, and supplier diversity. Hybrid London role requiring strategic oversight and execution across global supplier relationships.

Location: London

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing

Key Responsibilities

•Lead small, global, cross-functional teams in developing sourcing strategies for your category, 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 Technology, Operations, Finance, Legal, Privacy, and business leaders—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.

Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

•8-10+ years of procurement experience in Technology and/or BPO (e.g., IT services, SaaS/Cloud, application services, managed services, or business process outsourcing), including substantial experience with complex contracts and key supplier relationships
•Bachelor’s degree
•Ability to work in a geographically diverse workplace
•Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills
•Strong negotiation and world class supplier relations skills; ability to drive results and manage cross-functional collaboration

Experience:8-10 yearsTechnologyBPOSaaSCloudIT services

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:LeadershipCommunicationNegotiationStakeholder managementStrategic thinking

Languages:English

Company Brief

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Global professional services firm providing risk, retirement, human resources, and insurance brokerage solutions to clients worldwide, including consulting, reinsurance, and data-driven risk management services.

Industry: Insurance

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1982

Glassdoor: 3.9

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