Expert, Group Indirect Procurement

About the Role

The Group Indirect Procurement Expert is responsible for executing indirect procurement strategies and sourcing activities defined by the Indirect Procurement Lead, ensuring commercially optimized, compliant, and operationally effective procurement outcomes across group business units. This role translates group indirect category strategies into sourcing execution, manages supplier engagements across multiple indirect categories, and acts as a key interface between business units, finance, legal, facilities, marketing teams, and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Support the Indirect Procurement Lead in developing and refining group-wide procurement strategies for indirect spend categories, providing market intelligence and sourcing insights.
• Execute end-to-end sourcing activities, including RFx preparation and execution, vendor evaluation and benchmarking, and commercial negotiation preparation across indirect categories.
• Lead or support supplier negotiations for construction and renovation, retail equipment procurement, marketing agencies and media buying, facilities management contracts, and corporate insurance programs.
• Support contract lifecycle management, including pricing models, service level agreements (SLAs), contract drafting, approvals, renewals, and performance tracking.
• Manage supplier engagements and support vendor performance monitoring, including SLA compliance, delivery timelines, and cost and service performance.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with procurement governance, policies, approval processes, and audit requirements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business units, finance, legal, facilities, and marketing teams to support procurement execution and alignment.
• Contribute to procurement capability building through knowledge sharing, category playbooks, supplier evaluation frameworks, and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in indirect procurement sourcing, category management, and supplier negotiations.
• Solid experience in indirect procurement sourcing and negotiations across multiple categories, including construction, marketing, facilities, retail equipment, and corporate insurance.
• Strong understanding of procurement governance and compliance frameworks.
• Experience in managing multi-category indirect spend across large organizations is preferred.
• Strong skills in strategic sourcing, commercial negotiation, contract management, supplier relationship management, and stakeholder management.
• Strong commercial and financial analysis capabilities.
• Fluent in English.
• CIPS certification is a plus.