Director, Global Account Procurement Lead

🔥 17 hours ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $136k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Cushman & Wakefield

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1917

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🏗️ Construction

Consulting • Healthcare • Construction

Cushman & Wakefield is a global leader in commercial real estate services, providing a wide range of services including agency leasing, asset services, capital markets, global occupier services, project and development services, tenant representation, and valuation and advisory for various industries such as logistics and industrial, multifamily, retail, life sciences, data centers, and healthcare. The company is committed to driving forward for clients, colleagues, and communities with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as environmental, social, and governance principles. Operating in over 60 countries with 52,000 professionals, Cushman & Wakefield consistently delivers insights and research, such as market reports and sustainability efforts.

📋 Description

• Oversee the procurement function within the portfolio of sites on a client account • Manage procurement strategies and ensure cost-effective purchasing of goods and services • Build strong relationships with clients and suppliers • Provide strategic leadership and coordination across regional procurement teams and stakeholders • Act as the accountable global procurement owner for the client account • Set global procurement strategy and strategic sourcing direction • Align procurement objectives with the client account plan • Consolidate global reporting and value delivery • Coordinate global stakeholder and supplier governance across regions • Develop strategic partnerships and client-centric procurement strategies • Own the global procurement relationship with the Client, Account Management Team, Regional Procurement Leads, Procurement Operations, suppliers and C&W Corporate stakeholders • Participate in global governance meetings and address regional procurement matters requiring global direction or escalation • Consolidate global procurement reporting and produce global procurement content for QBRs • Support strategic client pursuits and global QBRs • Validate and consolidate global procurement value, including savings and value data • Implement programs and initiatives to achieve agreed goals, metrics and KPIs • Oversee global procurement resource requirements and support regional resource planning • Escalate and coordinate resolution of major regional risks and issues • Provide global oversight of contracting activities • Interpret contracts and negotiate with suppliers where global involvement is required • Ensure contractual records retention plans are in place • Advise management regarding contractual rights, obligations, resource use and legal matters • Support global oversight of contract compliance • Set strategic sourcing direction and ensure regional sourcing supports the global procurement strategy • Sponsor or lead high-complexity and cross-regional sourcing projects and RFPs • Engage Category Managers and preferred suppliers • Maintain relationships with global Client stakeholders as the primary procurement interface • Partner with Regional Procurement Leads on communication, ownership and escalation • Work with Finance, Operations and other functions to align procurement priorities • Lead and participate in meetings • Define and maintain the global procurement strategy using spend, supplier, operational and market insights • Embed responsible sourcing, sustainability and supplier diversity considerations • Identify and progress global opportunities and cross-regional synergies • Drive sharing of procurement best practices and innovation across regions • Develop global supplier strategy and align it with category strategies and account objectives • Employ C&W and Client account best practices, policies, processes, tools and templates • Lead benchmarking activities to evaluate market trends, supplier competitiveness and sourcing opportunities • Provide global oversight of strategic supplier relationships and supplier risk management • Consolidate supplier performance insights and identify trends and improvement opportunities • Coordinate global corrective actions for major supplier performance issues • Maintain supplier performance, compliance and value tracking and reporting mechanisms • Provide strategic and functional leadership across Regional Procurement Leads and Procurement teams without direct line-management accountability • Promote procurement capability development, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement • Foster an inclusive and collaborative global procurement community • Leverage data, analytics, AI and digital procurement technologies • Perform other related duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field is required • MBA or related Master’s Degree preferred • 10+ years’ experience in Procurement and Strategic Sourcing • Experience supporting complex, multi-country or global client accounts, ideally within facility services or a related discipline • Proven experience developing procurement strategies • Experience leading complex sourcing programmes • Experience operating effectively within a global matrix organisation • Experience engaging senior client and internal stakeholders • Experience influencing geographically dispersed procurement teams within a complex matrix organisation • Understanding of Strategic Sourcing processes • Proficiency with e-tools such as e-RFPs, reverse auctions, e-catalogs, and contract management systems • Legal knowledge and ability to prepare/negotiate agreements and amendments • Ability to explain contract specifics to clients • Analytical and quantitative skills • Ability to analyze and interpret information, data and related documentation • Effective communication and interpersonal skills • Ability to work independently to find solutions • Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills • Strong leadership and influencing skills • Ability to drive alignment and results through matrix governance and stakeholder engagement • Ability to lead through a matrix structure and influence Regional Procurement Leads • Strong global governance, executive stakeholder management, reporting consolidation and value-validation capabilities • Strong commercial acumen • Ability to translate spend, market, supplier performance and value data into strategic recommendations • Excellent executive-level communication, influencing and presentation skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Vision insurance • Dental insurance • Flexible spending accounts • Health savings accounts • Retirement savings plans • Life insurance • Disability insurance programs • Paid and unpaid time away from work • Competitive pay