Regional Procurement Operations Manager
Role Overview
The Regional Procurement Operations Manager is a senior operational leadership role responsible for day-to-day procurement operations performance and management within a region.
The role reports to the Vice President Procurement.
The role is effectively the Head of Procurement Operations for the region and focuses on execution rather than sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, or governance ownership.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
The Regional Procurement Operations Manager is a senior operational leadership role responsible for day-to-day procurement operations performance and management within a region.
The role reports to the Vice President Procurement.
The role is effectively the Head of Procurement Operations for the region and focuses on execution rather than sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, or governance ownership.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the regional operational procurement organization and manage procurement managers and their teams.
- Ensure effective procurement execution from approved requisition through purchase order closure and invoice resolution.
- Own regional operational performance, including KPIs, workload management, backlog control, and service delivery.
- Act as the senior escalation point for operational procurement issues.
- Build strong relationships with Fleet Managers, General Managers, Finance, and other stakeholders.
- Develop team capability, succession planning, and leadership effectiveness.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, controls, approved supplier requirements, and audit standards.
- Drive Project Streamline implementation and support automation, standardization, and process improvements.
- Identify and mitigate operational risks that could impact procurement performance.
Purpose of the Role
Ensure Procurement Operations delivers a reliable, efficient, and consistent service.
Improve operational performance, stakeholder satisfaction, people leadership, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Ensure Procurement is viewed as a trusted and proactive business partner.
Expected Outcomes
Deliver reliable procurement services.
Reduce backlogs and bottlenecks.
Improve stakeholder confidence and satisfaction.
Maintain strong operational discipline and process compliance.
Enhance leadership capability across procurement managers.
Support continuous improvement and adoption of new ways of working under Project Streamline.
Work Location
- Work location is Mumbai, India.
Requirements
- Senior operational leadership capability in procurement operations.
- Ability to lead procurement managers and their teams.
- Ability to manage procurement execution from approved requisition through purchase order closure and invoice resolution.
- Ability to manage operational KPIs, workload, backlogs, and service delivery.
- Knowledge of procurement policies, controls, approved supplier requirements, and audit standards.
- Ability to drive automation, standardization, and continuous process improvement.
- Ability to identify and mitigate risks affecting procurement performance.
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