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Senior, niche vendor-management role with specialized procurement/catalogue skills reduces applicant density.
Strong procurement, SAP/catalogue and supplier-governance requirements limit cross-industry transferability.
Explicit 8+ years, required managerial experience and domain-specific procurement/tooling make filters strict.
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Lead and develop a distributed team managing supplier relationships, vendor management office (VMO) support, and the global product catalogue.
Own accuracy, timeliness, and commercial quality of deliverables including supplier scorecards, contract administration, renewals, and catalogue data.
Accountable for service levels, governance, escalation management, stakeholder engagement, and driving continuous improvement, automation, and cost-avoidance initiatives.
8–12+ years in supplier/vendor management, category management, contract administration or catalogue & master-data management, including 3+ years in people management.
Proven ownership of service levels and KPIs in a shared-services or managed-operations environment.
Strong commercial and contractual acumen including supplier governance, supplier business reviews (SBRs), and contract renewal management.
Excellent English communication and stakeholder management skills; experience managing distributed teams preferred.
Experienced leader operating at senior management level with demonstrated ability to manage distributed teams across multiple geographies (India and Brazil).
Strategic in supplier governance, contract compliance, and catalogue lifecycle management with capacity to influence procurement spend and risk at a high-value, low-volume scale.
Comfortable working with ERP and procurement systems (e.g., SAP), supplier contract repositories, workforce management platforms, and driving data-driven decision making including continuous improvement and automation initiatives.