At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you're passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team.

The Head of International Procurement will serve as the head of our procurement organization in both Europe and Asia Pacific and be responsible for actively developing a customer-centric, best-in-class operation. Reporting into the Head of Global Procurement and Real Estate, this person will lead the strategic sourcing and procurement operations of a total spend of $300MM across 14 countries in Europe and Asia Pacific.

The HIP will be coordinating two teams (Romania and India), will act like a mentor and will lead by example. Will be developing an operating model which optimizes our spend in international markets while improving performance and quality, reducing risk, and driving innovation. The candidate will be expected to be a trusted advisor and creative problem solver displaying strong business acuity, ongoing supply chain innovations and best practices.

This role is considered hybrid, which means you'll be assigned to a Broadridge office and given the flexibility to work remote.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate efforts and work very closely with all the functional leaders of the Global Procurement organization and implement consistent and standard processes and policies, and adopted tools;
• Display a comprehensive understanding of business requirements across multiple geographies and provide clear recommendations which are grounded in strong financial and operational criteria;
• Evolve the function from ad hoc reactive and mostly operationally centric to that of a strategic business advisor and leader with vision, driving decisions through centralized sourcing, and procurement efforts;
• Define and implement category strategies across 3 segments: local, regional and global, and define annual targets, continuous improvement projects, contract bidding and negotiation practices, and measure the competitiveness of programs against applicable benchmarks;
• Drive an inclusive culture of ongoing continuous improvement, productivity and innovation that fosters a highly engaged procurement team;
• Support the development of a culture that attracts, rewards and promotes high quality deliverables and excellent customer service;
• Work closely with Management to identify performance issues and continuously implement programs to upgrade technical, business and interpersonal skills;
• Keep Source-to-Pay management informed of all work in progress and major issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 plus years of Leadership experience in Sourcing and business operations experience, including global sourcing and procurement principles;
• Strong experience in Procurement business process re-engineering;
• Leadership experience in negotiations strategies and oversight of Procurement programs for a wide variety of products and services;
• Proven ability to influence and enhance processes across business lines;
• Ability to build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Demonstrated analytical skills including the ability to present business cases to drive stakeholder engagement and endorsement and process improvement;
• Strong experience utilizing best practices to lead and manage major corporate cost reduction initiatives and process improvement programs.

Skills/Competencies:

Strong technical and functional skills:

• Extensive experience partnering across multiple constituents and geographies and well versed in the language of business (Fin-tech or supplier-side experience a plus);
• In-depth knowledge of Procure-to-Pay lifecycle processes, including Supplier Risk Management, Contracting, Procurement Operations, and Payment;
• Deep understanding of the supply chain and implications and alignment to free cash flow, balance sheet, P&L, objectives;
• Excellent analytical, financial, project management and relationship skills. Outstanding ability to breakdown complex ideas and ambiguous situations into understandable and meaningful messages;
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with ability to influence stakeholders.

Proven leadership skills:

• Accomplished people leader with a consistent record of high performance, financial and operational oversight;
• Active listening skills and highly collaborative individual who can influence multiple stakeholders and partners across varying needs;
• Effective and inspiring team leadership skills with proven ability to recruit, develop and retain top talent through coaching and recognition;
• Ability to balance attention to detail and accuracy with a sense of urgency on critically meaningful work;
• Sound judgment and integrity to ensure alignment to Broadridge's vision, mission, and values;
• Ability to foster teamwork and organizational development;
• Ability to lead negotiation in major and complex commodities;
• Excellent facilitation and conflict resolution skills;
• High persuasive skills - the ability to sell an idea / build consensus;
• Proven cross-functional team leadership skills.

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Summary

• Location: London-193 Marsh Wall
• Type: Full time