Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Chief Procurement Officer

The Chief Procurement Officer will lead a global team responsible for developing and executing strategies for sourcing, source-to-pay, third-party risk management and compliance.

The role will be responsible for the following specific areas, including, but not limited to:

• Leading a global, client-focused procurement organization that fully leverages and assertively sources our third-party spending;
• Comprehensive management of third-party spend while delivering world-class metrics;
• Delivering innovation in methods, tools and processes;
• Analyzing industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and utilize emerging opportunities;
• Understanding market conditions for key goods and services. - e.g. IT and IT Services

We expect the successful candidate will be a seasoned executive, with a proven track record of leading a procurement function for a large, global, publicly traded company, in a technology-enabled business platform.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The Chief Procurement Officer responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Directing a team of procurement professionals in both direct and global matrixed teams to achieve the overall goals of the organization on a flexible, scalable basis;
• Anticipating future procurement needs and having strategies in place to meet the needs of Chubb's business;
• Developing a global procurement governance model - clarifying global, regional and local roles and responsibilities;
• Developing and consistently delivering an effective and clear communications program regarding procurement programs/processes to global and specific employee audiences on an ongoing, proactive basis;
• Providing senior leadership with a regular analysis and recommendations of changes to available programs aimed at optimization of return on investment for Chubb, including conducting regular external benchmarking analysis and comparisons of procurement programs;
• Building alliances and fostering relationships across Chubb's leadership team, providing advice and counsel to business leaders on policy and guideline interpretation, etc.

Requisition #: 32012

6ahf9io63