Are you our current Strategic Procurement Lead in Chennai?
Maersk Training is seeking a Strategic Procurement Lead who will play a critical role in strengthening our global cost structure, vendor ecosystem, and commercial competitiveness.
This is not a transactional sourcing role. It is a high-impact, globally connected position responsible for driving sustainable savings, strengthening third-party partnerships, and enabling data-led negotiation strategies across regions and product lines.
You will act as a key commercial lever in supporting growth, marketplace expansion, and digital enablement through structured, fact-based procurement leadership.
Strategic Impact of the Role
Direct influence on global margin improvement through structured savings programs
Ownership of high-value third-party vendor negotiations across regions globally
Development of a data-backed procurement framework to support fact-based decisions
Strengthening vendor ecosystems to support global footprint expansion
Enabling digital marketplace initiatives through vendor integration and pricing transparency
Supporting executive leadership with commercial intelligence and actionable insights
Key Responsibilities
Global Negotiation Leadership
Lead complex, high-value negotiations with top third-party vendors across multiple geographies globally
Develop negotiation strategies grounded in spend analytics, benchmarking, and market intelligence
Identify decision-makers and influence senior stakeholders to secure optimal commercial outcomes
Deliver measurable and sustainable cost savings aligned with annual targets across key third party vendors
Data-Driven Procurement Excellence
Build and leverage region-wise and product-wise vendor spend analytics to drive structured negotiations
Conduct quantitative and qualitative market research to inform sourcing strategies
Develop fact-based cost models and scenario analyses to support commercial decisions
Establish procurement
📌 Strategic Procurement Lead Chennai (India)
🏢 Maersk
📍 India