JOB TITLE: Strategic Program Manager Excellence and

Transformation- Procurement

JOB LOCATION: Mumbai

DEPARTMENT: PROCUREMENT

WORK LEVEL: Manager

BUSINESS CONTEXT AND MAIN CHALLENGES OF THE JOB In any organization, procurement buyers and category managers spend most of their time managing day-to-day sourcing activities, supplier negotiations, cost optimization, and addressing material availability and supply continuity challenges. These responsibilities have become significantly more complex due to global disruptions such as COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Red Sea shipping disruptions, and ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and other regions. As a result,

procurement teams often have limited capacity to focus on long-term capability building, process improvement, digital transformation, and risk management initiatives. A dedicated Excellence &

Transformation leader helps establish structured programs, governance, market intelligence, and strategic roadmaps that enable procurement teams to stay ahead of evolving market conditions. This role drives standardization, resilience, and continuous improvement, ensuring procurement not only manages operational challenges effectively but also delivers sustained business value, competitive advantage, and supply chain security for the organization.

Procurement Strategic Program Manager Excellence & Transformation will be responsible for building foundational capabilities, governance frameworks, and transformation programs that elevate procurement maturity and support long-term business growth.

Position Summary The Strategic Program Manager will be responsible for designing, building, implementing, and governing strategic capability-development programs across the Procurement function. The role will drive procurement transformation by establishing best-in-class frameworks, processes, governance mechanisms, and talent-development initiatives that enhance supplier value, risk management,

innovation, digital enablement, workforce capability, and category strategy development.

The role will partner closely with Procurement Leaders, Category Managers, Buyers, Business

Stakeholders, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Strategic Suppliers to create sustainable competitive advantage through procurement excellence.

Key Responsibilities

1. Supplier Partnership Program Development

Design and implement a structured Supplier Partnership Program that segments suppliers based on strategic importance and business impact, enabling differentiated supplier management approaches.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop supplier segmentation methodology covering Strategic, Leverage, and Tactical

suppliers.
- Define clear governance model for each supplier category.
- Establish Joint Business Planning (JBP) framework with strategic suppliers.
- Create supplier scorecards and performance management mechanisms.

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- Identify opportunities for supplier-led growth, productivity improvement, sustainability

initiatives, and innovation.
- Develop annual supplier business reviews and executive engagement programs.
- Create mechanisms to measure supplier contribution towards:
- Revenue growth
- Cost optimization
- Innovation
- Service improvements
- Sustainability objectives
- Develop supplier relationship maturity assessment framework.
- Facilitate supplier partnership reviews and governance meetings.

Expected Deliverables
- Supplier segmentation framework
- Strategic supplier governance model
- Joint business planning process
- Supplier performance dashboard
- Executive supplier review mechanism

1. Procurement Risk & Resilience Program

Build an enterprise-wide procurement resilience framework to proactively assess, monitor, and mitigate supply risks.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead material and supplier risk assessment program.
- Develop risk classification methodology covering:
- Very High Risk
- High Risk
- Medium Risk
- Low Risk
- Establish risk-identification criteria including:
- Single-source dependency
- Geographic concentration
- Capacity constraints
- Financial health
- ESG risks




- Geopolitical risks
- Logistics vulnerabilities
- Create risk heat maps and material criticality assessments.
- Develop procurement resilience dashboards.
- Establish governance process for buyers to create mitigation plans.
- Track progress of mitigation actions and risk reduction initiatives.
- Build business continuity sourcing framework.

Expected Deliverables
- Material sourcing risk assessment framework
- Risk heat maps
- Procurement resilience dashboard
- Risk mitigation tracking process
- Alternate sourcing strategy framework

1. Supplier-Led Innovation Program

Develop a structured supplier innovation ecosystem that enables suppliers to contribute ideas creating commercial advantage and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

- Define end-to-end Supplier-Led Innovation framework.

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- Establish formal innovation intake and evaluation process.
- Develop innovation governance committee.
- Create supplier innovation portal/process for idea submissions.
- Define incentives and recognition mechanisms for participating suppliers.
- Collaborate with R&D;, Marketing, Operations, and Commercial teams to evaluate

opportunities.
- Develop innovation pipeline management process.
- Implement benefits tracking methodology for innovation initiatives.
- Organize supplier innovation days and workshops.

Success Areas
- New revenue generation opportunities
- Product innovation
- Cost reduction initiatives
- Sustainability improvements
- Process automation opportunities

Expected Deliverables
- Supplier innovation framework
- Innovation governance model
- Innovation funnel and stage-gate process
- Benefits realization tracking system

1. Procurement Digital Roadmap Development

Develop a multi-year digital transformation roadmap to enhance procurement effectiveness through technology and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

- Assess current procurement digital maturity.
- Benchmark best-in-class procurement organizations.
- Identify opportunities across:
- Source-to-Contract
- Procure-to-Pay
- Supplier Management
- Spend Analytics
- Contract Lifecycle Management
- Supplier Risk Management
- AI-enabled procurement capabilities
- Develop business cases for digital investments.
- Define implementation roadmap and prioritization framework.
- Identify automation opportunities to improve procurement productivity.
- Collaborate with IT and Digital teams on technology implementation.
- Develop KPI framework to evaluate digital adoption and value realization.

Expected Deliverables
- Procurement digital maturity assessment
- 3-5 year digital roadmap
- Technology business cases
- Automation opportunity portfolio
- Value realization dashboard

1. Procurement Capability Building & Training Program

Create a structured learning and development ecosystem to continuously enhance procurement competencies.

Key Responsibilities

- Conduct procurement capability assessment across all team members.
- Develop competency framework for procurement roles.

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- Build learning pathways across beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
- Design curriculum covering:
- Strategic Sourcing
- Category Management
- Seven-Step Procurement Process
- Negotiation Skills
- Advanced Negotiation Techniques
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Cost Analysis
- Risk Management
- Contract Management
- Digital Procurement Tools
- Data Analytics
- Executive Influencing Skills
- Partner with external training providers where required.
- Develop certification and assessment mechanisms.
- Track training effectiveness and skill progression.

Expected Deliverables
- Procurement competency matrix
- Learning roadmap
- Individual development planning framework




- Training effectiveness dashboard

1. Talent Pipeline & Succession Planning Program

Develop a structured talent management framework to build future procurement leaders.

Key Responsibilities

- Design procurement talent assessment framework.
- Define succession planning methodology for key positions.
- Establish talent identification criteria.
- Develop high-potential employee development program.
- Create leadership readiness assessment model.
- Implement talent review process.
- Design development interventions including:
- Stretch assignments/ Flex Projects frameworks
- Cross-functional exposure
- Mentorship programs
- Leadership coaching
- Create workforce planning and capability forecasting process.

Expected Deliverables
- Talent assessment framework
- Succession planning process
- Hi-Potential talent identification model
- Leadership development roadmap
- Talent review governance process

1. Category & Portfolio Strategy Development Program

Establish a standardized category strategy framework that enables buyers to manage categories strategically rather than transactionally.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop category strategy framework and templates.
- Establish methodologies for:
- Market analysis
- Spend analysis
- Supplier landscape mapping
- Risk assessment
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Demand management
- Support category managers in developing category strategies.
- Create short-term, medium-term, and long-term category planning methodology.
- Introduce strategic tools such as:
- Kraljic Matrix
- Porter Five Forces
- TCO Analysis
- Should-Cost Modeling
- Supplier Positioning Analysis
- Create governance process for category reviews.
- Measure value creation delivered through category strategies.

Expected Deliverables
- Category strategy framework
- Portfolio management methodology
- Category playbooks
- Category review governance process
- Value tracking and benefits realization model

1. Procurement Analytics & Performance Excellence Program

- Procurement KPI framework
- Spend visibility improvement
- Value tracking mechanisms
- Procurement dashboards and analytics

1. Stakeholder Experience & Procurement Branding Program

- Internal stakeholder satisfaction measurement
- Voice-of-customer process
- Procurement communication strategy
- Procurement value showcase initiatives

1. Procurement ESG & Sustainability Program

- Supplier sustainability assessments
- Responsible sourcing strategy
- Carbon footprint reduction initiatives
- Sustainable supplier development programs

Key Success Metrics for the Role
- % spend covered under supplier segmentation program
- Number of strategic supplier business plans implemented
- Reduction in sourcing risk exposure
- Number and value of supplier-led innovations implemented
- Digital roadmap implementation progress
- Procurement capability maturity improvement
- Internal promotion and succession readiness levels
- % categories with approved category strategies
- Procurement savings/value creation contribution
- Stakeholder satisfaction scores

Ideal Candidate Profile
- 10+ years of Procurement, Supply Chain, Category Management, Consulting, or Business

Transformation experience.
- Strong program management and change management expertise.
- Experience in procurement transformation and capability building.
- Understanding of strategic sourcing, supplier management, risk management, and digital

procurement.
- Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- Experience creating governance frameworks, operating models, and organizational

capabilities.
- Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive organizational change.
- Preferred educational background: Bachelors degree in engineering + MBA
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Able to work independently
- Can-do attitude and ability to learn quickly
- Transparent communicator with strong influencing skills

Travel Requirement
- Willingness to travel 10–15%, aligned to enterprise priorities and key stakeholder

engagements.

Expected Location

- Mumbai (India)

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