[Hiring] Head of Procurement Excellence @Ingersoll Rand Careers

Role Description

Ingersoll Rand is building a next-generation global Procurement organization. The Head of Procurement Excellence will lead the strategy, performance, digital enablement, and operating rigor that powers our transformation. This role builds and leads a global team focused on:

• Business Spend Management
• Working Capital
• Process Excellence
• Value Delivery
• Tail Spend
• Procurement Performance & Analytics

This leader will be central to scaling AI, advanced analytics, and best‑in‑class S2P technologies across IR. If you are passionate about transforming procurement with data, technology and world-class operating discipline, this role is built for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the global Procurement Excellence function, defining strategy, governance, operating model, and capability roadmap.
• Build a high‑impact team across analytics, CI/process, technology, and value management.
• Own global Procurement Performance & Analytics, including KPIs, dashboards, predictive insights, and supplier performance management.
• Drive Business Spend Management and Working Capital optimization in partnership with Finance, Treasury, and Operations.
• Oversee global S2P process design, simplification, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Champion digital procurement and AI enablement, including intake orchestration, modern S2P platforms, supplier 360, and advanced analytics.
• Lead global savings/value delivery methodology, pipeline governance, and enterprise reporting.
• Partner closely with category leaders, P&L sourcing teams, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and IT to deliver measurable value.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years in Procurement, Supply Chain, or Business Transformation in global organizations.
• Demonstrated success and experience leading Procurement Excellence, Digital Procurement, or S2P transformation in a multinational company.
• Experience with modern AI-enabled procurement tools and architectures (Implementing S2P platforms is not enough).
• Strong track record with AI, automation, analytics, and modern procurement technologies.
• Expertise in Business Spend Management, working capital, value delivery, and process optimization.
• Executive presence, influencing skills, and ability to lead cross‑functional transformation.
• Preferred: Lean/Six Sigma, industrial manufacturing experience, global team leadership.

Why This Role Is Exciting

• You will design the global Procurement Excellence model for a high‑growth industrial company.
• You will shape IR’s procurement technology ecosystem, including AI, analytics, automation, and S2P.
• You will build new global team, capabilities and work directly with the CPO.
• This role has meaningful enterprise impact across cost, cash, risk, and supplier performance.