Procurement Sourcing Director

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What You'll Do

Enterprise Services (ES) was established in 2022 to provide efficient, resilient, and scalable services to support the evolving needs and complexities of a more digital BCG. ES brings together business-critical operations - such as Procurement & Payables, Global Finance Operations, and Executive Support Services - alongside specialist expertise including Real Estate, Travel, and Meetings & Events. United by a common service mindset, ES enables every BCGer to focus on the work that matters most by giving time and energy back through streamlined, reliable service delivery. In doing so, ES creates cost advantage and strengthens BCG’s market differentiation, while reducing risk through consistent controls and business continuity. Through scalable platforms and globally integrated ways of working across our strategic core global hubs, Enterprise Services enhances agility and helps unlock the potential of those who advance the world.

As a Global Sourcing Director, you will lead the Professional Services global sourcing team within Enterprise Procurement & Payables (EP&P), which includes a range of external support from this party providers. You will shape and execute category strategies that deliver measurable business value, develop and inspire a high-performing team, and build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders across the firm.

Working closely with business leaders and cross-functional partners, you will lead complex sourcing initiatives from strategy through execution, driving commercial excellence, supplier performance, innovation, and operational transformation. As a senior procurement leader, you will help advance BCG's global procurement capabilities while fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and sustainable value creation.

Responsibilities include:

• Build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders across the firm, aligning sourcing strategies with business priorities and influencing strategic decision making.

• Develop and execute multi-year global category strategies that optimize supplier performance, reduce risk, generate sustainable value, and support evolving business priorities.

• Build and lead a high-performing team of Sourcing professionals by developing talent, strengthening team capabilities, fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture, and creating opportunities for continuous learning and career growth.

• Deliver measurable business outcomes by executing category strategies, achieving annual value and savings targets, expanding procurement's reach across the firm, and strengthening strategic partnerships with business stakeholders.

• Lead complex sourcing initiatives across the full procurement lifecycle, including category strategy, market analysis, supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, implementation, and supplier performance management.

• Lead and develop the team's global contracting and commercial negotiation capabilities, ensuring complex supplier agreements align with business objectives, global governance standards, regulatory requirements, and enterprise risk frameworks.

• Lead commercial negotiations and contract discussions that deliver favourable business outcomes while ensuring compliance with BCG policies, governance standards, and risk frameworks.

• Partner with Legal, Finance, Information Security, Technology, and other enterprise functions to negotiate and execute complex global supplier agreements, ensuring effective governance, appropriate risk management, and compliance throughout the sourcing and contracting lifecycle.

• Drive transformation within your category portfolio by improving processes, advancing digital capabilities, embedding best practices, and enabling continuous improvement.

• Foster strategic supplier relationships that encourage innovation, improve performance, and create long-term value for BCG.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

• Leading and developing high-performing teams by fostering an inclusive culture, coaching talent, and building organizational capability.

• Building trusted partnerships and influencing senior stakeholders across a complex, global, matrixed organization to achieve strategic business outcomes.

• Developing and executing sourcing and category strategies that balance commercial value, supplier performance, innovation, and risk management.

• Leading complex sourcing initiatives and procurement transformation, driving continuous improvement, operational excellence, and measurable business value.

• Applying strong commercial judgment, analytical thinking, and executive communication to navigate complexity, influence decisions, and deliver sustainable results.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, with at least 12 years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management experience within global organizations.

• Deep expertise across Professional Services categories including Business and Management Consulting, Corporate Insurance, Financial Services, Legal Services, and Meetings and Events

• Experience of delivering change, value and successful outcomes in a complex, matrixed organisation globally across all three BCG regions

• Deep understanding of global contracting best practices, commercial legal frameworks, governance standards, and regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions, with experience negotiating complex agreements and standardizing contracting practices globally.

• Demonstrated success leading complex commercial negotiations, supplier management, and procurement transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business value.

• Proven people leadership experience, including building, developing, and leading high-performing procurement teams while influencing senior stakeholders across global, cross-functional organizations.

• Strong commercial acumen, analytical capability, and executive communication skills, including evaluating total cost of ownership, commercial trade-offs, and business impacts.

• Knowledge of emerging procurement technologies; familiarity with AI-enabled sourcing and contract lifecycle management platforms is advantageous.

Who You'll Work With

You'll join Enterprise Procurement & Payables (EP&P), a global team of procurement professionals responsible for enabling sourcing and supplier management across BCG. Working closely with colleagues across global locations, you'll collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Information Security, Technology, and business leaders to shape sourcing strategies that deliver long-term value for the firm.

As BCG continues to evolve its global procurement operating model, you'll play a key leadership role in driving transformation, influencing senior stakeholders across the organization, strengthening strategic supplier relationships, and advancing procurement capabilities within a highly collaborative, global, and matrixed environment.

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