Ingersoll Rand · 2 days ago
VP, Indirect Sourcing
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
15+ years expIngersoll Rand is building a world-class, digitally-enabled procurement organization, and they are seeking a Vice President of Indirect Sourcing to drive strategy and innovation across all indirect spend categories. This role involves leading a global team, optimizing indirect spend, and advancing digital procurement capabilities.
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Hiring Manager
Cameron Fulton
Responsibilities
Set the Global Indirect Sourcing Vision
Define the multi-year strategy for indirect sourcing, aligned with enterprise growth, operational priorities, and IR’s procurement transformation roadmap
Establish a modern, scalable category-management model that leverages analytics, automation, and AI
Lead & Scale a High-Performing Global Team
Build, mentor, and develop a global team of Strategic Sourcing Managers and Category Leaders across regions
Create a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and business partnership
Ensure team capabilities evolve in alignment with future-state digital procurement skills: data fluency, AI-enabled sourcing, market intelligence, supplier innovation management
Drive Enterprise-Level Value Delivery
Lead the enterprise pipeline of indirect sourcing initiatives—cost reduction, process efficiency, working-capital improvement, and risk mitigation
Build business cases and partner with Finance, Operations, HR, and IT to ensure initiatives are executed and deliver measurable outcomes
Create clear governance, reporting, and savings/benefits validation standards
Advance Digital Procurement & AI Adoption
Champion the use of advanced S2P technology, digital intake, supplier-360 platforms, AI-driven sourcing, market intelligence systems, and GenAI-assisted workflows
Embed AI into every stage of sourcing: opportunity detection, data analysis, RFx design, bid evaluation, scenario modeling, contract drafting, and supplier risk assessments
Partner with the CPO, Head of Procurement Excellence, IT/Digital, and external technology providers to scale new capabilities globally
Optimize Global Indirect Spend & Category Strategy
Oversee all major indirect categories’ strategies, ensuring alignment with business needs, total cost of ownership (TCO), ESG/sustainability goals, and innovation roadmaps
Coordinate regional and site-level strategies into a unified global framework to eliminate duplication, reduce fragmentation, and increase buying power
Build strategic supplier partnerships, drive innovation forums, and structure long-term supplier agreements
Strengthen Risk, Compliance & Supplier Governance
Establish global supplier performance management, including SLAs, KPIs, scorecards, quarterly business reviews, and escalation paths
Proactively manage supplier risk (operational, financial, cybersecurity, geopolitical)
Ensure contract quality, adherence to standards, and alignment with IR’s compliance policies
Executive Stakeholder Influence
Act as the senior enterprise leader for all indirect spend — advising the C-suite, BU Presidents, CFO/Treasury, COO, CIO, HR, and Legal
Translate sourcing strategy into business outcomes, ensuring alignment of priorities and decision-making across corporate functions
Represent Procurement in enterprise reviews, steering committees, and global transformation forums
Qualification
Required
15+ years of progressive procurement leadership experience in global organizations
Deep expertise in indirect categories and category-management strategy
Strong experience leading and developing global teams across multiple regions
Proven track record delivering large-scale cost/value programs at enterprise level
Executive presence with strong influencing, partnering, and storytelling skills
Strong command of digital procurement tools, spend analytics, supplier-360 platforms, and S2P technologies
Demonstrated experience integrating AI/GenAI into sourcing, analytics, or supplier management
Data-driven decision-maker with comfort using advanced analytics, scenario modeling, and forecasting tools
Strong understanding of financial levers (TCO, payment terms, working capital, demand management)
Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels, balancing long-term vision with hands-on execution when needed
Preferred
Experience in complex, global industrial or manufacturing organizations preferred
Company
Ingersoll Rand
Ingersoll Rand is an industrial manufacturing company that provides mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.88B2024-05-10Post Ipo Debt· $5.88B
1906-10-11IPO
Leadership Team
Vikram Kini
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Schiesl
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
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