About the role

Your responsibilities

• Own the procurement engagement process for assigned indirect categories, from initial request and sourcing strategy through to contract award and supplier onboarding.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to understand upcoming requirements, advise on procurement approaches and agree appropriate routes to market, milestones and timelines.
• Define and lead sourcing strategies for high-value, high-risk or business-critical engagements, including competitive tenders, benchmarking exercises and justified direct awards.
• Support the development and execution of category strategies, covering supplier segmentation, risk management, savings opportunities and innovation.
• Lead commercial negotiations with strategic suppliers to achieve strong commercial, contractual and risk outcomes.
• Provide procurement guidance for lower-complexity engagements and review key documentation and process steps.
• Deliver measurable commercial value through savings, cost avoidance, improved supplier performance and reduced risk.
• Analyse spend and supplier data, identify opportunities for category optimisation and produce recurring dashboards and management reports using tools such as Power BI.
• Work with business teams to develop clear scopes of work and briefing documents.
• Review contractual documentation in collaboration with IOC Legal, including proposed wording, commercial amendments and redlines.
• Review purchase requisitions, supplier setup requests and agreements to ensure compliance with IOC policies and procedures.
• Embed responsible procurement criteria into sourcing and supplier selection, and guide stakeholders on appropriate due diligence and risk reviews.
• Maintain accurate procurement pipeline, sourcing, supplier and contract information and contribute to the improvement of procedures, templates and guidance.
• Oversee relevant procure-to-pay activities, contribute to SAP P2P enhancements and coordinate the review and approval of contracts, purchase requisitions and supplier setup requests.

Our requirements

• At least five years’ experience in sourcing and category management within multinational organisations.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex sourcing initiatives from strategy development through contract signature and supplier implementation.
• Experience across multiple indirect spend categories, with particular expertise in Marketing and Communications. Experience in Digital and IT categories would be an advantage.
• A bachelor’s degree, ideally complemented by a professional procurement qualification such as CIPS.
• Strong commercial judgement and proven negotiation, influencing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience using contemporary procurement systems, modules and e-tools, including an understanding of procure-to-pay processes.
• Strong analytical capabilities, including experience interpreting spend and supplier data and using data visualisation tools such as Power BI.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex matters clearly and concisely.
• Fluency in English or French, with excellent written and spoken command of the other language.
• A collaborative, proactive and service-oriented approach, combined with discretion, attention to detail and the ability to work effectively across cultures and organisational levels.