Strategic Procurement Lead

Maersk — India, Chennai, 600032

Are you our new Strategic Procurement Lead in Chennai? Maersk Training is seeking a Strategic Procurement Lead who will play a critical role in strengthening our global cost structure, vendor ecosystem, and commercial competitiveness. This is not a transactional sourcing role. It is a high-impact, globally connected position responsible for driving sustainable savings, strengthening third-party partnerships, and enabling data-led negotiation strategies across regions and product lines. You will act as a key commercial lever in supporting growth, marketplace expansion, and digital enablement through structured, fact-based procurement leadership. Strategic Impact of the Role Direct influence on global margin improvement through structured savings programs Ownership of high-value third-party vendor negotiations across regions globally Development of a data-backed procurement framework to support fact-based decisions Strengthening vendor ecosystems to support global footprint expansion Enabling digital marketplace initiatives through vendor integration and pricing transparency Supporting executive leadership with commercial intelligence and actionable insights Key Responsibilities 1. Global Negotiation Leadership Lead complex, high-value negotiations with top third-party vendors across multiple geographies globally Develop negotiation strategies grounded in spend analytics, benchmarking, and market intelligence Identify decision-makers and influence senior stakeholders to secure optimal commercial outcomes Deliver measurable and sustainable cost savings aligned with annual targets across key third party vendors 2. Data-Driven Procurement Excellence Build and leverage region-wise and product-wise vendor spend analytics to drive structured negotiations Conduct quantitative and qualitative market research to inform sourcing strategies Develop fact-based cost models and scenario analyses to support commercial decisions Establish procurement dashboards and reporting mechanis

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