Indirect Procurement Director

Role description:

The Director of Indirect Procurement provides enterprise leadership for the indirect spend portfolio, establishing the operating model, governance, talent, and commercial agenda needed to improve value creation across the organization. This leader partners with senior stakeholders in operations, finance, engineering, maintenance, information technology, human resources, and other functions to translate business priorities into a coordinated procurement roadmap. The role is accountable for portfolio-level performance, organizational capability, supplier resilience, policy stewardship, and the long-term effectiveness of the indirect procurement function.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the enterprise indirect procurement strategy, operating plan, priorities, and multi-year category roadmaps aligned with business objectives, capital plans, operational requirements, and financial targets.
• Lead, coach, and develop the indirect procurement team; establish clear accountabilities, performance expectations, succession plans, and professional development priorities.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Plant Leadership, EHS, Legal, Finance, HR, IT, and Group Procurement to shape demand, define requirements, prioritize sourcing activity, and support effective implementation.
• Establish category strategies that aggregate demand across plants, reduce fragmented and local buying, leverage enterprise scale, strengthen competition, and provide appropriate sourcing channels for recurring and urgent business needs.
• Oversee major sourcing events and negotiations, ensuring clear scopes, competitive commercial structures, appropriate payment terms, service levels, warranties, performance guarantees, change-order controls, insurance, indemnification, liability, cybersecurity, and risk allocation.
• Provide commercial governance throughout the project and contract lifecycle, including business-case validation, bid leveling, total-cost analysis, award recommendations, contract approval, supplier onboarding, change management, claims support, closeout, and lessons learned.
• Deliver measurable business value through savings, cost avoidance, demand management, specification optimization, supplier consolidation, productivity, working-capital improvement, and stronger commercial terms.
• Establish and maintain a robust pipeline, forecasts, contracts, savings documentation, performance metrics, and executive reporting that provide visibility to Procurement, Operations, Engineering, and Finance leadership.
• Lead strategic supplier relationship management through business reviews, scorecards, improvement plans, innovation, capacity planning, risk mitigation, issue resolution, and continuous-improvement activity.
• Monitor supplier markets, labor availability, commodity and wage drivers, capacity constraints, regulatory developments, business continuity risks, and emerging technologies; develop mitigation and alternate-source strategies.
• Strengthen indirect procurement governance, including sourcing thresholds, competitive-bid requirements, templates, contract standards, delegated authority, purchase-order discipline, supplier due diligence, third-party risk management, and compliance.
• Act as the senior Procurement escalation point for critical supplier issues, commercial disputes, contractor performance, service continuity, claims, and urgent operational requirements.
• Represent Procurement on cross-functional leadership teams and major initiatives, balancing cost, speed, technical requirements, operational continuity, quality, safety, sustainability, and enterprise risk.

Minimum skills / qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, finance, engineering, operations, or a related field.
• Ten (10) years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, or commercial leadership experience, including substantial responsibility for indirect spend.
• Five (5) years of people-leadership experience with accountability for developing managers and/or professional teams.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional business initiatives in a complex, multi-site organization; manufacturing or asset-intensive experience is strongly relevant.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and navigating decisions that involve competing financial, operational, risk, and service priorities.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in supplier governance, complex contracting environments, financial analysis, and enterprise risk considerations.
• Ability to translate large and diverse spend portfolios into clear strategies, performance measures, and executive-level recommendations.
• Working knowledge of enterprise procurement and ERP environments such as SAP, together with strong digital and analytical fluency.
• Excellent written, verbal, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to travel up to 15% based on business needs.

Preferred skills / qualifications:

• Master's degree in business administration, supply chain, finance, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Fifteen (15) years of progressive procurement or supply chain experience in manufacturing or another multi-site, asset-intensive environment.
• Experience leading broad indirect portfolios such as MRO, facilities, logistics, professional services, capital-related services, information technology, or other enterprise services.
• Experience with procurement transformation, source-to-pay modernization, spend analytics, or procurement operating model redesign.
• Professional certification such as CPSM (Institute for Supply Management) or CSCP (ASCM).

Compensation:

The anticipated base annual salary range for this role is between $xx,xxx and xx,xxx per year. Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate. The final salary will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.

This role is eligible to participate in the annual Ardagh Incentive Bonus (AIB) plan. The bonus incentive program is based on total company performance.

Benefits Offered:

• Medical, prescription, dental and vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match and an employer retirement contribution
• Paid holidays, floating days and vacation
• Short- and Long-Term Disability (STD/LTD)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Professional and personal development opportunities through Employee Resource Groups
• Benefits available from day 1 of employment
• Flexible and hybrid working hours

Please note the compensation and benefits information above is accurate as of the date of this posting. Ardagh reserves the right to modify this information at any time in accordance with applicable law.

About Ardagh Glass Packaging (AGP)

Ardagh Glass Packaging (AGP) is a global supplier of recyclable glass packaging for brand owners in the beverage, food, pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. An operating business of sustainable packaging business Ardagh Group, AGP is a leading industry player across Europe, Africa and the Americas with innovative production capabilities. AGP operates 35 glass production facilities in twelve countries, employing more than 12,500 employees with sales of approximately $4.1 billion in 2025. In May 2026, AGP launched Clearly Ardagh, a major strategic initiative designed to enhance our capabilities and reinforce our commitment to all stakeholders.

Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and has a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact while remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible. We believe that the success of our business depends on the success of our people. We strive to create working environments where our employees feel valued, can work to their full potential, and where their achievements are celebrated. Here at Ardagh, we offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team, you’ll enjoy the journey!

Ardagh Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, and local law.

Ardagh Group complies with federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. Contact Kelly Molloy ([email protected]) if a reasonable accommodation is needed.