Senior Manager, Procurement PMO & Analytics

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Senior Manager, Procurement PMO & Analytics

Location: India / Remote

Reporting To: Vice President, Global Procurement

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Procurement PMO & Analytics serves as the operational backbone of the Global Procurement function, providing leadership across procurement governance, project management, savings tracking, performance reporting, and benefits realization.

This role is responsible for creating visibility into procurement performance and transformation initiatives through robust analytics, executive reporting, and PMO governance. The successful candidate will manage procurement savings reporting, track delivery against commitments, maintain project and program status reporting, and ensure leadership has timely insight into procurement outcomes and value creation.

The role will also lead the Global Savings Review Board (GSRB) process, coordinating governance activities, reporting, action management, and stakeholder accountability across the procurement organization.

Success in this position requires strong analytical capability, project management expertise, executive-level communication skills, and the ability to drive disciplined governance across a complex global function.

Key ResponsibilitiesProcurement PMO & Project Management

• Lead PMO activities across procurement transformation and strategic initiatives.
• Maintain project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issue logs.
• Track progress against procurement priorities and strategic objectives.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities to ensure successful project delivery.
• Develop and maintain project status reporting for procurement leadership.
• Identify and escalate delivery risks, proposing mitigation and recovery plans.
• Support annual planning, portfolio prioritization, resource planning, and roadmap management.

Savings Tracking & Benefits Realization

• Maintain the procurement savings pipeline and realization tracker.
• Track savings delivery against approved business cases and commitments.
• Monitor forecasted, validated, and realized savings across all procurement initiatives.
• Partner with Finance to ensure savings methodologies and reporting are aligned.
• Produce monthly savings and benefits realization reporting for senior leadership.
• Identify risks to savings attainment and coordinate mitigation actions with stakeholders.
• Maintain transparency and auditability of savings reporting and performance metrics.

Analytics & Executive Reporting

• Develop and maintain procurement dashboards and reporting solutions using Power BI and other reporting tools.
• Analyse procurement performance, spending trends, supplier data, and operational metrics.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual procurement performance reports.
• Deliver executive-level reporting and presentations for Procurement Leadership, Finance, and business stakeholders.
• Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to improve procurement effectiveness and financial outcomes.
• Support ad hoc analysis and reporting requests from senior leadership.

Governance & GSRB Leadership

• Lead and coordinate the Global Savings Review Board (GSRB) process.
• Prepare governance materials, agendas, reporting packs, and meeting outputs.
• Drive effective governance practices across procurement programs and savings initiatives.
• Track actions, decisions, risks, and dependencies arising from governance forums.
• Ensure follow-up actions are completed and stakeholders remain accountable for commitments.
• Maintain governance calendars and reporting schedules.
• Support leadership decision-making through accurate and timely governance reporting.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes, reporting, and governance.
• Drive standardisation and automation of procurement reporting and performance management.
• Support procurement transformation initiatives and organisational change activities.
• Establish best practices for project management, savings tracking, and benefits realization.
• Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement across the procurement function.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Economics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
• MBA or Master's degree preferred.

Experience

• 8+ years of experience in PMO, Procurement, Business Operations, Finance, Analytics, Consulting, or related functions.
• Proven experience in project and program management within a complex global environment.
• Strong experience in management reporting, performance tracking, and executive communications.
• Experience managing savings tracking, benefits realization, and performance measurement activities.
• Experience leading governance forums and driving action management across senior stakeholders.
• Experience supporting transformation initiatives and organisational change programs.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel, reporting, and data analysis skills.
• Strong Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence experience.
• Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Workday, Oracle, or Coupa.
• Strong understanding of reporting automation and data visualization.
• Experience managing large datasets and producing executive insights.

Leadership Competencies

• Strong project and programme management capability.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work across global teams and functions.
• Results-oriented with a strong sense of accountability and ownership.
• Able to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.

At Strada, our values guide everything we do:

• Anticipate Customer Needs – We stay ahead of trends so our customers can grow and succeed.

• Own the Outcome – We take responsibility for delivering excellence and ensuring things get done right.

• Challenge Ourselves to Work Smarter – We move faster than the world around us to drive change and accomplish more.

• Empower Each Other to Solve Problems – We tackle challenges head on, ask tough questions, and collaborate to find the best solutions.

• Care About Our Work and Our People – We understand that what we do impacts millions, and we have a responsibility to get it right.

Benefits

At Strada, we support your whole self—offering a range of benefits for your health, wellbeing, finances, and future. These include health coverage, wellbeing programs, paid leave (vacation, sick, parental), retirement plans, learning opportunities, and more.

All offers are contingent on successful completion of background checks, where permitted by law and as appropriate for the role. These may include identity, education, employment, and in some cases, criminal history verification, checks against global watchlists, credit reports, and/or drug testing. You’ll be informed of the specific checks applicable to your role and location during the recruitment process.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Strada is dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that embracing differences strengthens our teams and drives innovation and success.

Diversity Policy Statement

Strada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination based on legally protected characteristics. We actively support the advancement of underrepresented groups and provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities and religious practices. Applicants may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting their recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

To be considered, you must have current and future work authorization in the country where you're applying, without the need for visa sponsorship by Strada.

Please note: This job description does not limit Strada’s right to assign or reassign responsibilities, including to subsidiaries, partners, or future business purchasers.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.

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