General Summary:
The person in this role is responsible for developing and driving Qualcomm’s global procurement strategy while managing $1B+ in spend across all indirect spend categories. This executive will lead a procurement organization to support the strategic objectives of the company, enact process improvements, and lead associated cost transformations. Critically, the Head of Indirect Procurement is charged with spearheading the commercial relationships with the entire indirect procurement supply base.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Lead global indirect procurement organization across all major geographies ($1B+ spend)
- Development / execution of a comprehensive procurement strategy aligned with broader supply chain and business objectives.
- Supplier selection, management, rationalization, performance monitoring, and reporting.
- Directly oversee all commercial aspects, including business strategies, goals, costs, performance, contracts, negotiations
- Negotiation to achieve favorable agreements that yield ongoing cost savings and continuity of supply/service.
- Generation and Execution of performance & process improvement initiatives to implement operational excellence practices across the procurement organization.
- Collaborates frequently and seamlessly with all internal stakeholders on meeting their needs for products/software/services
- Collaborates with rest of Procurement and Operations teams on total supply chain cost optimization and cross-benchmarking
- Sets leadership example for global team
- Organizational design, recruiting and talent management for the procurement organization
Candidate Profile
Qualcomm is seeking a highly accomplished leader with significant experience in procurement, and preferably in indirect/corporate procurement at a large scale. Specifically, Qualcomm will be looking for the following knowledge, experience, and core leadership competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, engineering, business/economics, or a related field of study.
- Fifteen (15) years of operational leadership experience with a strong focus and background in procurement and strategic sourcing.
- Six (6) years of leadership experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA or Master’s degree in a related field of study.
- Twenty (20) years of operational leadership experience with a strong focus and background in procurement and strategic sourcing.
- Ten (10) years of leadership experience.
- Deep expertise with complex and disparate procurement models across a vast supply base.
- Specific industry expertise on suppliers providing products/services across IT, Marketing, Legal, HR, Consulting, semiconductor equipment.
- Experience and capabilities required for setting the strategic direction and leading a centralized indirect procurement organization at a scale of $1B+ in spend.
- History of driving continuous & aggressive cost reductions and process improvements in the face of ongoing macro business/corporate challenges
- Strong negotiation skills and leadership, strong financial and business acumen
- Record of significant accomplishment forming effective partnerships with business units in support of strategic goals and objectives.
- Knowledge of the relevant supply base and key suppliers within the supplier ecosystem.
- Ability to be flexible and adapt effectively in a dynamic market environment.
- Global mindset and cultural sensitivity; ability to engage with colleagues and suppliers across a global footprint.
In addition to experience, the successful candidate will have demonstrated competencies in the following areas:
- Technical leadership: Leverages technical, professional, and domain-specific knowledge in software product management to achieve strategic and multi-faceted results, attract talent, translate complexity and to captivate stakeholders. This includes providing significant contributions to company and industry knowledge.
- Building Collaborative Relationships: Serves as a role model for building connections across the company. Facilitates the creation of lasting partnerships that foster collaboration and strategic initiatives.
- Team Leadership. Identifies, develops, and retains talented individuals; grows current and future leaders; creates an inclusive environment that ensures all individuals reach their highest potential, thereby allowing Qualcomm to meet future challenges.
- Communication: Inspires trust through transparency. Expertly adapts style to audience and situations to maximize understanding and impact. Communicates technical concepts simplistically.
- Creativity & Innovation: Inspires a creative culture that anticipates change, proactively considers the customer’s perspective, and constantly reinvents itself as it seeks out new ideas, products, and processes.
- Decision Making: Ability to focus on the key drivers of a decision and think through the down-stream consequences of various options. Considers enterprise-wide implications, strategic alignment, and the broader marketplace when making decisions. Decisions have significant financial impact, influence customer strategy, are always aligned with Qualcomm’s Code of Business Conduct, and expand or change the broader strategic plan.
- Results Orientation. Builds commitment and enthusiasm to meet deadlines and achieve regional goals within the Company’s complex business operations. Inspires a culture of exceptional performance and ethical behavior to ensure that strategic focus areas are executed and deliver significant results for the Company.
- Strategic Leadership: Navigates high levels of complexity to develop strategies that reflect an enterprise-wide perspective while driving competitive advantage and producing value; takes calculated risk to impact potential return.
Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process
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Pay range:
$239,000.00 – $358,500.00The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer!