Director, Global Indirect Procurement
About The Position
The Estée Lauder Companies is seeking a commercially curious, collaborative leader to shape the global supplier ecosystem and value-creation agenda across advertising and promotion (A&P). Depending on business needs and the successful candidate’s experience, the role may support areas such as media and MarTech, creative and content production, influencer marketing, public relations, events, and experiential marketing. The role goes beyond traditional sourcing. It partners with marketing and cross-functional leaders to translate business priorities into supplier strategies, commercial models, and partnerships that strengthen marketing effectiveness, innovation, agility, and sustainable value. The director leads global or multi-regional initiatives, shapes supplier operating models and governance, develops strategic supplier relationships, and provides data-informed recommendations to senior stakeholders. The position also leads through influence in a global matrixed organization and coaches colleagues and cross-functional team members.
Requirements
- Relevant experience in one or more A&P or marketing-services areas, such as media, MarTech/AdTech, creative, content or production, influencer marketing, public relations, events, agencies, data, measurement, or marketing technology.
- Ability to solve ambiguous business problems, develop strategy, lead negotiations or complex initiatives, and influence senior stakeholders without relying on formal authority.
- Strong analytical and commercial judgment, including the ability to connect data and market dynamics to business decisions.
- Strong relationship-building, communication, and presentation skills across global and cross-functional teams.
- Curiosity, learning agility, and interest in how marketing, technology, and consumer behavior are changing.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- Approximately 7–12+ years of relevant professional experience is a helpful guide, though comparable scope, judgment, and impact from a different career path are welcomed.
- Media experience, particularly exposure to media agencies, digital platforms, media operations, measurement, AdTech/MarTech, or media commercial models.
- Advanced degree or professional certifications.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute multi-year spend-area strategies, supplier ecosystem roadmaps, and value-creation priorities aligned with A&P and business objectives.
- Lead complex global or multi-regional sourcing, negotiation, and contracting initiatives across marketing services, balancing commercial value with effectiveness, quality, innovation, speed, and risk.
- Partner with Marketing, Media, Technology, Finance, Legal, Privacy, Data, and regional or brand teams to turn business needs into practical supplier and commercial strategies.
- Shape agency and supplier operating models, governance, decision rights, commercial structures, and scalable source-to-pay ways of working.
- Build strategic supplier relationships and performance routines that unlock market intelligence, new capabilities, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Use spend, supplier, rate, performance, and external market data to develop insights and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Lead through influence across a global, matrixed organization, enabling regional execution while creating appropriate global consistency and leverage.
- Coach and develop colleagues and cross-functional team members, fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-accountability environment.
- Monitor changes in marketing, media, technology, agency models, and consumer engagement, and translate emerging trends into implications for the supplier ecosystem.
Benefits
- Participation in a competitive bonus program, with the possibility of overachievement based on performance and company results.
- Participation in the share incentive plan.
- Health insurance coverage, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Wellness and family support programs.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Retirement savings plans.
- Paid leave programs.
- Education-related programs.
- Paid holidays and vacation time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
