Procurement Lead, EMI - HDM

Essential   Functions &   Responsibilities     Lead and develop a team of Innovation Managers responsible for sourcing and commercialization support across the business unit innovation portfolio   mid and long term   Translate business unit and brand innovation priorities into clear team focus, resource alignment, and execution direction   Champion supplier-enabled innovation across the business unit and brands by helping the team identify, elevate, and connect supplier capabilities to   the 3year   innovation needs   Build the operating rhythm for innovation procurement across the portfolio, including prioritization, governance, issue escalation, and progress visibility   Coach Innovation Managers through complex sourcing, commercialization, and supplier challenges to strengthen decision making, problem solving, and execution quality   Remove barriers that slow innovation delivery by driving alignment across procurement, R&D, operations, finance, quality, legal, and business teams   Instill sourcing excellence across the team through strong standards in supplier selection, negotiation, contracting, commercialization readiness, and launch support   Drive consistency in how the team manages innovation sourcing activities, supplier engagement, transitions, and cross-functional coordination   Lead continuous improvement in innovation procurement ways of working to simplify processes, reduce rework, and improve speed, visibility, and execution effectiveness   Support portfolio-level prioritization and tradeoff discussions by surfacing risks, dependencies, capacity constraints, and execution challenges    Strengthen team capability in structured problem solving, risk sensing, scenario planning, and proactive stakeholder management   Partner with the Associate Director and core category procurement leaders to ensure alignment between innovation activity and broader business, supplier, and category strategies   Identify key areas for efficiencies post launch and set the base procurement teams up for success for the future    Ensure effective transition of launched innovation   at external manufacturers   from innovation procurement support into base business ownership after stabilization   Monitor portfolio health through key indicators related to sourcing progress, commercialization readiness, supplier readiness, timing, and execution risk   Foster a team culture of accountability, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement     Expected Experience   & Required Skills   ​ ​ ​ Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, finance, operations, engineering, or a related field; MBA and/or advanced procurement qualifications preferred   ​ Significant procurement experience, ideally including innovation sourcing, external manufacturing, commercialization, ingredients, packaging, CAPEX, or related categories   ​ Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching and developing high-performing teams   ​ Strong experience supporting innovation, commercialization, supplier capability development, and launch execution in a fast-moving environment   ​ Strong systems thinking, with the ability to connect innovation strategy, supplier capability, commercialization requirements, and cross-functional dependencies across the portfolio   ​ Strong sourcing and supplier management foundation, with credibility to coach others on negotiation, contracting, commercialization readiness, and supplier execution   ​ Curiosity about AI and digital tools, with interest in how they can improve visibility, decision making, efficiency, and team effectiveness   ​ Strong solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to remove barriers, simplify complexity, and help teams move from issue identification to practical action   ​ Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills across matrixed teams and functions   ​ Strong problem-solving, prioritization,