About the Company
Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,200 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 15 million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute Nexthink’s global procurement strategy, operating model and multi-year roadmap.
- Develop a strategic category management approach across Software/SaaS, Cloud, Technology, Professional Services, Marketing, HR, Workplace and other indirect spend.
- Establish category strategies, sourcing priorities and a global pipeline aligned with business objectives.
- Use spend, market and supplier insights to identify opportunities for cost optimization, demand management, supplier consolidation and innovation.
- Lead or oversee major global sourcing initiatives and strategic supplier negotiations.
- Drive measurable savings, cost avoidance and broader commercial value.
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of Category Managers, building strong commercial, strategic sourcing and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Establish clear category ownership, objectives and accountability across the team.
- Develop Category Managers into trusted business partners capable of independently engaging senior stakeholders and leading complex sourcing strategies and negotiations.
- Create common category management methodologies, tools and best practices to raise the maturity and consistency of Procurement globally.
- Build succession, talent development and future leadership capability within the Procurement function.
- Act as a trusted commercial advisor to senior and executive stakeholders across Nexthink.
- Ensure Procurement is engaged early in strategic purchasing and investment decisions.
- Develop strategic supplier relationships, performance frameworks and executive business reviews.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, Security, Privacy and other functions on commercial agreements and third-party risk.
- Drive supplier performance, innovation, resilience and sustainability.
- Develop scalable global procurement policies, governance and processes.
- Drive the evolution of Nexthink’s Procure-to-Pay framework and procurement capabilities within NetSuite and related systems.
- Improve spend visibility, purchasing compliance, supplier onboarding, contract management and renewal governance.
- Identify opportunities for automation and procurement technology to improve efficiency and user experience.
- Establish procurement KPIs and executive reporting covering savings, cost avoidance, and other metrics.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in global procurement leadership, with a focus on indirect spend.
- Strong commercial judgment and executive influence.
- Ability to develop both procurement capabilities and people.
- Experience in category management across Software/SaaS, Cloud, Technology, Professional Services, Marketing, HR, Workplace.
- Experience with NetSuite or similar procurement systems.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Conditions
- Full-time position.
- Based in Madrid with a global remit.