P6P6 — Principal Professional
Director
The P6 Director of Buying/Planning holds executive-level responsibility for the entire procurement and planning function on a global scale.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Global Strategy
- Leadership & Organization
- Financial Stewardship
- Innovation & Technology
- Risk & Resilience
- Cross-Functional Executive Collaboration
- Governance & Compliance
- Drive global supply chain innovation
- Ensure organizational resilience
- Develop and implement global strategies
- Lead organizational change
- Steward financial resources
- Foster innovation
- Ensure compliance and governance
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Visionary leadership
- Executive presence
- Global strategy development
- Advanced analytics
- Innovation
- Ethical leadership
- Resilience building
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Global supply chain strategies
- Executive leadership principles
- Advanced analytics
- Innovation in supply chain
- Ethics and corporate responsibility
- Resilience strategies
- Governance and compliance
- Financial stewardship
- Visionary leadership
- Executive presence
- Global Mindset
- Advanced Analytical Acumen
- Innovation Mindset
- Ethics & Corporate Responsibility
- Resilience
- Global strategy
What good looks like
- Advanced degree (MBA or similar) is usually expected
- Executive-level credentials (e.g., ISM Fellowship, CPIM/CSCP)
- Extensive experience in global supply chain leadership
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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