P5P5 — Expert Professional
Executive
Define procurement vision and policies company-wide; lead enterprise-wide procurement strategy and major supplier partnerships; represent procurement at executive level.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Define procurement vision and policies
- Lead enterprise-wide procurement strategy
- Represent procurement at executive level
- Define procurement vision
- Lead enterprise strategy
- Engage with executive leadership
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Visionary leadership
- Enterprise strategy development
- Influence and negotiation
- Continuous improvement
- Executive communication
- Enterprise procurement strategies
- Leadership in supply chain
- Global supplier management
- Executive-level decision-making
- Visionary Thinking
- Enterprise Influence
- Continuous improvement leadership
What good looks like
- 12+ years total, including leadership of procurement teams, broad industry knowledge, and strategic achievements
- Executive leadership experience
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations (inferred)