VP, Indirect Sourcing

Vice President, Indirect Sourcing

Reports to: Chief Procurement Officer, Ingersoll Rand

Location: North America preferred - Location: Remote

Overview

Ingersoll Rand is building a world-class, digitally-enabled procurement organization that transforms how the enterprise buys, spends, and partners with suppliers. The Vice President of Indirect Sourcing will be the global executive leader driving strategy, performance, and innovation across all indirect spend categories—Professional Services, Facilities & MRO, IT & Digital, HR & Talent, Logistics, Travel, Corporate Services, and more.

This senior leader will architect and execute the long-term vision for indirect sourcing, build and lead a global team of strategic sourcing managers, enable next-generation category management, and deliver measurable value across cost, cash, risk, ESG, supplier innovation, and operational productivity.

A forward-looking mindset, deep procurement leadership experience, and strong technology orientation (AI, GenAI, analytics, S2P platforms) are essential.

Key Responsibilities

1. Set the Global Indirect Sourcing Vision

• Define the multi-year strategy for indirect sourcing, aligned with enterprise growth, operational priorities, and IR’s procurement transformation roadmap.
• Establish a modern, scalable category-management model that leverages analytics, automation, and AI.

2. Lead & Scale a High-Performing Global Team

• Build, mentor, and develop a global team of Strategic Sourcing Managers and Category Leaders across regions.
• Create a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and business partnership.
• Ensure team capabilities evolve in alignment with future-state digital procurement skills: data fluency, AI-enabled sourcing, market intelligence, supplier innovation management.

3. Drive Enterprise-Level Value Delivery

• Lead the enterprise pipeline of indirect sourcing initiatives—cost reduction, process efficiency, working-capital improvement, and risk mitigation.
• Build business cases and partner with Finance, Operations, HR, and IT to ensure initiatives are executed and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Create clear governance, reporting, and savings/benefits validation standards.

4. Advance Digital Procurement & AI Adoption

• Champion the use of advanced S2P technology, digital intake, supplier-360 platforms, AI-driven sourcing, market intelligence systems, and GenAI-assisted workflows.
• Embed AI into every stage of sourcing: opportunity detection, data analysis, RFx design, bid evaluation, scenario modeling, contract drafting, and supplier risk assessments.
• Partner with the CPO, Head of Procurement Excellence, IT/Digital, and external technology providers to scale new capabilities globally.

5. Optimize Global Indirect Spend & Category Strategy

• Oversee all major indirect categories’ strategies, ensuring alignment with business needs, total cost of ownership (TCO), ESG/sustainability goals, and innovation roadmaps.
• Coordinate regional and site-level strategies into a unified global framework to eliminate duplication, reduce fragmentation, and increase buying power.
• Build strategic supplier partnerships, drive innovation forums, and structure long-term supplier agreements.

6. Strengthen Risk, Compliance & Supplier Governance

• Establish global supplier performance management, including SLAs, KPIs, scorecards, quarterly business reviews, and escalation paths.
• Proactively manage supplier risk (operational, financial, cybersecurity, geopolitical).
• Ensure contract quality, adherence to standards, and alignment with IR’s compliance policies.

7. Executive Stakeholder Influence

• Act as the senior enterprise leader for all indirect spend — advising the C-suite, BU Presidents, CFO/Treasury, COO, CIO, HR, and Legal.
• Translate sourcing strategy into business outcomes, ensuring alignment of priorities and decision-making across corporate functions.
• Represent Procurement in enterprise reviews, steering committees, and global transformation forums.

Qualifications

Experience & Leadership

• 15 years of progressive procurement leadership experience in global organizations.
• Deep expertise in indirect categories and category-management strategy.
• Strong experience leading and developing global teams across multiple regions.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale cost/value programs at enterprise level.
• Executive presence with strong influencing, partnering, and storytelling skills.

Digital, AI & Analytics Skills

• Strong command of digital procurement tools, spend analytics, supplier-360 platforms, and S2P technologies.
• Demonstrated experience integrating AI/GenAI into sourcing, analytics, or supplier management.
• Data-driven decision-maker with comfort using advanced analytics, scenario modeling, and forecasting tools.

Business & Strategic Acumen

• Experience in complex, global industrial or manufacturing organizations preferred.
• Strong understanding of financial levers (TCO, payment terms, working capital, demand management).
• Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels, balancing long-term vision with hands-on execution when needed.

Why This Role Is Exciting

• You will architect and scale IR’s next-generation indirect sourcing engine.
• You’ll lead a global team that touches every function of the company and impacts enterprise performance across cost, cash, risk, and ESG.
• You’ll be an early leader deploying AI-enabled sourcing & digital procurement capabilities across a multi-billion-dollar global business.
• You will work directly with the CPO on strategic decisions, technology investments, org design, and long-term transformation.
• This is a high-visibility role with significant influence on how IR operates and grows.