Divisional Procurement Lead – Middle East & Asia

About the role

Lead procurement across an ISP division, overseeing a wide range of spend areas while owning the Facilities, Real Estate and Construction category strategy. The role combines regional procurement leadership, stakeholder partnership and operational support with global category management responsibility for facilities management and related professional services. It drives value, governance, supplier performance, risk management and stakeholder satisfaction, ensuring divisional requirements are represented in wider procurement strategies.

Key responsibilities

• Provide regional procurement support across a broad range of indirect categories in line with divisional requirements.
• Act as senior procurement business partner for the division and build trusted relationships with executives and school operators.
• Develop divisional procurement plans, support regional procurement leads and manage supplier escalations, compliance and risk.
• Own global category strategies for Facilities Management, Hard FM, Soft FM, Cleaning, Security, Catering, Utilities, Property Services, Real Estate, Capital Projects, Construction and Consultancy Services.
• Lead complex sourcing programmes, negotiations and contracting initiatives to deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance and operational improvements.
• Support procurement for new school openings, expansions and refurbishment programmes and lead executive‑level supplier relationship management and governance.
• Partner with Property, Finance, Legal and Operations leaders and drive demand management, sustainability and whole‑life cost optimisation.

Required profile

• Proven ability to operate as a strategic procurement business partner, balancing stakeholder priorities with commercial, risk and governance outcomes.
• Extensive procurement experience within multinational organisations.
• Strong indirect procurement experience with exposure to facilities management, property, construction or capital projects (desirable).
• Executive stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• MCIPS, FCIPS or equivalent qualification preferred.