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About the Role
The VP, Strategy and Operations partners with the Chief Procurement Officer to develop and execute strategy, driving transformation through category strategies, operating model building, and modernization of source-to-pay processes with a focus on technology, AI, and optimization. This role requires a strategic, analytical, and operational mindset, deep functional expertise, a data and technology-driven approach, and the ability to lead through influence.
Responsibilities
- Own the development and refresh of the Global Procurement multi-year strategy, aligned to RELX Group strategy and business area plans.
- Translate strategy into a sequenced transformation roadmap with clear owners, milestones, and benefit cases, and manage the governance to keep it on track.
- Own end-to-end source-to-contract process design and performance, and the technology roadmap.
- Drive process simplification, automation, and self-service to make policy-compliant buying the easiest option for the business.
- Design and evolve the procurement operating model, including organization shape, category architecture, resourcing strategy, and interfaces with other business areas.
- Partner closely with the PMO to ensure improvement initiatives align with strategy.
- Lead and oversee strategic initiatives across categories, such as supplier consolidation, third-party cost transformation, procurement integration in M&A, and make-versus-buy reviews.
- Oversee data management and data quality.
- Coach and develop a geographically distributed team of specialists and people managers.
- Build senior relationships across business areas and corporate functions.
Requirements
- Substantial senior experience in procurement, sourcing, or third-party cost management within a large, complex, multinational organization, including time in a strategy, operations, or transformation role.
- Category expertise across technology and indirect procurement.
- Proven track record of designing and delivering procurement or functional transformation at scale (operating model change, technology deployment, or process re-engineering).
- Deep working knowledge of the source-to-pay lifecycle and at least one major S2P platform, including implementation or major upgrade experience.
- Strong commercial and financial fluency, including the ability to build a business case, define and defend savings methodology, and engage credibly with finance executives.
- Ability to influence and earn credibility with executive stakeholders in a federated, multi-business-unit environment.
- Experience leading distributed teams, including managing managers, and building capability.
- Exceptional analytical thinking, with comfort in using spend data, taxonomies, and analytics tooling.
- Confident communicator, able to create clear, decision-oriented materials for senior leadership, including Board-level presentations.
Skills
- Procurement Strategy
- Operations Management
- Technology Transformation
- AI
- Process Optimization
- Source-to-Pay
- Data Analysis
- Leadership
- Influence
- Category Management
- Operating Model Design
- Commercial Acumen
- Financial Fluency
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Leadership
- Analytical Thinking
- Communication
Location
- North America
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Level
- VP
Salary/Compensations
- Eligible for an annual incentive bonus
Benefits
- Country-specific benefits
About the Company
- RELX leverages its spend through a central Global Procurement function responsible for delivering procurement savings, driving supply chain efficiencies, and mitigating supply risk across all major spend categories — technology, cloud and AI, data and content, marketing, professional services, contingent labour, print and production, facilities and travel.
- Global Procurement is led by the Chief Procurement Officer, supported by Global Category Leaders and a Programme Management Office responsible for procurement policy, process, tools and operational activity across all spend categories.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
- We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- USA Job Seekers: EEO Know Your Rights.