Suntory Beverage & Food
Global Procurement CoE Head
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Global Procurement CoE Head
Global Procurement CoE Head – Suntory Beverage & Food
Who We Are
At Suntory Beverage & Food, we’re inspired by our purpose to Inspire the Brilliance of Life. We believe in creating rich experiences for people while living in harmony with nature.
As Global Procurement CoE Head, you'll have the opportunity to influence procurement on a global scale, drive meaningful transformation, and help build a procurement function that sets the standard for excellence throughout the industry.
If you're ready to lead the next chapter of procurement transformation, we'd love to hear from you.
About You
You are a strategic procurement leader who thrives on transformation, continuous improvement, and creating global impact.
You bring a unique blend of:
- Procurement expertise
- Digital innovation
- Leadership capability
You enjoy designing and implementing best-in-class processes, systems, and governance frameworks that enable organisations to operate more efficiently and make better decisions through data.
You are comfortable operating in complex, global environments, where:
- Influencing stakeholders is just as important as technical expertise
- Bringing teams together around a common vision
- Navigating ambiguity to create momentum for large-scale change initiatives
You are passionate about developing high-performing teams and creating a culture of continuous improvement. Whether driving digital transformation, embedding sustainability into procurement, or improving compliance and governance, you're motivated by delivering measurable business outcomes.
Most importantly, you're excited about:
- Shaping the future of procurement
- Building a truly world-class global function
About Your Role
As the Global Procurement CoE Head, you will lead the strategy, development, and evolution of Suntory's Global Procurement Centre of Excellence.
Reporting to the Global Head of Procurement, your responsibilities include:
- Defining the vision, operating model, and roadmap to make procurement more efficient, data-driven, and high-performing.
- Setting priorities that drive value creation, resilience, and sustainable growth.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Transformation
- Lead the Global Procurement CoE strategy to drive value creation, resilience, and sustainable growth.
- Champion global procurement standards, policies, processes, and best practices across all regions and business units.
- Drive continuous improvement programmes that elevate procurement capability, efficiency, and maturity.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Digital & Technology Leadership
- Lead the digital procurement agenda, including automation, analytics, AI, and emerging technologies to enhance user engagement and business performance.
- Oversee procurement systems and platforms (e.g., Coupa, SAP, Fusion), ensuring strong governance, adoption, and optimisation.
- Build advanced data, analytics, and reporting capabilities to provide meaningful business insights for decision-making.
Sustainability & Compliance
- Embed ESG and responsible sourcing principles into procurement strategies, supplier management, and governance frameworks.
- Ensure strong compliance, risk management, and audit readiness across the global procurement function.
People & Leadership
- Lead a high-performing team, developing talent, capability, and future procurement leaders.
- Partner with senior stakeholders across Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Legal, Sustainability, Marketing, HR, and Executive Leadership teams to deliver enterprise-wide outcomes.
- Act as a senior procurement ambassador, influencing strategic direction and strengthening internal/external partnerships.
This is a highly visible global leadership role, offering the opportunity to shape the future of procurement across Suntory Beverage & Food.
What’s in it for you?
This is an opportunity to build something truly transformational.
Key Benefits
- A senior global leadership role with significant strategic visibility.
- The chance to shape and lead the future Procurement Centre of Excellence.
- Executive exposure and participation in global decision-making.
- Large-scale transformation opportunities across:
- Processes
- Systems
- Data
- Analytics
- Sustainability
- Ability to drive innovative digital and AI-enabled solutions that improve business performance.
- Influence procurement capability across an international organisation.
- A collaborative, values-led culture focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and sustainable growth.
- Access to global career development opportunities within one of the world's leading beverage companies.
At Suntory, you’ll be empowered to:
- Challenge conventional thinking
- Drive meaningful change
- Leave a lasting legacy on the procurement function.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
What You Need to Succeed
We're looking for an experienced procurement leader who combines:
- Strategic thinking
- Operational excellence
- Strong people leadership
Ideal Qualifications & Experience
- Significant procurement leadership experience, preferably in a global or complex matrix organisation.
- Deep expertise in:
- Procurement operations
- Source-to-pay processes
- Category management
- Supplier relationship management
- A strong track record in:
- Leading transformation initiatives
- Driving continuous improvement and business change
- Experience in:
- Implementing and optimising procurement technologies
- Digital solutions and analytics platforms
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate business strategies into practical procurement solutions.
- Knowledge of:
- Governance frameworks
- Compliance and risk management in global environments
- ESG, responsible sourcing, and sustainable procurement practices
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including experience with executive leadership teams.
- Proven ability to:
- Lead, inspire, and develop high-performing teams
- Simplify complex topics and drive engagement across diverse audiences.
- Innovative mindset, curiosity for emerging technologies, and passion for continuous improvement.
- The agility, resilience, and leadership presence to thrive in a global, fast-paced environment.
Our DEI Commitment
At Suntory, we recognise that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds contribute to our collective success. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, where all individuals—regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, age, or any other protected characteristic—can bring their whole selves to work every day.
Our recruitment and selection processes are designed to:
- Highlight what Suntory offers as an employer
- Allow candidates to share their unique skills and experiences
We understand that career trajectories vary, and if you believe your experience could benefit our team, we encourage you to apply. We'll make our interview process as inclusive as possible and offer reasonable accommodations as needed.
Together, we can cultivate a workplace where everyone thrives, propelling our mission of Growing for Good.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills