<p>Chief Procurement Officer</p> <p>The Chief Procurement Officer will lead a global team responsible for developing and executing strategies for sourcing, source-to-pay, third-party risk management and compliance.</p> <p>The role will be responsible for the following specific areas, including, but not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Leading a global, client-focused procurement organization that fully leverages and assertively sources our third-party spending; </li><li>Comprehensive management of third-party spend while delivering world-class metrics; </li><li>Delivering innovation in methods, tools and processes; </li><li>Analyzing industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and utilize emerging opportunities; and </li><li>Understanding market conditions for key goods and services. - e.g. IT and IT Services </li></ul> <p>We expect the successful candidate will be a seasoned executive, with a proven track record of leading a procurement function for a large, global, publicly traded company, in a technology-enabled business platform.</p> <p>Duties & Responsibilities:</p> <p>The Chief Procurement Officer responsibilities include, but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Directing a team of procurement professionals in both direct and global matrixed teams to achieve the overall goals of the organization on a flexible, scalable basis; </li><li>Anticipating future procurement needs and having strategies in place to meet the needs of Chubb's business; </li><li>Developing a global procurement governance model - clarifying global, regional and local roles and responsibilities; </li><li>Developing and consistently delivering an effective and clear communications program regarding procurement programs/processes to global and specific employee audiences on an ongoing, proactive basis; </li><li>Providing senior leadership with a regular analysis and recommendations of changes to available programs aimed at optimization of return on investment for Chubb, including conducting regular external benchmarking analysis and comparisons of procurement programs; and </li><li>Building alliances and fostering relationships across Chubb's leadership team, providing advice and counsel to business leaders on policy and guideline interpretation, etc. </li></ul>