Head of Procurement Excellence

Ingersoll Rand is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Reports to: Chief Procurement Officer, Ingersoll Rand

Location: Flexible/North America 

Overview

Ingersoll Rand is building a next-generation global Procurement organization. The Head of Procurement Excellence will lead the strategy, performance, digital enablement, and operating rigor that powers our transformation. This role builds and leads a global team focused on Business Spend Management, Working Capital, Process Excellence, Value Delivery, Tail Spend, and Procurement Performance & Analytics. This leader will be central to scaling AI, advanced analytics, and best‑in‑class S2P technologies across IR.

If you are passionate about transforming procurement with data, technology and world-class operating discipline, this role is built for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the global Procurement Excellence function, defining strategy, governance, operating model, and capability roadmap.

• Build a high‑impact team across analytics, CI/process, technology, and value management.

• Own global Procurement Performance & Analytics, including KPIs, dashboards, predictive insights, and supplier performance management.

• Drive Business Spend Management and Working Capital optimization in partnership with Finance, Treasury, and Operations.

• Oversee global S2P process design, simplification, automation, and continuous improvement.

• Champion digital procurement and AI enablement, including intake orchestration, modern S2P platforms, supplier 360, and advanced analytics.

• Lead global savings/value delivery methodology, pipeline governance, and enterprise reporting.

• Partner closely with category leaders, P&L sourcing teams, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and IT to deliver measurable value.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years in Procurement, Supply Chain, or Business Transformation in global organizations.
• Demonstrated success and experience leading Procurement Excellence, Digital Procurement, or S2P transformation in a multinational company.

• Experience with modern AI-enabled procurement tools and architectures (Implementing S2P platforms is not enough)

• Strong track record with AI, automation, analytics, and modern procurement technologies.
• Expertise in Business Spend Management, working capital, value delivery, and process optimization.
• Executive presence, influencing skills, and ability to lead cross‑functional transformation.
• Preferred: Lean/Six Sigma, industrial manufacturing experience, global team leadership.

Why This Role Is Exciting

• You will design the global Procurement Excellence model for a high‑growth industrial company.

• You will shape IR’s procurement technology ecosystem, including AI, analytics, automation, and S2P.

• You will build new global team, capabilities and work directly with the CPO.

• This role has meaningful enterprise impact across cost, cash, risk, and supplier performance.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.