Director of Global Procurement Enablement and Operations

Job Description

Director, Global Procurement Enablement & Operations | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

The Tone:
This is a Director-level global role at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of the world’s leading financial groups. The company, comprising 150,000 colleagues globally, strives to make a difference for every client, organization, and community, fostering shared and sustainable growth. This pivotal role is critical for establishing and continuously enhancing the operational foundation of the Global Enterprise Technology Procurement function, ensuring procurement teams across regions are unified by common processes, governance frameworks, tools, data, and performance standards. It will enable both global category teams and regional procurement teams to deliver consistent business value efficiently and at scale.

The TL;DR
• Role: Director-level position
• Location: Global

• Team: Global Enterprise Technology Procurement function
• Mission: Establish and continuously enhance the operating foundation for its Global Enterprise Technology Procurement function.
• Tech Stack: Common tools, data standards, performance metrics, procurement technologies, analytics platforms, automation initiatives

What You’ll Actually Do
• Operating Model Leadership: Lead the development and execution of the Global Enterprise Technology Procurement operating model by establishing robust governance structures, decision rights, and accountability frameworks that unify regional teams.
• Process Standardisation: Define standard sourcing, supplier management, and procurement processes across all regions to ensure consistency while allowing for regional flexibility where necessary, aligning global category strategies with regional execution.
• Operational Consistency & Improvement: Drive organisational consistency by implementing common tools, data standards, and performance metrics throughout the procurement function, championing initiatives that simplify, standardise, and automate processes to increase efficiency and maturity.
• Performance Management & Reporting: Establish procurement performance metrics and executive reporting systems to provide transparency on spend, savings, supplier performance, sourcing activity, and risk, developing dashboards and reports for leadership to support strategic planning through analytics and market intelligence.
• Capability Development & Compliance: Lead the development of procurement capabilities across the organisation through competency frameworks, training programmes, career pathways, and knowledge sharing platforms, while also overseeing procurement governance and compliance activities in partnership with Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Audit functions.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Procurement Management, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Technology, or a related discipline. Extensive experience managing complex multinational procurement operations at a Director level, with expertise in procurement transformation and analytics.
• Experience: Minimum 12 years’ experience in procurement operations or business management within large multinational organisations, with demonstrated ability to develop global operating models and governance frameworks that unify geographically dispersed teams. Proven experience in procurement excellence methodologies including analytics, process design, and organisational transformation.
• Skills: Exceptional stakeholder management skills with proven experience influencing senior leaders across multiple functions such as Technology, Planning, Risk, and Procurement. Advanced communication skills enabling effective leadership of change programmes and translation of strategic priorities into operational practices.
• Bonus: Technology procurement experience within the financial services sector, familiarity with procurement technologies, analytics platforms, and automation initiatives, or professional certifications such as CIPS, CPSM, PMP, or equivalent.