Senior Manager Global Procurement-Corporate and Professional Services

The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization.

Senior Manager Global Procurement-Corporate and Professional Services

Role Purpose

• The Senior Manager, Global Procurement (GP) – Corporate and Professional Services provides strategic leadership across Travel, Translation, Insurance, Cash, Financial and HR Services, including payroll and benefits administration, learning and development platforms, recruitment and RPO, and global mobility and relocation.

• The role establishes disciplined, forward-looking category management across this portfolio: translating business demand into sourcing strategies, shaping competitive markets, negotiating high-value agreements, and building supplier ecosystems that improve value, service quality, risk management, and staff experience. As the Senior Manager within GP for these categories, the postholder influences decisions across People & Culture, Safety & Security, Finance, Legal, Risk & Compliance, and country programs.

Key Accountabilities

Category Strategy and Portfolio Leadership

• Own and execute multi-year category strategies for Travel, Translation, Insurance, Cash, HR Services, and additional corporate and professional services categories as assigned.

• Convert spend, demand, market, supplier, and risk insights into clear category plans, sourcing priorities, value targets, and implementation roadmaps.

• Create fit-for-purpose sourcing guide for each category, including market intelligence, pricing and commercial models, contracting approaches, evaluation criteria, and negotiation levers.

• Build an integrated pipeline with business owners, aligning sourcing activity to contract expiries, renewal windows, benefits cycles, and operational priorities.

• Identify and deliver measurable value through cost optimization, demand management, service improvement, risk reduction, and a stronger employee experience.

Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Delivery

• Lead complex, high-value sourcing initiatives from strategy and market engagement through RFx, evaluation, negotiation, award, and implementation.

• Design sourcing and negotiation strategies that strengthen competition, improve commercial terms, and reflect the operational and regulatory realities of IRC’s global footprint.

• Establish robust evaluation governance, ensuring transparent decision-making, clear stakeholder accountability, and complete audit trails.

• Advise business owners on specifications, statements of work, service levels, pricing structures, and contract models that drive performance and protect IRC’s interests.

• Lead commercial escalations and resolve material supplier, service, and contractual issues in partnership with Legal, Finance, Risk & Compliance, People and Culture, and operational stakeholders.

Supplier Strategy and Performance

• Develop resilient supplier pool through framework agreements, pre-qualified panels, strategic partnerships, and appropriate regional or global coverage models.

• Segment suppliers by value, criticality, and risk; apply differentiated governance and relationship-management approaches across the portfolio.

• Set performance expectations and lead structured business reviews using service, cost, risk, innovation, and stakeholder-experience measures.

• Drive supplier accountability, corrective action, and continuous improvement, while identifying opportunities for innovation and stronger market capability.

• Evaluate and document single-source or waiver recommendations when competition is not viable, ensuring a defensible rationale and full policy compliance.

Stakeholder Leadership and Business Partnership

• Act as the principal Global Procurement partner to People & Culture, Safety & Security, and other corporate functions that depend on the assigned categories.