Senior Procurement Manager

4/6/2026

The Senior Procurement Manager will develop and implement regional sourcing strategies to optimize total delivered costs and improve supply chain efficiency. They will also lead and mentor procurement teams while collaborating with global stakeholders to align on strategic growth and sustainability objectives.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

About The Company

A trusted partner for millions of customers, Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) is a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. For more than a century, Ecolab has advanced innovation by integrating science‑based solutions, data‑driven insights, AI technology and world‑class service. This unique combination enables Ecolab to partner with customers to define what best‑in‑class looks like and scale it across their operations, helping them achieve peak performance. Today, Ecolab has $16 billion in annual sales, 48,000 associates and customers in more than 170 countries and 40 industries. The company helps protect one‑third of the world’s food production and a quarter of the power generated while delivering innovative solutions across food, healthcare, data centers, microelectronics, life sciences and hospitality. Ecolab’s comprehensive approach protects what’s vital, aiming by 2030 to help protect 2 billion people from infections and enough drinking water for 1 billion people while enhancing business performance. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com.

About the Role

What You Will Do:
• Promoting the highest standards of safety, diversity, inclusion & ethical practice in the organization.
• Identify, develop, and implement regional sourcing strategies to reduce total delivered cost, mitigate headwinds and improve security of supply.
• Partner with procurement peers around the world to understand & align on global sourcing strategies, and drive implementation across the regional supply chain team.
• Develop relationships and leverage market intelligence & digital tools to influence internal and external stakeholders, and optimize lowest Total Delivered Cost (TDC).
• Create and implement best practice procurement vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve business performance.
• Ensure that purchasing strategies and processes are in place to deliver optimized costs while meeting business objectives and operational needs.
• Support sustainability and environmental strategies that impact future ways of operating.
• Maintain a close working relationship with supply chain, operations business leaders and R&D leadership teams to support their strategic growth objectives and identify & implement cost-savings and efficiency opportunities for gross margin improvement.
• Lead, coach and mentor one or more procurement representatives.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Minimum 8 years of work experience, with 5 years of procurement experience (direct and indirect) and 3 years leading teams.
• Strong leadership, influencing and collaboration skills.
• Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Bachelor’s degree in purchasing, engineering, chemistry, supply chain management, business administration or related field.

Key Skills

Procurement strategySupply chain managementStrategic sourcingLeadershipTeam managementMarket intelligenceStakeholder managementCost optimizationData analysisSustainabilityCommunicationDecision-makingNegotiationProcess improvementVendor management