MD - Head of Procurement APAC, India, MEA

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Overall purpose of role

The Regional Head of Procurement is accountable to lead and scale the Procurement Capability Center in India. The role will be responsible for delivering end-to-end Source to Pay (S2P) capabilities including Strategic Sourcing, Contracting, Third-Party Risk Management, Procure to Pay (P2P), Supplier Governance, Analytics, and Digital Procurement enablement. The role holder will also be the functional lead for Global Procure to Pay capability optimizing S2P cycle times, touchless processing and payment on time. It will drive operational excellence, risk mitigation, cost optimization, and digital transformation while building a high-performing, globally aligned team. Cost savings and value delivery will be a key responsibility alongside compliance with policy and control effectiveness.

Key Accountabilities

Source to Pay Strategy & Leadership

Own and deliver the end-to-end S2P operating model. Align capability center priorities with global procurement strategy. Drive cost savings, value creation, compliance, and supplier performance. Lead governance forums and stakeholder engagement across regions and business units.

Strategic Sourcing & Category Enablement

Oversee sourcing execution support across global categories. Ensure robust RFx management, negotiation support, and benchmarking. Build category intelligence, should-cost models, and market insights. Drive pipeline visibility and savings tracking.

Contracting & Commercial Excellence

Lead contract lifecycle management (CLM) capability. Ensure commercial risk mitigation and standardisation of terms. Partner with Legal to streamline contracting workflows. Improve cycle times and enhance contracting automation.

Third Party Risk Management (TPRM)

Oversee onboarding, due diligence, and risk assessment processes. Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal risk frameworks. Drive continuous monitoring of suppliers (financial, operational, ESG, cyber). Embed risk-based segmentation and controls.

Global Procure to Pay (P2P) Operations

Lead purchase requisition to invoice payment processes. Ensure SLA adherence, process efficiency, and internal customer satisfaction. Drive invoice automation, touchless processing, and working capital optimization. Monitor compliance to buying channels and policies.

Digital & Transformation

Own procurement systems landscape (e.g., SAP, Ariba, Coupa or equivalent). Lead automation, AI enablement, and analytics initiatives. Drive data governance, dashboards, and performance reporting. Deliver continuous improvement and process standardization globally.

Governance, Controls & Compliance

Ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance. Drive policy adherence across sourcing and P2P. Strengthen controls framework to mitigate operational and financial risk.

People & Capability Development

Build and lead a high-performing team across sourcing, contracting, risk, and P2P. Develop future-ready skills (analytics, negotiation, digital, risk). Drive talent development, succession planning, and engagement. Foster a culture of ownership, service excellence, and innovation.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Support the collaboration of internal stakeholders including Sourcing, TPRM, Operations teams to meet client needs and expectations, so that transactions are executed accurately and on time
• Enhancing the bank's digital capabilities when current technology is identified as not yet ready to support
• Strategic thinker with operational rigor
• Commercially astute negotiator
• Work with senior stakeholders across the organisation to ensure alignment, unblock dependencies and accelerate progress

Risk and Control Objective

• Manage RCSA process
• Ensure compliance to all specified controls, conduct checks & attestation processes
• Improve process controls and proactively identify potential issues. Ensure transparency with stakeholders and work on timely remediation of gaps
• Establish clear governance around saves and process delivery timelines

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• 20+ years in Procurement / Supply Chain with strong P2P exposure
• Experience leading global capability centers or shared services
• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, contract lifecycle management, third party risk frameworks and P2P operations
• Extensive executive‑level experience delivering large‑scale, complex, enterprise change.

               Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinking, influencing at ExCo level and cross‑functional leadership.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues.
• Strong risk instincts, commercial acumen, excellent judgement and a bias for transparent, evidence‑based decision‑making.

Purpose of the role

To manage operations within a business area and maintain processes, risk management initiatives and compliance with relevant regulators. 

Accountabilities

• Identification of trends and opportunities to improve areas and develop new process and procedures through the monitoring and analysis of operation data and performance metrices.
• Management of operations for a business area and promote efficient processes, risk management and compliance initiatives to support the bank's operations.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders (including business leaders, project manager and SMEs) and external stakeholders (including vendors and service providers) to support business operations and promote alignment with the bank's objectives and SLAs.
• Management of operational professionals and provide guidance, coaching and support to improve colleagues' delivery quality.
• Management and development of KPIs to measure the effectiveness of operation functions, utilising data and technology to support the identification of areas that require improvement.
• Compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal policies related to customer experience.
• Creation of a safe environment for colleagues to speak up, actively and regularly encourage and solicit feedback to ensure people agenda remains focused on the right areas.
• Management of attrition by working closely with HR in implementing retention initiatives for work force.

Managing Director Expectations

• To manage a large, complex or diverse function and take accountability for the strategic direction of the function to significantly strengthen successful and efficient businesses and contribute to the strategic initiatives of the Barclays Group
• Lead and mentor high performing teams and embed a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects, act as a profound technical expert and thought leader, Identifying new and innovative/ground breaking ways of working. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
• Drive and achieve overall success and / or competitiveness of a business division by influencing senior leaders and committees.
• Strategically assess and manage risks to protect the business division / function and growth.
• Influence company policy and develop functional procedures in conjunction with senior leaders / strategic positions across the business.
• Demonstrate interpretative thinking for innovative solutions in complex situations and conceptual thinking in completely new situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant / complex business and strategic decisions that impact the Barclays Group, business division or function.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally and foster growth for Barclays business.
• Mandated as the business division/ functional spokesperson or representative to external bodies and shapes the public image of Barclays.
• Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of how business divisions and functions integrate with the Group to achieve the overall business objectives alongside industry theories and practices within own discipline.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive functional expertise and significant product knowledge.
• Accountable for the control and governance agenda of the business division / function.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays.

All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.