Director IT Procurement

Mainz, Germany | full time | Job ID: 11820

About the Role: As Director IT Procurement, you will lead the global IT procurement category and its team, translating business and technology priorities into clear category strategies, sourcing roadmaps, and measurable value. Acting as a senior business partner to Digital & IT and other executive stakeholders, you will have end-to-end accountability for IT services and consulting, software and licensing, hardware and infrastructure, and connectivity. This role combines strategic category leadership with people management to foster a collaborative team culture while driving impactful results.

Your Contribution:

• Develop and continuously evolve the global IT category strategy and roadmap aligned with BioNTech’s priorities
• Build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders to ensure early Procurement involvement in technology planning and transformation initiatives
• Lead complex sourcing and contracting processes from strategy through implementation, delivering measurable value through demand management, cost optimization, supplier consolidation, and innovative commercial models
• Establish strategic supplier management frameworks including segmentation, governance, performance reviews, innovation pipelines and proactive management of supplier, information-security, data-privacy and continuity risks
• Use market intelligence and technology trends to challenge requirements, shape demand and identify innovative sourcing and commercial opportunities
• Lead, coach, and develop the IT Procurement team to enhance capability, succession planning, and knowledge sharing
• Track category performance using clear KPIs while ensuring disciplined delivery of commitments in sourcing, savings, risk management, and supplier governance

A Good Match:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration, information technology or related fields
• Substantial experience in strategic procurement or category management within IT procurement in an international environment
• Demonstrated people-leadership skills including setting direction, coaching teams through change, and fostering succession planning
• Strong expertise in end-to-end category management across software licensing, cloud hosting services, hardware infrastructure, telecoms or managed services
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders constructively within complex matrix organizations
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, including spend and demand analysis, contract negotiation and complex commercial models
• Professional procurement qualification such as CIPS is desirable; English proficiency at negotiation level is mandatory; German language skills are a plus

Your Benefits: It's our priority to support you:

• Your flexibility: flexible hours | vacation account
• Your growth: Digital Learning | Performance & talent development | leadership development | Apprenticeships | LinkedIn Learning
• Your value: Your voice at the table | Culture on an equal footing | Opportunities to shape & impact | Support for your full potential
• Your health and lifestyle: Company bike
• Your mobility: Job ticket | Deutschlandticket
• Your life phases: Employer-funded pension | Childcare

Apply now - We look forward to your application! Apply to our Mainz, Germanylocation by sending us your documents via our online form. For any questions, contact our talent acquisition team on: + 49 (0) 6131-9084-1291 (Monday-Friday from 1 PM to 3 PM CET).

Job ID 11820 (please always specify if you have any questions)

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Note for applications within Europe: Please note that if you wish to claim travel expenses incurred in connection with an in-person interview, we are obliged to carry out a sanctions list check*. This is carried out by our partner, HireRight. Travel expenses will only be reimbursed if this sanctions list check does not yield any matches. Reimbursement can be made provided that the check is successfully completed.

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