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10 Mars indirect procurement leaders
These ten current and former Mars indirect procurement leaders have led indirect spend such as marketing, IT, facilities and MRO for Mars across regions from Latin America to Europe and ANZ. A reader can learn how indirect procurement works at Mars from people who have led it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alexis Decourt
LinkedInExperience: Former EU-CIS Indirect Procurement Director · Mars
Former EU-CIS Indirect Procurement Director at Mars (2022–2023) and Head of Indirect Procurement Europe there (2020–2022), and Global Procurement Travel Lead at Mars since December 2023. The profile also lists Head of Procurement EMEA at ASICS EMEA (2015–2020).
Billy Kim, CPSM
LinkedInExperience: Former Strategic Sourcing Director, Indirect Procurement · Mars
Former Strategic Sourcing Director, Indirect Procurement at Mars (2016–2021). At Mars they were also Sr. Procurement Director, Directs (2021–2026) and have been Strategic Sourcing and Category Management Leader- North America since April 2026, and the profile lists an Indirect Procurement role at L'Oréal (2015–2016).
Dani Brennan
LinkedInExperience: Global Director, Strategic Sourcing - Digital Technologies · Mars
Global Director, Strategic Sourcing - Digital Technologies at Mars since November 2023, with a profile headline of Global Director, Procurement - IT at Mars. At Mars they were also Global Senior Sourcing Manager - BPO (2023), and the profile lists Procurement Manager (Global Technology) at dentsu (2018–2019).
Dominique Scafidi
LinkedInExperience: Former Strategic Sourcing and Operations Director-indirects ANZ · Mars
Former Strategic Sourcing and Operations Director-indirects ANZ at Mars (2015–2023), a role the profile describes as leading a team covering all indirect procurement, including logistics, energy, capital and factory services, general services, and marketing and sales categories. They were also Snr Commercial Manager - Factory Services and Logistics ANZ at Mars (2012–2015).
Gaston Boer
LinkedInExperience: Former VP of Commercial EU (Indirect Procurement) · Mars
Former VP of Commercial EU (Indirect Procurement) at Mars (2019–2023), a role the profile describes as covering 3B$ spend, a team of 75+ and all indirect spend categories across EU and CIS. They have been Global VP Commercial (CPO) at Mars since January 2024.
Jo Melville-Jackson
LinkedInExperience: Former UK Operations Director - Indirect Procurement · Mars
Former UK Operations Director - Indirect Procurement at Mars (2015–2019), a role the profile says led the UK Indirect Buying Operations Team covering a spend of circa $550M annually. At Mars they were also EU Factory Services Procurement Operations Director (2019–2021) and have been Petcare Europe Proc Operations Director since March 2021.
John Crean
LinkedInExperience: Former Director Indirect Procurement-Media, Creative, and Sponsorship (A&CP) · Mars
Former Director Indirect Procurement-Media, Creative, and Sponsorship (A&CP) at Mars (2008–2020). They have been M&Ms Retail Commercial Head; Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at Mars since June 2020, a role the profile describes as leading a commercial procurement team managing direct and indirect categories for Mars global retail business.
Joice Ricieli Silva Nogueira
LinkedInExperience: Supply/Facilities Services Director Americas · Mars
Supply/Facilities Services Director Americas at Mars since January 2024, with a current Commercial Director - Supply Services (FS&MRO) in NA row from May 2022. At Mars they were also Sr Procurement Manager - IFM NA (2022) and CAPEX, Energy, MRO&Factory Services Procurement Manager (2018–2020).
Mayank Goyal
LinkedInExperience: Commercial Director - Value Creation & Indirect Spends, AMEA · Mars
Commercial Director - Value Creation & Indirect Spends, AMEA at Mars since June 2026, a role the profile describes as leading value creation and indirect procurement across AMEA with annual spend under management of about $600MM. The profile also lists Regional Category Manager (APAC/ Africa) - Indirect Procurement at Kellogg Company (2015–2019).
Paola Cordero
LinkedInExperience: Indirect Procurement Director Latin America · Mars
Indirect Procurement Director Latin America at Mars since January 2026, a role the profile tags at director level in operations. The profile also lists Indirect Procurement Director. Kellanova Latin America at Kellanova since October 2023 and Indirect Procurement Director Latin America at Kellogg Company (2022–2023).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which indirect categories are run globally and which are left to regional teams?
- 02What makes a category strategy for marketing or IT services hold up once business segments start buying?
- 03How do you measure the value an indirect procurement team delivers beyond negotiated savings?
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