10 MetLife procurement leaders
Rodrigo Heredia, Vice President - Latam Procurement & Corporate Real Estate at MetLife, heads this group of ten MetLife procurement leaders, who include a vice president of procurement operations, assistant vice presidents for sourcing and supplier management, and sourcing directors. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at MetLife from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Adriana Saez
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director of Procurement for Latin America | non IT Categories & Global Projects · MetLife
Adriana Saez has been Regional Director of Procurement for Latin America | non IT Categories & Global Projects at MetLife since February 2026, after serving as Director of Global Strategic Sourcing Projects and Strategic Sourcing Brazil there from 2025 to 2026. Adriana Saez was also Head of Strategic Sourcing LatAm Brazil & Chile (2021 to 2025), Head of Procurement/ Strategic Sourcing Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay (2019 to 2021) and Head of Procurement, Real Estate & Facilities Brazil (2017 to 2019) at MetLife.
Bill Marty
LinkedInExperience: VP Global Procurement Operations · MetLife
Bill Marty has been VP Global Procurement Operations at MetLife since January 2020, after serving as VP Strategy and Process at the company from 2017 to 2020. Bill Marty also held senior director roles in workforce and business performance management at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2014 to 2017 and was Group Vice President Global Services Operations at JDA Software from 2012 to 2013.
Katie Waters
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President, Global Procurement and Vendor Management · MetLife
Katie Waters has been Assistant Vice President, Global Procurement and Vendor Management at MetLife since March 2026. Katie Waters was Senior Director, Head of Global Procurement at Red Hat from 2023 to 2025, Director, Global Procurement there from 2021 to 2023 and Manager, NA Category Management from 2018 to 2020.
Laura LaFronz
LinkedInExperience: Director, IT Strategic Sourcing · MetLife
Laura LaFronz has been Director, IT Strategic Sourcing at MetLife since February 2022, after serving as IT Contract Vendor Manager at the company from 2015 to 2022. Laura LaFronz was also Strategic Sourcing Manager, IT & Business Services at Fairleigh Dickinson University from 2014 to 2015 and Global Account Manager at Verizon Business from 2004 to 2012.
Mara Guezugutchikian
LinkedInExperience: Director Regional Latin America-Strategic Sourcing & IT Categories · MetLife
Mara Guezugutchikian has been Director Regional Latin America-Strategic Sourcing & IT Categories at MetLife since February 2026, after serving as Director|Strategic Sourcing & Contract Management Group there from 2024 to 2026. Mara Guezugutchikian was also Argentina, Colombia & Uruguay Strategic Sourcing Head (2021 to 2024), Colombia Strategic Sourcing Head (2021) and Procurement Executive (2017 to 2021) at MetLife.
Matt Spiceley
LinkedInExperience: Director, Vendor Management - Europe, Middle East and Africa · MetLife
Matt Spiceley has been Director, Vendor Management - Europe, Middle East and Africa at MetLife since October 2024, leading a team of vendor managers, after serving as Regional Vendor Management Lead - Europe, Middle East and Africa there from 2023 to 2024. Matt Spiceley was also Head of Governance and Oversight, UK and Ireland at MetLife from 2021 to 2023 and Governance and Relationship Manager there from 2014 to 2021.
Melissa Feldman Dobra
LinkedInExperience: AVP GTO Global Supplier Management · MetLife
Melissa Feldman Dobra has been AVP GTO Global Supplier Management at MetLife since September 2025, after serving there as Director - US Region, Global Vendor Management from May to September 2025 and Director of Technology Vendor Relations from 2024 to 2025. Melissa Feldman Dobra held a director-level program management role at MetLife from 2014 to 2024 and worked on global vendor contracts at INC Research in 2014.
Pankaj Tageja
LinkedInExperience: Director Source to Contract · MetLife
Pankaj Tageja has been Director Source to Contract at MetLife since July 2024. Pankaj Tageja was Vice President Global Sourcing at Barclays from 2020 to 2024, Assistant Vice President, Global Sourcing there from 2018 to 2020 and Sourcing Manager from 2017 to 2018, and was Senior Manager - Procurement at American Express from 2015 to 2017.
Rodrigo Heredia
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Latam Procurement & Corporate Real Estate · MetLife
Rodrigo Heredia has been Vice President - Latam Procurement & Corporate Real Estate at MetLife since July 2026 and has held the title Vice President - Latam Procurement there since August 2021. Rodrigo Heredia was Head of Strategic Sourcing LATAM at MetLife from 2018 to 2021 and Head of Strategic Sourcing - Chile from 2016 to 2018, and was Finance & Sourcing Manager at Lafarge from 2006 to 2016.
Shakeeb Mustafa
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President - Head of Sourcing - Global Procurement · MetLife
Shakeeb Mustafa has been Assistant Vice President - Head of Sourcing - Global Procurement at MetLife since May 2024 and has also held the title Assistant Vice President - Corporate Services Category Management there since December 2021. Shakeeb Mustafa held Director - S2P Analytics (2020 to 2021), Director - Metrics & Reporting and the Center of Excellence (2017 to 2020) and Head of Center of Excellence (2016 to 2017) roles in MetLife's global procurement group.
Choose the right perspective
Pick the person whose region and spending area are closest to your question, since technology sourcing, corporate services, supplier management and procurement operations differ, as does buying in Latin America, Europe and the United States. Check the dates on each role to see how current the experience is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your current procurement role, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you decide which suppliers or spending categories get your team's closest attention?
- 03What have you learned from your own work about running sourcing consistently across several countries?
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