10 procurement transformation experts

Experience: Chief Procurement Officer (Head of Procurement and Supply Chain) · Ginkgo Bioworks

Former Chief Procurement Officer (Head of Procurement and Supply Chain) at Ginkgo Bioworks (2020–2025) and, since January 2025, Chief Procurement Officer (Head of Procurement, Supply Chain and Real Estate) at kdc/one. He was also Head of R&D Procurement - Discovery, Preclinical, & Development at GSK (2018–2020), and his profile describes him as an executive leader in global procurement and supply chain transformation.

Experience: Global Procurement Transformation & CoE Head - AVP · Puma Energy

Former Global Procurement Transformation & CoE Head - AVP at Puma Energy (2020–2024) and Global Digital Procurement Transformation Lead at Credit Suisse (2016–2020); he has been Global Head of Procurement Center of Excellence - Vice President at Nomura since July 2025. His profile cites CoE leadership, digital procurement and S2P process transformation among his areas of work.

Experience: SVP Transformation, Global Sourcing and Purchasing Standards · DHL

Former SVP Transformation, Global Sourcing and Purchasing Standards at DHL (2019–2020); he has been SVP Procurement Excellence and Global Purchasing at DHL since 2020 and was Head of Procurement EMEA there (2016–2019). His profile cites implementing international procurement structures with related processes and systems and developing procurement as a service across business units.

Experience: Vice President, Head of Supply Chain & Procurement (Group CPO) · ISS A/S

Vice President, Head of Supply Chain & Procurement (Group CPO) at ISS A/S since March 2019. His profile describes experience formulating, communicating and implementing corporate procurement strategies and transformation roadmaps, with a background in procurement strategy, turnarounds, change management, category management, strategic sourcing and procure to pay.

Experience: Global Procurement Transformation & Excellence Manager · IKEA

Global Procurement Transformation & Excellence Manager at IKEA since September 2024; his profile says he has led global procurement initiatives at IKEA across direct procurement, category management and procurement process development and transformation. His other IKEA roles include Chief of Staff to the Chief Purchasing Officer (2018–2020) and Global Digital Product Area Manager, Supplier Information (2020–2024).

Experience: VP, Procurement Business Group Transformation Champion Group Procurement Director · Amcor

Former VP, Procurement Business Group Transformation Champion Group Procurement Director at Amcor (2010–2017), and later Senior Director, Procurement at TC Transcontinental (2018–2019) and Interim Chief Procurement Officer Senior Director, Procurement at Walgreens Boots Alliance (2019–2024). His profile says he coaches and develops global teams to drive procurement transformation and operational excellence.

Experience: Procurement transformation program - BPR · Essentra

Her roles include Procurement transformation program - BPR at Essentra (2019–2020), Director Procurement Excellence at Vattenfall (2020–2023), Procurement Director Digital and process excellence at Kenvue (2023–2025) and, since March 2025, Sr. Director Procurement Center of Excellence at Ingredion Incorporated. Her profile says she specializes in procurement excellence transformation, strategy and digitalization, including process improvement, automation, standardization and tools implementation.

Experience: Chief Procurement Officer · Kenvue

Chief Procurement Officer at Kenvue since November 2022, after serving as Chief Procurement Officer at UCB (2011–2017), adidas (2017–2019) and Novartis (2019–2022). Her profile describes her as a transformational supply chain leader and chief procurement officer with a proven ability to lead complex end-to-end transformations and manage multi-billion dollar spend portfolios.

Experience: Senior Director - Global Procure To Pay Transformation Lead · Cargill

Former Senior Director - Global Procure To Pay Transformation Lead at Cargill (2016–2023), where his profile says he spearheaded a large-scale Procure to Pay transformation program focused on digitalization, automation and analytics. He was previously Director - Latin America Strategic Sourcing & Procurement at Cargill (2011–2016) and Global Procurement Director at Louis Dreyfus Company (2008–2011).

Experience: Head Global Sourcing Strategy & Transformation · Syngenta

Former Head Global Sourcing Strategy & Transformation at Syngenta (2016–2018); his other Syngenta roles include Head of Indirect Procurement region APAC & China (2018–2020), Global Third Party Strategy Manager (Strategic alliances) (2020–2022) and Global Supply Chain Manager since 2022. His profile says he has redesigned global operating models and led international procurement transformations.