10 procurement transformation experts
Procurement transformation is written into the job title itself for seven of these experts, at Cargill, IKEA, DHL, Syngenta, Amcor, Puma Energy and Essentra, while the other three hold or held chief procurement officer roles at Kenvue, ISS A/S and Ginkgo Bioworks and describe transformation work. Talk to them when you are sequencing a procure-to-pay rollout, redesigning a procurement operating model or setting up a procurement center of excellence.
Professionals to explore
Algi (Alagappan) Annamalai
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Procurement Officer (Head of Procurement and Supply Chain) · Ginkgo Bioworks
Algi (Alagappan) Annamalai was Chief Procurement Officer (Head of Procurement and Supply Chain) at Ginkgo Bioworks (2020-2025) and is Chief Procurement Officer (Head of Procurement, Supply Chain and Real Estate) at kdc/one since 2025. Algi also held Head of R&D Procurement - Discovery, Preclinical, & Development at GSK (2018-2020) and Executive Director - Global Head PMO, Program Management & Procurement Strategy at Novartis (2016-2018), and describes procurement and supply chain transformation as core work.
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Anson Antony
LinkedInExperience: Former Global Procurement Transformation & CoE Head - AVP · Puma Energy
Anson Antony was Global Procurement Transformation & CoE Head - AVP at Puma Energy (2020-2024) and Global Digital Procurement Transformation Lead at Credit Suisse (2016-2020), and has been Global Head of Procurement Center of Excellence - Vice President at Nomura since July 2025. From the Mumbai area, Anson lists digital procurement and S2P process transformation, a fit for center of excellence questions.
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Dirk Schneider
LinkedInExperience: SVP Procurement Excellence and Global Purchasing · DHL
Dirk Schneider has been SVP Procurement Excellence and Global Purchasing at DHL since September 2020 and was SVP Transformation, Global Sourcing and Purchasing Standards there (2019-2020). From the Cologne Bonn region, Dirk was Head of Procurement EMEA at DHL (2016-2019) and describes implementing international procurement structures, processes and systems and developing procurement as a service across business units.
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Emmanuel Buyse
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Head of Supply Chain & Procurement (Group CPO) · ISS A/S
Emmanuel Buyse has been Vice President, Head of Supply Chain & Procurement (Group CPO) at ISS A/S in Copenhagen since March 2019. Emmanuel describes formulating and implementing corporate procurement strategies and transformation roadmaps, with turnarounds, category management, supplier relationship management and procure to pay among the stated areas, a fit for roadmap and change management questions.
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Ioannis Charalampidis
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Transformation & Excellence Manager · IKEA
Ioannis Charalampidis is Global Procurement Transformation & Excellence Manager at IKEA in Malmo since September 2024 and describes leading global procurement initiatives at IKEA across direct procurement, category management, process development and transformation. Other IKEA roles were Global Digital Product Area Manager, Supplier Information (2020-2024) and Chief of Staff to the Chief Purchasing Officer (2018-2020).
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Jason Beyer
LinkedInExperience: Former VP, Procurement Business Group Transformation Champion Group Procurement Director · Amcor
Jason Beyer held VP, Procurement Business Group Transformation Champion Group Procurement Director at Amcor (2010-2017) and Interim Chief Procurement Officer Senior Director, Procurement at Walgreens Boots Alliance (2019-2024). From Bowling Green, Kentucky, Jason has been Procurement Consultant at Jason Beyer Consulting since 2025 and coaches global teams to drive procurement transformation.
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Monica Izquierdo
LinkedInExperience: Former Procurement transformation program - BPR · Essentra
Monica Izquierdo held Procurement transformation program - BPR at Essentra (2019-2020) and specializes in procurement excellence transformation, digitalization, automation and tools implementation. In Chicago, Monica has been Sr. Director Procurement Center of Excellence at Ingredion Incorporated since 2025 and was Procurement Director Digital and process excellence at Kenvue (2023-2025) and Director Procurement Excellence at Vattenfall (2020-2023).
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Paula Davila Martinez
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Kenvue
Paula Davila Martinez has been Chief Procurement Officer at Kenvue since November 2022, and held the same title at Novartis (2019-2022), adidas (2017-2019) and UCB (2011-2017). Based in Zug, Paula describes leading complex end-to-end transformations and managing multi-billion dollar spend portfolios, which makes Paula the pick for a CPO-level view across several companies.
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Rogerio Nogueira
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director - Global Procure To Pay Transformation Lead · Cargill
Rogerio Nogueira was Senior Director - Global Procure To Pay Transformation Lead at Cargill (2016-2023) and describes spearheading a large-scale program focused on digitalization, automation and analytics. Based in São Paulo, Rogerio was also Director - Latin America Strategic Sourcing & Procurement at Cargill (2011-2016) and Global Procurement Director at Louis Dreyfus Company (2008-2011).
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Thomas Mascali, MCIPS
LinkedInExperience: Former Head Global Sourcing Strategy & Transformation · Syngenta
Operating model redesign features in Thomas Mascali, MCIPS's description, alongside leading international procurement transformations. At Syngenta, Thomas was Head Global Sourcing Strategy & Transformation (2016-2018), Head of Indirect Procurement region APAC & China (2018-2020) and Global Third Party Strategy Manager (Strategic alliances) (2020-2022), and is Global Supply Chain Manager there since 2022.
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Choose the right perspective
For procure-to-pay and digital procurement programs, Rogerio Nogueira, Anson Antony and Monica Izquierdo have the closest match. Operating model redesign fits Ioannis Charalampidis, Thomas Mascali, MCIPS and Dirk Schneider; Paula Davila Martinez, Emmanuel Buyse and Algi (Alagappan) Annamalai give the chief procurement officer view, and Jason Beyer now consults on procurement independently.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01In what order should a procurement transformation tackle operating model, category strategy and procure-to-pay systems?
- 02How do you set up a procurement center of excellence so business units actually adopt its processes and tools?
- 03Which savings and process measures should a CPO report during a transformation, and when should they show results?
About this directory
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