10 Xylem procurement leaders
Pablo Flores, Senior Director, Global Procurement, Americas at Xylem, opens this list of Xylem procurement leaders, who also include senior directors of global category management, indirect category management and procurement excellence. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at Xylem from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alberto Pasa
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Indirect Category Management. Global Procurement · Xylem
Alberto Pasa has been Senior Director, Global Indirect Category Management. Global Procurement at Xylem since July 2024, based in Italy. Alberto Pasa was Director Global Indirect Category Management at Xylem from 2023 to 2024, Senior Global Category Manager there from 2020 to 2023 and BG Europe Indirect Category Buyer at Autoneum from 2014 to 2020.
Alejandro Flores
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Director · Xylem
Alejandro Flores has been Global Procurement Director at Xylem since August 2025, based in the United States. Alejandro Flores was Global Procurement Director at BD from 2022 to 2025, Global Procurement Sr. Manager at BD from 2020 to 2022 and Global Senior Commodity Manager - Global Strategic Sourcing at Whirlpool Corporation from 2019 to 2020.
Colwyn Sayers
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, WSS Procurement · Xylem
Colwyn Sayers has been Senior Director, WSS Procurement at Xylem since May 2025, based in the Charlotte area. Colwyn Sayers was Engineering Executive Leader, Wind Turbine Towers at GE Renewable Energy from 2022 to 2023 and Product Cost Executive Leader at GE Renewable Energy from 2020 to 2022.
Michael Wilson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Procurement M&CS · Xylem
Michael Wilson has been Senior Director, Procurement M&CS at Xylem since April 2026, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Michael Wilson was Director, Global Sourcing ECOE at Honeywell Technologies from 2023 to 2026 and Director, Electronics/Electricals at Trane Technologies from 2021 to 2023.
Pablo Flores
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Procurement, Americas · Xylem
Pablo Flores has been Senior Director, Global Procurement, Americas at Xylem since September 2023, based in St Joseph, Michigan. Pablo Flores was Head of Procurement for Latin America at Whirlpool Corporation from 2020 to 2023, Global Procurement Director at Whirlpool from 2017 to 2020 and Director Mexico & Refrigeration North America - Procurement there from 2014 to 2017.
Paolo Pozzebon
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Global Procurement Excellence · Xylem
Paolo Pozzebon has been Sr. Director Global Procurement Excellence at Xylem since September 2024, based in Zurich, Switzerland. Paolo Pozzebon was Director Global Procurement Analytics and Supplier Risk Management at Xylem from 2023 to 2025 and Director Global Procurement Analytics from 2022 to 2023.
Sebastian Reisert
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Category Management Electronics & Contract Manufacturing · Xylem
Sebastian Reisert has been Director Global Category Management Electronics & Contract Manufacturing at Xylem since March 2023, based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Sebastian Reisert was Director Global Supplier Risk Management at Xylem from 2022 to 2023, Director Global Procurement Analytics from 2020 to 2022 and Procurement Director EMEIA from 2019 to 2020.
Steve Senft
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Category Management · Xylem Inc.
Steve Senft has been Senior Director, Global Category Management at Xylem Inc. since January 2020, based in Milford, Connecticut. Steve Senft was Senior Manager, Direct Category Americas at Xylem from 2017 to 2020 and Senior Category Manager, Machining, Fabrication, Tanks, Engines and Valves at Xylem from 2010 to 2017.
Tom Childs
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director, Global Procurement AWS · Xylem
Tom Childs has been Sr Director, Global Procurement AWS at Xylem since December 2024 and has held the title Director of Procurement there since January 2023, based in the Chicago area. Tom Childs was Senior Procurement Manager at Xylem from 2022 to 2024 and Director of Global Supply Chain at Edsal Manufacturing Co. LLC from 2021 to 2022.
Tracy Wise
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Indirect Procurement · Xylem
Tracy Wise has been Director, Global Indirect Procurement at Xylem since September 2018, based in the Little Rock area, with the role listed in Rye Brooke, New York. Tracy Wise was VP Procurement at Nidec Motor Corporation from 2017 to 2018 and Director of Supply Chain at Nidec Motor Corporation from 2014 to 2017.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your procurement role, and why?
- 02How do you decide which work your own team should lead and which to leave to the teams closest to the business?
- 03What has your own procurement work taught you that someone new to a leadership role should know?
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