• Support the Director of Global Procurement in executing procurement initiatives and cost-saving programs across North America. Review and approve complex, high-value supplier partnerships and agreements, negotiate and award agreements on behalf of the corporation. • Owns the North American RFQ process from start to finish for Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets • Qualifies vendors through cost and service, evaluating both qualitative and quantitative aspects of suppliers prior to award to ensure no disruption to existing service levels • Studies product roadmap, development strategy and innovation needs, and develops supplier matrix strategies to provide options that deliver on business goals. • Maintains a regular contact rhythm with the existing supplier base through check-in calls—monthly at minimum, more frequently for high-priority markets, and weekly during the implementation of new agents to ensure a smooth transition. • Leads business reviews, and supports the Director of Procurement in developing annual strategy meeting goals and objectives • Monitor vendor service quality and performance metrics and provide regular reporting and insights. • Identify opportunities to improve supplier performance, service quality, and procurement processes. • Validates all system and operational requirements—both with internal and external stakeholders—to ensure each vendor is properly set up for service in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets, partnering with operations to identify and resolve system and agent constraints • Reports on performance to ensure targets are being met and that action items are identified to resolve constraints across all markets

• Own end-to-end category insights support for Kroger and Target, developing and executing insight-led strategies across the portfolio to deliver against sales and profit objectives. • Serve as the category advisor for Kroger’s vegetable category, leading deep analytical and strategic engagement with the customer, including direct collaboration with the category buyer, advanced diagnostics, and ownership of assortment and space optimization to influence category strategy and performance. • Develop and deliver insights, analyses, and category reviews that assess performance, identify opportunities, and translate into clear, actionable recommendations. • Leverage a range of data sources—including syndicated, retailer loyalty, and internal data—and utilize 84.51° (Stratum and Market 6) to generate actionable shopper and business insights for both customer-facing work and internal initiatives. • Design, maintain, and continuously optimize reporting and analytics while measuring and evaluating the impact of key initiatives, incorporating learnings to refine strategies and improve business outcomes. • Partner with sales leadership to identify and activate growth opportunities across innovation, assortment, shelving, pricing, and promotion. • Support key business processes including category reviews, Joint Business Planning (JBP), and ad hoc analyses; actively partner with Sales and the Category Insights team, with travel as needed to support customer engagement and business priorities. • Build and maintain strong, consultative relationships with key stakeholders to influence decision-making and execution. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Planning & Insights, Marketing, Omni Activation, Consumer Insights, and Supply Chain to deliver integrated, insight-led solutions. • Proactively identify risks and opportunities, clearly communicating implications and recommended actions, while effectively prioritizing efforts to focus on the highest-impact work. • Serve as a trusted thought partner, bringing forward innovative, insight-led ideas to drive business growth. • Demonstrate strong ownership, curiosity, and initiative, proactively identifying opportunities to streamline processes, improve ways of working, and enhance overall team effectiveness. • Actively develop capabilities and share best practices to elevate team performance and ensure consistent, scalable execution. • Provide flexible support across additional customers or categories as business needs evolve.

• Own and exceed global revenue targets for Services Procurement Advisory , driving growth across enterprise accounts and priority markets. • Develop and execute go-to-market strategies focused on procurement transformation, advisory-led MSP/SOW expansion, and consulting-led solution selling. • Build and maintain C-level client relationships (CPO, CFO, CHRO, CIO) , establishing trusted advisor status and shaping large-scale transformation agendas. • Identify cross-sell opportunities across MSP, SOW, consulting, and digital solutions—linking advisory insights to long-term managed services engagements. • Drive large, complex deal origination and closure , including sourcing transformation, procurement outsourcing, and workforce-services integration programs. • Define the global vision, strategy, and operating model for Services Procurement Advisory, aligned to enterprise growth priorities. • Build and lead a high-performing, global advisory team of procurement SMEs, consultants, and industry experts. • Ensure delivery excellence across engagements , including governance, KPIs, value realization tracking, and client satisfaction.

• Provide regional oversight and execution of the enterprise TPRM programme, ensuring consistent, risk-based application of third-party risk processes and acting as the escalation point for material or emerging risks • Oversee the end-to-end third-party risk lifecycle: onboarding, due diligence, ongoing monitoring, issue management, and offboarding • Maintain regional alignment with regulatory and industry standards, and partner with Compliance and risk domain owners on supplier assessments, issue remediation, and corrective action plans • Support global governance bodies with regional insights and reporting, and define and monitor KPIs and KRIs to drive risk visibility • Drive adoption of automation, AI, analytics, and data-driven tools within approved TPRM platforms to improve efficiency, scalability, and the quality of risk screening, monitoring, analysis, and reporting • Partner with Procurement, Legal, Compliance, IP, Information Security, and other risk domain owners to manage third-party risks holistically, and act as a trusted regional advisor to business partners • Develop the third-party risk team's capabilities, judgement, and partner engagement skills, and contribute to broader talent development across Global Procurement