D&T AI Procurement Solution Lead

Digital & Technology Team (D&T) is an integral division of HEINEKEN Global Shared Services Center. We are committed to making Heineken the most connected brewery by digitalizing and integrating processes, ensuring best-in-class technology, and embedding a data-driven culture.

HEINEKEN is accelerating the adoption of Artificial Intelligence, intelligent automation, and data-driven decision-making across its global Procurement organization. We are looking for an experienced D&T AI Procurement Solution Lead to drive the design, implementation, and operation of AI-enabled Procurement platforms and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of technology professionals and business analysts.
• Drive workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, and capability development.
• Foster innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Define and execute the Procurement AI roadmap with Product Owners and business stakeholders.
• Lead Agile product delivery using Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, and modern engineering practices.
• Establish scalable delivery, support, and service management models.
• Oversee intelligent automation, predictive analytics, AI-assisted sourcing, contracting and buying, and AI integrations across Procurement platforms and enterprise systems.
• Define scalable and secure solution architectures and ensure compliance with enterprise standards, security requirements, and data governance principles.
• Drive operational excellence, auditability, and risk management across the solution lifecycle.
• Collaborate with vendors and technology partners while governing service levels, delivery quality, costs, and technical performance.
• Own build and run budgets, including operating and capital expenditure, financial planning, forecasting, business cases, and investment decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience delivering technology solutions in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience leading product teams, technology specialists, and external partners.
• Strong experience with AI, GenAI, automation, analytics, and enterprise platform integration.
• Experience working in Agile environments and product operating models.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Test automation experience.
• Relevant technology, cloud, AI, or Agile certifications.
• Experience with Procurement technology ecosystems such as SAP Ariba, ERP platforms, analytics solutions, and enterprise integrations.

Why join HEINEKEN?

• Lead global AI transformation initiatives within Procurement.
• Influence strategy, architecture, and technology decisions at scale.
• Work with AI, GenAI, automation, and analytics technologies.
• Collaborate with international business, data, and technology teams.
• Create measurable business impact while developing future-ready digital capabilities.