Head of Procurement 80-100%

What if your purchasing decisions became a real lever of value for an institution serving the canton of Vaud? If you have developed solid expertise in procurement management and know how to combine rigor and diplomacy to unite, we want to meet you!

To strengthen our Directorate of Transversal Services (DST), we are looking for our future

Head of Procurement 80-100%

You will be the link between the strategic orientations of the directorate and their concrete implementation in the field. You will become a key link in our strategy for cost control, regulatory compliance, and sustainability, in close collaboration with all our divisions.

What awaits you if you join us?

You will implement and manage procurement governance, building with all divisions a culture of shared procurement, integrating our performance, sustainability, and compliance challenges.

You will translate these objectives into an action plan that you will monitor over time, disseminate the procurement policy and manual to the network of referents and procurement managers, ensure their understanding and operational implementation, and identify opportunities for cost and process optimization.

As a mobilizing force, you will lead and support this network, assisting each procurement stakeholder in their role. You will organize experience-sharing sessions, clarify roles, and organize the sharing of practices, and intervene upstream of acquisition phases to ensure compliance, while maintaining a qualitative supplier panel.

Finally, you will produce procurement analyses and indicators, and ensure regular reporting to the Directorate on progress and arbitration needs.

Your profile:

You hold a higher education degree (university or HES) in management/economics or a federal certificate as a procurement specialist. A certification in Swiss public procurement ( , IDHEAP) is an asset.

You have over 10 years of experience in procurement, including management or coordination responsibilities.

You know how to unite your stakeholders, defend procurement rules with firmness and discernment, and transform a strategic orientation into measurable actions. You master common office tools as well as ERP systems, and know how to structure data for clear dashboards.

With very good writing and communication skills, you have a perfect command of French, both spoken and written.

Does this opportunity inspire you?

We look forward to receiving your application by October 26, 2026. A cover letter is not required. We simply invite you to attach your CV, all your work certificates and diplomas, as well as 3 to 4 lines describing how your profile resonates with the position and your salary expectations.

And next:

We process and respond to all applications. For those we wish to meet, we will contact you by phone to invite you to a first interview. The process will continue with a work-related behavioral preferences questionnaire, followed by a second interview to discuss it. You will meet your future manager and an HR representative.

Do you have questions? Do not hesitate to contact Alain Decker, recruitment manager, at .