Meetings & Events Supplier Strategy Director Lisboa

Meetings & Events Supplier Strategy Director
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Locations: Lisbon | Madrid

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total
- inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving
- line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through
- edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

BCG's Global Meetings & Events (M&E) team designs and delivers experiences that enable connection, collaboration, and capability building for our global workforce. We operate at scale across
- person, hybrid, and virtual formats, with a strong focus on operational excellence, risk management, and stakeholder value.

We are seeking a strategic,
- minded leader to join as Director of Strategic Supplier Partnerships. In this role, you will drive the strategy, governance, and evolution of BCG’s supplier operating model within the M&E function. You will lead a global team and oversee
- party partnerships that support our meetings operations worldwide. This is a transformational leadership role focused on supplier strategy, risk mitigation, commercial optimization, and
- functional alignment.

You will engage senior stakeholders across Legal, Procurement, Travel, Finance, and business leadership to align supplier management practices with BCG’s growth ambitions and enterprise standards. This is an ideal role for someone with a background in management consulting, strategic sourcing, or operational transformation who thrives in complexity and is energized by
- functional leadership.

Key responsibilities include:

• Set the strategic vision and operating model for supplier partnerships across the global Meetings & Events portfolio
• Lead a global team of 5–7 professionals, plus oversight of an outsourced sourcing team of 30, ensuring delivery quality and strategic alignment
• Develop category strategies in partnership with Legal and Procurement, spanning key service areas such as venues, logistics partners, and hospitality services
• Shape supplier governance models, focusing on performance management, risk mitigation, and diversity/inclusion targets
• Design frameworks to evaluate commercial value, vendor performance (SLAs, KPIs), and continuous improvement
• Drive operational innovation in how BCG sources, manages, and partners with its supplier network
• Lead stakeholder engagement efforts to ensure internal client satisfaction and supplier model adoption
• Act as a change leader, identifying and implementing opportunities for process transformation, digital enablement, and efficiency
• Serve as executive escalation point for
  - related issues; resolve conflicts and ensure service continuity
• Represent Supplier Partnerships at the M&E leadership level and across global forums; contribute to strategic planning and enterprise alignment

YOU'LL GAIN:

• High-impact leadership role shaping the future of a critical global function
• Opportunity to lead global transformation initiatives within a
  - tier professional services firm
• Collaboration with senior stakeholders and a broad global network
• Exposure to strategic
  - making across risk, finance, procurement, and operations

YOU’RE GOOD AT

• Setting a compelling vision and translating it into a practical roadmap and clear team priorities
• Communicating confidently at senior levels, influencing stakeholders across business functions and geographies
• Leading global,
  - functional teams and creating a
  - performing, inclusive culture
• Strong quantitative and qualitative skills with the ability to dissect problems, assess challenges, develop insights and identify creative solutions and make sound decisions
• Balancing strategic thinking with operational execution and team empowerment
• Building strong partnerships with vendors and internal stakeholders, and advocating effectively for the team’s needs
• Navigating ambiguity and leading through change with resilience and pragmatism
• Driving operational improvement through digital solutions, systems, and process innovation
• You have a passion for sourcing, category management, and contracting and negotiating within the Meeting & Events industry
• A service mindset that focuses on creating customer value, loyalty and trust
• Outstanding leadership capabilities utilized to organize and mobilize the sourcing team to discover new opportunities, infiltrate new areas of opportunity, and deliver recognized value to the business.
• Ability to work in a
  - paced global environment with excellent attention to detail (including reviewing contracts).

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or JD a plus
• 10-12+ years of experience ideally in Meetings & Events related field or within the meeting & events supplier management space
• 5-7+ years in people management preferred
• Experience working in a global organization
• Proven ability to influence and communicate at senior executive levels
• Strong negotiating skills
• Demonstrated success leading change initiatives
• Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills
• Experience working in complex, matrixed organizations with global stakeholders
• Willing to travel approximately 10-20% of working time.

Skills & competencies

• Strong strategic thinking and negotiation skills
• Ability to build and manage relationships with senior stakeholders (internally and externally)
• Excellent Power
  Point, presentations, communication, and storytelling skills to articulate need and value
• Strong
  - solving skills and mindset

Who You'll Work With

The Meetings & Events team is part of BCG’s Enterprise Services function which is comprised of 9 additional service lines (BI&A Products and Services, Case Team Services, Data & Product Services, Enterprise Procurement & Payables, Executive Support Services, Global Finance and Operations Services, Global Real Estate, Global Travel, and Hub Management Services) as well as two End to End processes (Lead to cash and Source to Pay).

You can also expect to work closely with colleagues across IT, Legal, Finance and other BCG support functions as well as a global network of approved external suppliers. The M&E team supports internal and
- facing events across all BCG functions and regions.

You’ll represent supplier management in
- functional projects and forums, ensuring alignment, visibility, and voice for the supplier management team.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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