A global engineering and manufacturing group is hiring a Head of Procurement to take regional ownership of its direct, engineered-product categories as part of a multi-year procurement transformation.
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Sitting on the Global Procurement leadership team, youll own the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for key direct categories serving automotive, smart infrastructure, medical and general industrial markets — and act as a genuine business partner to the senior leadership team.

The scope
* c.£115m annual third-party spend across c.3,600 suppliers spanning UK&I;, Europe, USA and Asia
* Leadership of a regional team of category, sourcing and senior buying professionals in a matrix structure
* Deputy to the Global Procurement Director, representing procurement at senior leadership forums What you'll do
* Deliver measurable EBIT, margin and working capital improvement through disciplined category strategy, TCO and should-cost modelling, and complex multi-region negotiation
* Build multi-year category playbooks, sourcing pathways,



SRM tiering and governance that are globally consistent and locally workable
* Strengthen supplier performance, risk and resilience — dual sourcing, risk registers, tariff and CBAM exposure, ESG due diligence backed by evidence
* Champion pragmatic digital enablement (ERP/eProcurement, dashboards, analytics, AI) and a single source of truth for benefits reporting
* Grow capability, succession and a high-performing, inclusive team culture What you'll bring
* 10+ years in procurement/supply chain, including 5+ years leading people in a global or regional function xqbhyrx
* Strong track record in direct/engineered product sourcing with demonstrable, finance-validated savings at general scale
* Credibility and influence at SLT/ELT level, plus change management experience across multi-region teams
* Degree qualified; MCIPS or equivalent strongly preferred
* Desirable: automotive or engineered components exposure, commodity markets, gainshare/risk-reward commercial models If you want to shape a procurement function rather than simply run one, this is a rare opportunity at a genuine inflection point.

📌 Head of European Procurement (Sallent)
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