About the role
This is the highest-ranking procurement role in our UK business – the single point of accountability for the function. You’ll own the entire UK procurement agenda and budget, set and embed the standards, tools and ways of working (supporting our sustainability and regulatory goals along the way), and be the trusted procurement voice to our UK C‑suite and the link to our Group function. You’ll lead a deliberately small, high‑energy team with the firepower of Group category specialists behind you. It’s a builder’s role for someone who wants pace, ownership and visible impact – reporting to the UK CFO, with a dotted line to our Group Procurement Director.
What you’ll be doing
- Own the UK procurement strategy end to end – set it, deliver it against clear KPIs and savings targets, and answer for the results to UK and Group leadership.
- Be the single point of accountability for procurement to the UK C‑suite and business‑unit heads – the trusted voice that earns the function its seat at the table.
- Lead the most complex, high‑value negotiations with our Tier 1 suppliers yourself.
- Take real money off the cost base. We’re ambitious here: double‑digit‑millions in savings is the prize we’re chasing.
- Own category strategy across the UK – sharp supplier segmentation (Kraljic, TCO), sourcing excellence and total‑cost thinking.
- Hold the UK procurement budget and keep every decision inside the right financial controls and approval authorities.
- Get the contract book in order – stop the silent auto‑renewals, renegotiate expired terms and run a live renewal calendar.
- Own the supplier spend data and turn it into analytics and decisions the CFO and Group leadership act on.
- Stay ahead of supply‑chain risk – spot it early and keep mitigation plans ready for our critical categories.
- Keep procurement clean and compliant – Group policy, legal, anti‑corruption and regulatory standards, no exceptions.
- Drive transformation and continuous improvement, leverage synergies across Group markets, and represent the UK at Group forums and strategic supplier partnerships.
- Build, coach and grow a small, sharp team that punches well above its weight.
What we need from you
We’re looking for people who are ready for a fast paced environment, get their kicks out of problem solving and can balance getting today’s stuff done, whilst building for the future. We’re looking for people with drive and natural curiosity – who want to do things differently. And do them brilliantly.
This role will need you to have
- Significant experience in serious procurement, strong on strategic sourcing and category management.
- Experience of working in a matrix team/organisation.
- Experience leading and coaching a team.
- Previously built (or rebuilt) a function from a lean base – as comfortable rolling up your sleeves as delegating.
- Have a commercially and analytically sharp mindset.
- Experience using systems like Source‑to‑Pay, TCO, Kraljic, eSourcing/SRM, confident in Excel and Power BI.
- Strong negotiation skills who can earn trust in the boardroom and win at the table.
- Degree‑level education.
We’d be particularly excited to hear from you if
- Have a background in logistics, transport, 3PL or parcels / delivery procurement.
- Procurement qualifications such as CIPS.
We strive to create an open, equal, inclusive environment in which everyone has the opportunity to flourish and be themselves.
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