Head of Procurement (Global)

Location : Fareham, Hamshire, UK, with travel to North America, Europe and Southeast Asia

Salary: Up to £100k (negotiable) with Profit related bonus

Description

Our client is an innovative, industry-leading manufacturer serving the construction, industrial, and rail sectors is seeking a Head of Procurement to join their growing team and align with their 5 year growth strategy. This is a newly created role offering the chance to work with cutting-edge products in a purpose-led business that values integrity, passion, excellence and respect. You will be primarily based in their offices in Fareham , however, the role does require global travel.

Reporting to theCOO, The Head of Procurement will build and lead a strategic, globally aligned procurement function to support their growth ambitions.

This role will transform procurement into a core strategic capability, enabling the business to scale to £70m+ supply chain capacity with strong cost control, supplier resilience and operational reliability.

The successful candidate will develop a data-led, commercially driven procurement model, aligned to product strategy and global expansion across the UK, Europe and North America.

As the business enters a significant growth phase, there is a need to build on the current procurement foundations to support future scale and complexity

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Partnerships

• Develop and deliver a global sourcing strategy aligned to growth
• Build long-term, strategic supplier relationships
• Implement dual sourcing across key product categories
• Partner with R&D to optimise product cost, design and scalability

Commercial, Contracts and Cost Optimisation

• Lead commercial negotiations to deliver cost and margin improvements
• Own supplier contracts, terms and conditions and commercial frameworks
• Protect IP, tooling and manufacturing rights
• Drive a commercial procurement culture focused on value

Supply Chain Capacity and Planning

• Develop a supply chain model capable of supporting £70m+ output
• Ensure supplier capacity aligns with business growth
• Balance cost, capacity and risk across regions

Inventory and Logistics Strategy

• Own global inventory strategy (stock days, availability vs working capital)
• Oversee inbound logistics and freight
• Improve visibility of stock, supply flow and lead times

Data, Systems and AI

• Build a data-led procurement function
• Own the procurement side of ERP/MRP (e.g. NetSuite)
• Develop reporting across cost, supplier performance and stock
• Embed data and AI tools to improve decision-making

Risk, ESG and Compliance

• Manage supply chain risk and resilience
• Reduce dependency on single suppliers or regions
• Ensure procurement aligns with ESG and compliance standards

Team Leadership and Cross-Functional Alignment

• Lead and develop the procurement team
• Build a high-performance, commercially focused culture
• Work closely with R&D, Finance, Sales and Operations to ensure alignment

Indirect Procurement (Phased)

• Introduce structure and control across non-product spend (e.g. energy, fleet, insurance)
• Identify opportunities to improve commercial outcomes
• Implement a phased approach alongside core priorities

Requirements

• Senior procurement or strategic sourcing leadership experience

• Track record of delivering cost savings and supplier performance improvement
• Experience operating across international supply chains
• Background in manufacturing or product based environments
• Strong commercial negotiator
• Strategic thinker with the ability to build scalable supply models
• Data-driven, with interest or experience in AI-enabled decision making
• Able to operate at both strategic and hands on levels
• Proactive, solution-oriented and commercially driven
• Challenges constructively and raises standards
• Collaborative, with strong stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable operating in a growing, evolving business

Benefits

• Salary- Up to £100,00 (Negotiable)
• Profit related bonus
• Other benefits are negotiable