Head of Procurement - Hamburg

1st Executive Ltd; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 100.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A fast-scaling high-growth company based in Hamburg is seeking a Senior Procurement Leader to architect and lead a global procurement strategy. This role involves building a new team and establishing strategic supplier partnerships, directly influencing the company's future growth and competitiveness. The ideal candidate has 10-15+ years of experience in senior procurement leadership within industrial sectors and a proven track record in managing senior supplier relationships. The position offers a competitive package and significant autonomy.

Leistungen

Competitive salary

Potential bonus aligned to company growth

High autonomy

Qualifikationen

• 10-15+ years' experience in senior procurement leadership.
• Proven track record in building senior-level supplier partnerships.
• Hands-on leadership in high-value sourcing activities.

Aufgaben

• Lead the global procurement strategy and significant supplier expansion.
• Build long-term supplier partnerships and negotiate at senior levels.
• Recruit and develop a new team in a high-performing procurement organization.
• Drive competitive advantage through sophisticated supplier relationship management.
• Engage with senior internal and external stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Supplier relationship management

Negotiation at senior levels

Cross-cultural leadership

Strategic sourcing

Fluent English

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

A rare opportunity to build and lead a global procurement function from the ground up within a high-growth company on a strong upward trajectory. This role is strategically critical as the business expands rapidly. You will shape the function, hire a new team, and establish deep supplier partnerships-directly influencing future growth, resilience, and competitiveness.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the global procurement strategy, focusing on significant supplier expansion
• Build high-level, long-term supplier partnerships; leverage ecosystems and negotiate at senior levels.
• Create procurement standards, policy, governance, and best practice across a business that has operated procurement via Operations to date.
• Recruit and develop a new team of ~5 roles (including a Senior Category Manager) to establish a high-performing, modern procurement organisation.
• Work as a peer to the C-suite-particularly the COO (Hamburg-based)-to set priorities, align spend, and embed procurement influence early.
• Drive competitive advantage through sophisticated supplier relationship management, balancing technology (AI tools) with strategic, relationship-led engagement.
• Develop strong spend insight, category strategies, and sourcing roadmaps to support rapid scale-up.
• Travel extensively across Europe and China to build, maintain, and grow supplier connections.
• Present to and engage with senior internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications & Experience

• 10-15+ years' experience in senior procurement leadership within relevant industrial, energy, engineering, or equipment-heavy sectors.
• Ideally proven track record creating and sustaining senior-level supplier partnerships in China; strong familiarity with Chinese CAPEX supply markets.
• Hands‑on and strategic‑able to build a function while executing high-value sourcing activity.
• Experience in renewables, energy, or adjacent industrial sectors preferred; customer‑side or supplier‑side backgrounds both considered.
• Strong cross-cultural leadership; prior experience managing or collaborating with teams on the ground in China is highly desirable.
• Ability to operate as a C‑suite peer-confident, influential, and credible with senior leadership and investors.
• Fluent English required; German advantageous but not essential.

Role Requirements

• Onsite presence in Hamburg at least 3 days per week.
• Extensive international travel to suppliers and European plants.
• Ability to start early Q1 (flexible for the right candidate).
• Commitment to building a career-evidence of progression and capability development.

What Makes This Opportunity Compelling

• Join a fast-scaling company with strong investor backing
• Build the procurement function from zero-full ownership, high autonomy, immediate strategic impact.
• Play a pivotal role in unlocking growth
• Direct visibility to C-suite and investors; part of the leadership team shaping the next stage of growth.
• Competitive package with potential bonus elements aligned to company growth.