European Category Director - Strategic Procurement

Greystar (International); Greater London; On-site; GBP 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension

Healthcare

Holiday allowance

Job summary

Greystar is seeking a European Category Director to define and lead category strategy across Europe, focusing on sourcing priorities, supplier negotiations, and value delivery for real estate and hospitality assets.

The role requires 10+ years of procurement leadership, MCIPS, and proven ability to manage multi-market teams, partner with senior stakeholders, drive ESG initiatives, and ensure compliant procurement practices across the group.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of procurement leadership experience, including Director level roles across European/global markets.
• Proven track record delivering significant commercial savings in real estate, facilities, hospitality or similar sectors.
• Strong category expertise across IT, FM, indirects or related areas, with data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own the category strategy and sourcing activity for major spend categories.
• Negotiate group-wide / strategic supplier deals and frameworks.
• Manage and develop the Procurement Managers embedded in each market.
• Oversee and approve procurement activity executed by Procurement Managers.
• Track and report benefits delivery and project status for the team.
• Drive adoption of procurement best practice across markets.
• Identify and drive ESG initiatives.
• Support implementation of procurement policies, processes, systems and tools across all markets.

Skills

Category management

Procurement strategy

Stakeholder management

ESG initiatives

Leadership

Education

MCIPS qualification

Job description

Greystar is seeking a European Category Director to define and lead category strategy across Europe, focusing on sourcing priorities, supplier negotiations, and value delivery for real estate and hospitality assets.

The role requires 10+ years of procurement leadership, MCIPS, and proven ability to manage multi-market teams, partner with senior stakeholders, drive ESG initiatives, and ensure compliant procurement practices across the group.