Head of Procurement | Global Sourcing & Strategy Lead

Brellis Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private medical

Pension: 6% employer, 3% employee

25 days holiday

Job summary

Brellis Recruitment is seeking a Head of Procurement for a UK-based, two-site operation requiring travel between sites. The role leads a procurement team, builds supplier relationships, and delivers ambitious savings targets while embedding best practice across contracts and SRM.

The role focuses on developing the supply chain strategy, including offshore sourcing from Asia and Europe, and driving efficiencies through technology and sustainability targets.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a similar role at strategic and tactical level within the retail sector.
• Strong track record of monitoring, measuring and reporting on SLA and KPI adherence.
• Substantial contract negotiation and agreement experience within a varied supply chain.
• Experience preparing and implementing organisation wide procurement strategies and policies.
• Experience designing and executing a supply chain strategy involving offshore supply from Asia and Europe.
• Proven Senior Leader in Procurement with strong commercial competence in strategic procurement and sourcing.
• Proven change management experience.
• Degree educated, MCIPS preferable.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office, with the ability to analyse and present complex data using Excel.
• Strong engagement and collaboration skills across all levels of an organisation.

Responsibilities

• Take accountability for the Procurement Strategy, establishing robust Procurement Plans with the team, and providing hands on management to mentor, coach and up-skill the function.
• Be accountable for the development of strategic procurement and category plans, ensuring robust engagement with cross functional stakeholders.
• Lead on global sourcing (multi-sourcing and strategic sourcing) to identify global and local partners for long and short term agreements.
• Lead Supplier Relationship Management activities, ensuring suppliers are continually assessed and developed to meet changing business and customer demand.
• Develop a supplier performance management framework and foster a commercial culture within the team.
• Define KPIs to measure success and communicate progress across the organisation.
• Manage risk within the supply chain network and build a resilient supply network, working alongside the Operations Director.
• Create a solid demand planning process incorporating seasonality, production capacity, inventory management and forecasting.
• Lead the development and execution of the supply chain strategy, reducing complexity and improving international and European supplier bases.
• Develop, negotiate and administer purchasing agreements and contracts with suppliers.
• Work with relevant departments to manage inventory requirements and minimise obsolescence through ERP/MRP systems.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Sourcing

Contract negotiation

Supplier management

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Leadership

Excel data analysis

Supply chain strategy

Offshore supply chain

Education

Degree

MCIPS preferable

Tools

MS Office

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Brellis Recruitment is seeking a Head of Procurement for a UK-based, two-site operation requiring travel between sites. The role leads a procurement team, builds supplier relationships, and delivers ambitious savings targets while embedding best practice across contracts and SRM.

The role focuses on developing the supply chain strategy, including offshore sourcing from Asia and Europe, and driving efficiencies through technology and sustainability targets.