Head of Procurement - Strategic Sourcing & Transformation

Rutherford Cross; Falkirk; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Rutherford Cross in Falkirk is seeking Head of Procurement to lead procurement across a multi-site operation in Scotland. The role is a 3-month minimum contract with a hybrid working pattern and an emphasis on delivering a regional procurement strategy and supplier performance improvements.

You will drive governance, risk management, and value creation through strategic sourcing, high-value negotiations, and stakeholder collaboration with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Significant procurement leadership experience within a complex operational or industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Leading the procurement function across a complex multi-site operation.
• Developing and implementing regional procurement strategy.
• Delivering strategic sourcing and high-value contract negotiations.
• Driving supplier performance, cost optimisation and value creation.
• Ensuring robust procurement governance, compliance and risk management.
• Partnering with senior stakeholders to support key business decisions and projects.
• Leading procurement transformation, process improvement and capability development.
• Developing reporting frameworks covering spend, savings, supplier performance and procurement risk.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strategic sourcing

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

Rutherford Cross in Falkirk is seeking Head of Procurement to lead procurement across a multi-site operation in Scotland. The role is a 3-month minimum contract with a hybrid working pattern and an emphasis on delivering a regional procurement strategy and supplier performance improvements.

You will drive governance, risk management, and value creation through strategic sourcing, high-value negotiations, and stakeholder collaboration with senior leaders.