Head of Procurement & Supplier Management

SCC; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer days

Extensive benefits

Flexible benefits

Hybrid working

Core hours

Job summary

SCC in Birmingham is seeking a Head of Procurement and Supplier Management to lead the procurement and supplier relationships for a major IT business. The role involves shaping strategy, governance, and risk management in a hybrid work environment.

You will oversee supplier negotiations, strategic sourcing, ESG/compliance, and financial planning while driving cost savings and value creation across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Degree-level education with MCIPS qualification (preferable).
• Strong negotiation and contract management experience.
• Strategic supplier management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead small teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the procurement strategy aligned to corporate objectives.
• Lead procurement, supplier management teams and governance frameworks.
• Drive strategic sourcing, tender processes, and contract negotiations.
• Manage supplier relationships, performance and risk across ESG and compliance.
• Deliver savings and budget planning alongside cost optimisation.

Skills

Commercial negotiation

Strategic supplier management

Leadership of teams

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree-level education (MCIPS preferred)

Job description

About The Role

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.

Role: Head of Procurement and Supplier Management

Location: Birmingham (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Package: Up to £85,000, plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year

Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday

Interview Process: 2-stage process

Why SCC?

• An inclusive workplace
• Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
• Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Role purpose:

To develop and execute procurement and supplier management strategies that optimise cost, improve service quality, manage supplier risk, support business growth, and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations

Key responsibilities:

Procurement Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and implement the procurement strategy aligned to corporate objectives.
• Responsible for procurement policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Lead and develop the procurement and supplier management teams.
• Drive continuous improvement within sourcing, contracting, and supplier management processes.
• Promote best practice procurement across all business functions.

Strategic Sourcing & Contract Management

• Lead strategic sourcing activities across key spend categories.
• Conduct supplier tender processes (RFI, RFQ, RFP).
• Negotiate commercial agreements and contractual terms.
• Ensure contracts deliver value, flexibility, and appropriate risk allocation.
• Oversee contract renewals and supplier transition activities.

Supplier Relationship Management

• Establish formal supplier segmentation models.
• Manage executive relationships with strategic suppliers.
• Conduct regular business reviews with key suppliers.
• Drive supplier innovation and value creation initiatives.
• Resolve significant supplier performance issues and disputes.

Commercial & Financial Management

• Deliver procurement savings, cost avoidance, and value improvement targets.
• Manage supplier rebates, incentives, and commercial programmes.
• Support budget planning and forecasting.
• Monitor supplier pricing and market competitiveness.
• Identify opportunities for demand management and spend optimisation.

Supplier Performance Management

• Define supplier performance scorecards.
• Monitor KPIs and service level agreements.
• Lead corrective action plans where performance falls below expectations.
• Escalate and manage supplier performance risks.
• Report supplier performance to executive leadership.

Risk Management & Governance

• Maintain supplier risk management framework.
• Monitor financial stability of suppliers.
• Assess operational, cyber, legal, ESG, and concentration risks.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policy and delegated authority limits.
• Support business continuity planning and supply chain resilience.

ESG & Sustainability

• Develop responsible procurement practices.
• Ensure supplier compliance with sustainability requirements.
• Support Net Zero and carbon reduction objectives.
• Monitor ethical sourcing and social value commitments.
• Manage supplier ESG assessments.

Supplier Due Diligence & Onboarding

• Oversee supplier approval and onboarding processes.
• Ensure adequate financial, legal, security, and compliance checks.
• Maintain approved supplier lists.
• Ensure third-party risk assessments are completed.

Skills and experience:

Commercially astute, demonstrating a strong understanding of gross margin and rebate structures, vendor programmes and certifications, contract negotiation, pricing and bid support and working capital and cash flow impacts when delivering cost savings, service improvements and efficiencies.

Strategic supplier management - ability to move beyond transactional procurement and build strategic partnerships, developing executive-level supplier relationships, understanding supplier growth strategies and aligning supplier investments with SCC business objectives.

A strong negotiator, with the ability to challenge constructively whilst maintaining relationships when negotiating framework agreements, securing improved payment terms, managing renewals, challenging supplier price increases and resolving disputes.

Strong data and analytical skills to provide evidence-based supplier performance.

A strong appreciation of Supplier Management and Procurement risk and governance, including ESG and sustainability obligations, supply chain risk and audit, financial stability assessments, regulatory compliance.

Ability to influence stakeholders without necessarily having direct authority…a trusted advisor with strong cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Leadership, development and day‑to‑day management of a small team.

A strong customer‑centric mindset, balancing procurement efficiencies with customer experience/outcomes.

Degree‑level education with MCIPS qualification (preferable).

About Us

SCC is Europe's largest privately‑owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.

We are an equal opportunities employer

SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non‑membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.

Diversity & Inclusion at SCC - https://www.scc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/

Sustainability at SCC - https://www.scc.com/sustainability-at-scc/

Life at SCC - https://www.linkedin.com/company/scc/life