Head of Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading procurement organization in the UK is seeking a Head of Procurement and Supply Chain Management to develop procurement strategies and manage supplier performance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in procurement, strong negotiation skills, and a commitment to team development. The role offers flexible working arrangements with a focus on efficiency and collaboration. Join us to drive change and excellence in procurement.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary exchange pension scheme

Health Assured employee assistance and wellness program

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Holiday purchase scheme

Healthcare Cashplan

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in indirects procurement, including ICT.
• Proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong self-confidence, strategic mindset and keen commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Lead Procurement & SCM strategy to drive cost efficiency.
• Ensure cost control and deliver planned savings.
• Manage supplier performance and set KPIs and SLAs.
• Identify and mitigate P&SCM risks.
• Manage and coach SCM teams to drive high performance.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Driving change

Education

Degree (ideally a Master's)

MCIPS certification

Job description

Overview

Head of Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Bellrock is the trusted challenger in UK property services. Driven by insights, powered by technology, and delivered by talented people, we are redefining how real estate is managed. Since 2003, our people-first and technology-led approach has helped organisations across the UK transform their estates into high-performance, sustainable environments. Through our integrated service model-spanning Technologies, Consulting, Critical Engineering & Jordon, and Intelligent Asset Care—we deliver compliance, quality, and operational excellence while reducing cost and carbon impact. Our award-winning Concerto IWMS platform, together with mobile solutions from Mobiess and energy analytics from InMetriks, enables smart, data-led estate management at scale.

You are responsible for developing and implementing a robust procurement and supply management strategy for group / overhead / indirect spend to enable the strategic imperatives of revenue and EBITDA growth. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in indirects procurement, including ICT, strategic thinking along with a proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

1. Strategy
   Leading the group / overhead / indirect Procurement & SCM (P&SCM) strategy to drive cost efficiency, P&L impacting savings and enabling growth. Aligning objectives with back office / group functions, building strong supplier partnerships, collaborating on innovation and working closely with finance and operations on budgeting, reporting, risk management, and developing the ProcureX development strategy.
2. P&L Impacting Savings
   Ensuring cost control, accurate budgeting and delivering planned savings while supporting client teams and demonstrating value for money across the supply chain.
3. Supply Chain Performance
   Manage supplier performance by working with back office / group functions to set KPIs and SLAs, monitoring/reporting results, senior escalation point and coaching suppliers to ensure high performance and client satisfaction.
4. Risk Management
   Identifying and mitigating P&SCM risks, (such as supply chain disruptions, compliance issues and market volatility), while ensuring all activities comply with relevant laws, regulations and Bellrock standards.
5. People Leadership
   As a leader, the role involves managing and coaching SCM teams to drive high performance, promoting excellent procurement and ESG practices, while building strong relationships with senior leaders while contributing to the Division's strategic growth.

What does it take?

If you're ready to be the energy that helps us build our business, share our success, and really own it as a Head of Procurement and Supply Chain Management you'll need...

As a leadership role, candidates should have a degree (ideally a Master's) and MCIPS (or commit to gaining it in 12 months), with strong procurement experience, team development and managing large-scale spend. Key skills include negotiation, stakeholder management, analytical thinking, communication and driving real change and transformation.

Core qualities and attributes

You must be a highly motivated and resilient individual with strong self-confidence, a strategic mindset and keen commercial acumen. Results-focused, passionate about disrupting the market, you must thrive on complexity, be comfortable with ambiguity while being committed to both personal and team development.

Working arrangements

We embrace smarter working practices which offer our employees the opportunity to work their hours flexibly and remotely where their roles and business needs allow. In this role, the successful candidate would be required to work from home with a requirement to work at various sites to meet business needs, Monday to Friday 08:30 am to 17:00 pm with an hour for lunch break.

What can we offer you?

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + 1 additional day as a thank you (enjoy it, it's on us)
• Salary exchange pension scheme
• Life cover
• Paid sick leave
• Health Assured employee assistance and wellness program
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase scheme of additional 5 days per year
• Offers and discount scheme designed to save money on everyday shopping and essentials
• Healthcare Cashplan
• MotorSave Scheme
• Refer a friend
• Liftshare
• Virtual GP

Ready to start shining?

Our people are our passion, so we're all about helping them to shine. That means putting everything in place for you to have a rewarding career with us. So you can go far in your career, with us behind you. And our business will grow, too. So, if you're ready to start your career journey with Bellrock, we're ready to welcome you. It's a great place to be - the light, the energy, the solution. You.

Apply today.