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Procurement & Supply Chain Director

AR Resourcing Group Ltd

York

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Procurement & Supply Chain Director to lead their strategic initiatives. This role involves creating and delivering a comprehensive procurement strategy for a newly formed business unit. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in procurement and supply chain management within the construction sector, and the ability to navigate significant organizational change. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and strategic vision, where your leadership will directly impact the success of vital projects across various sectors. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of procurement in a growing organization.

Qualifications

  • Experience in creating national procurement strategies and managing change.
  • Board level exposure and resilience in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement a national procurement and supply chain strategy.
  • Identify and recruit candidates for a newly created procurement role.

Skills

Procurement Management
Supply Chain Management
Construction Experience
Strategic Planning
Executive Search

Education

Relevant Degree in Business or Management
Professional Certification in Procurement

Tools

Candidate Suitability Matrix
Database Network

Job description

Client Relationship
New client, first placement

Time to Fill: 10 weeks 3 days from award to verbal offer accept

Here's what our client said...

We gave Adam a project to find us a Procurement & Supply Chain Director for our construction business which he filled first time. Adam presented a high calibre shortlist from which we could have selected any of the candidates. Throughout the interview process, it was clear that all the candidates had been properly briefed and were well prepared for interview.

About the Client

Summary

  • Established in 1884, Tilbury Douglas is a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out company that delivers vital projects across sectors including health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water, and environment.

Size

  • 1,200 employees and a turnover of £535m.
About the Job

Reason for Vacancy

  • Backfill Head of Procurement & Supply Chain following a demerger from Interserve.

Key Responsibilities

  • Creation and delivery of a national procurement and supply chain management strategy.
  • Procurement and supply chain leaders with mainly construction experience from any medium to large main contractor, national search.
  • Experience of creating procurement strategies nationally or for a business unit, and had the resilience to manage a significant change programme. They also needed board level exposure.
  • Finding candidates of an appropriate calibre willing to consider a newly created business that was demerging from a struggling group.
Our Approach

We provided our Plan 1, Retained Executive Search recruitment service, we were retained as their sole recruiter to identify, qualify and present suitable candidates until we filled the job.

Clients choosing this product receive the following level of service:

Candidate Interview

  • Headhunt candidates with an emphasis on phone or video interviews.
  • Qualify candidates with multi-tiered screening.

Search Depth

  • All regional candidates contacted multiple times from our database network.
  • Headhunting from 20 competitors.
  • Advertise on our Job Alerts candidate email, website, and LinkedIn feed, unless it’s a confidential hire.
  • Prioritised over all jobs.

CV Format

  • Candidate Suitability Matrix, Risks and Assessment of Suitability.

Shortlist Timescale

  • Within 4-6 weeks.
In Summary

Shortlisted

  • 6 CVs shortlisted in Four weeks

Interviewed

  • 6 candidates interviewed, 3 candidates invited to final interviews.

Offered

  • Preferred candidate offered and appointed.

Susan Lussem
Executive Supply Chain Director

AR Resourcing Group Ltd, First Floor, Unit 10, Escrick Business Park, York, YO19 6FD
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