Regional Procurement Manager

Sulzer; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote role

Annual bonus

Company car/allowance

Private medical

33 days leave

Pension contributions

Medicash

Employee assistance

Discounts

Learning pathways

Long service awards

Costco membership

Job summary

Sulzer is seeking an experienced Procurement Manager for our UK Services business. You will lead a team of Category Buyers and Purchasing Administrators, shaping category strategies, negotiating supplier terms, and driving value across the service network.

This remote, home-based role involves travel across regions, competitive salary, annual bonus, and a broad benefits package including private medical insurance and a pension.

Qualifications

• Experience leading procurement teams in engineering, manufacturing or industrial services.
• Proven ability to implement category strategies across multiple spend areas.
• Strong supplier management and negotiation skills.
• Commercial acumen balancing cost, quality and ops requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Category Buyers and Purchasing Administrators.
• Develop and embed category strategies to drive growth and efficiency.
• Drive supplier consolidation and cost reduction across the UK service network.
• Negotiate supplier agreements, rebates and terms; manage supplier performance.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strategic mindset

Stakeholder management

Cost reduction

Negotiation

Tools

SAP

D365

Job description

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.About the roleAt Sulzer, we're not just maintaining equipment, we're keeping critical industries moving. Our Services Division supports customers across a wide range of sectors through a network of service centres that deliver repair, maintenance, engineering and field service solutions.We're now looking for an experienced Procurement Manager to lead procurement activities across our UK Services business. This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll manage a team of Category Buyers and Purchasing Administrators, influence procurement strategy, and help shape the future of our supply chain operations.Key Duties:Lead, develop and mentor a team of Category Buyers and Purchasing Administrators.Implement category strategies that support business growth and operational excellence.Drive supplier consolidation and standardisation opportunities across the UK service network.Negotiate competitive supplier agreements, rebates and commercial terms.Build strategic supplier partnerships that improve service, quality and cost performance.Act as a senior escalation point for supplier-related challenges.Monitor supplier performance, delivery metrics and procurement KPIs.Identify cost-saving and value-improvement opportunities through benchmarking and market analysis.Partner with stakeholders across operations, engineering, finance and leadership teams to support business objectives.Champion compliance, procurement governance and continuous improvement initiatives.What We're Looking For:We're interested in speaking with procurement professionals who combine strong commercial capability with proven leadership experience.You'll ideally bring:Procurement experience within engineering, manufacturing, industrial services or a related technical environment.Proven experience developing, implementing and embedding category-based procurement strategies across multiple spend areas, driving supplier optimisation, cost reduction, risk mitigation and long-term value creation.Experience leading and developing procurement teams.Strong supplier management and negotiation expertise.Commercial acumen with the ability to balance cost, quality and operational requirements.Experience managing multiple stakeholders and influencing decision making.A proactive and strategic approach to driving change and continuous improvement.Knowledge of SAP and/or D365 would be advantageous.What we offer youA remote home based role with travel across regionsA competitive basic salaryAnnual personal bonus scheme based on company and personal performanceCompany Car/AllowancePrivate Medical Insurance33 days annual leave.Defined pension contributions.Access to Medicash helping you cover everyday health costs like dental optical and physiotherapy plus a range of wellbeing perks.Confidential support via Employee Assistance Programmes.Access to discounts on shopping entertainment lifestyle plus opportunity to apply for Costco membership.Discounted personal car leasing for you your family and friends.Long Service Awards celebrating your commitment.Continuous learning opportunities through Sulzer Learning Pathways.As a Silver Award holder of the MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, we welcome and support veterans, reservists and Cadet Adult Volunteers with policies for training, camps and deployment, plus a growing internal military network.#LI-REMOTESulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.