Regional Procurement Manager

E690 Sulzer Services (UK) Ltd.; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Company Car/Allowance

33 days annual leave

Defined pension contributions

Medicash wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Sulzer is a leading engineering company seeking a Procurement Manager to lead procurement activities for the UK Services business. You will manage a team of Category Buyers and Purchasing Administrators and shape category strategies to drive supplier optimisation and value creation.

The role is remote with travel across regions, offering a competitive salary, annual bonus, company car/alignment and comprehensive benefits while collaborating with operations, engineering, and finance to support

Qualifications

• Procurement experience within engineering, manufacturing, industrial services or a related technical environment.
• Experience developing and embedding category-based procurement strategies across multiple spend areas.
• Experience leading and developing procurement teams.
• Strong supplier management and negotiation expertise.
• Commercial acumen balancing cost, quality and operational requirements.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Proactive, strategic approach to driving change and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of SAP and/or D365 would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and mentor a team of Category Buyers and Purchasing Administrators.
• Implement category strategies to support growth and operational excellence.
• Drive supplier consolidation and standardisation across UK service network.
• Negotiate supplier agreements, rebates and terms.
• Build strategic supplier partnerships to improve service, quality and cost.
• Act as senior escalation point for supplier challenges.
• Monitor supplier performance, delivery metrics and procurement KPIs.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities via benchmarking and market analysis.
• Partner with operations, engineering, finance and leadership to support objectives.
• Champion procurement governance and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Category strategy

Supplier management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Change management

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 role

At 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

• 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 you

• A remote home based role with travel across regions
• A competitive basic salary
• Annual personal bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• Company Car/Allowance
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 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.

We are 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.

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. By supporting water and energy security, enabling the energy transition and driving the use of circular technologies, we help our customers build a better world. With more than 13'000 employees and 160 world-class production facilities and service centers across the globe, we are a globally diverse team. We value the uniqueness of all our colleagues, and we appreciate the contributions that each of us makes to the company’s success. We prioritize your health and safety and are committed to offering a work environment in which you can thrive.