Strategic European Procurement Director

TVS Supply Chain Solutions Limited; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Pension scheme with up to 6% employer

Life assurance

25 days holiday + 8 statutory bank"

Holiday buy-back scheme (5 additional"

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Established hybrid working structure

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Professional Membership and Study Spon

Quarterly employee recognition awards

Employee referral scheme withfinancial

Benefits hub with employee retail disc

Discounted eye test vouchers

Job summary

TVS Supply Chain Solutions Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking a Procurement Director to lead a high-performing team, shaping procurement strategy across direct and indirect spend in Europe, and driving supplier relationships to deliver competitive bids and value.

You will develop governance, risk management, and sustainability initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and partner with customers to craft winning solutions.

Qualifications

• Experienced procurement and supply chain leader.
• Experience operating within complex multi-site or multinational organisations
• Experience supporting major bids, tenders and contract re-bids
• Experience within Defence, Aerospace, Logistics or Supply Chain Services sectors (Desirable)
• Degree educated and MCIPS qualified or equivalent.
• Strong negotiation, contract management, and supplier relationship management skills.
• Proficiency in procurement software and tools.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills.
• In-depth knowledge of procurement regulations and ethical standards.
• Visionary leader with a strategic mindset.
• Results-driven and goal-oriented.
• Strong ethical and moral character.
• Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills.
• Adaptive and resilient in a fast-paced environment
• Strategic and team leadership skills
• Track record of building relationships with senior personnel and of understanding and influencing Client / business strategy
• Strong analytic and problem solving skills.
• The successful candidate will be required to undertake travel throughout the UK and several European countries from time to time.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company’s procurement strategy to optimise costs while maintaining quality and reliability across European direct and indirect spend.
• Lead the team to ensure best practise methods are understood and consistently applied.
• Drive colleague engagement, performance management, talent development and succession planning across the function
• Responsible for service delivery, customer KPIs and commercials relating to purchasing, supply chain management, inventory planning and technical engineering
• Lead the procurement team in setting departmental goals, objectives, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Creation and delivery of strategic procurement toolkit, driving ethical, sustainable, economical quality and environmental compliance, whilst maintaining corporate governance.
• Strategically responsible for all new bids and contract relets requiring procurement input, understanding customer requirements and translating them into a winning solution
• Support solution design of new bids to enable an integrated, effective solution across the business to deliver a bid winning commercial offering
• Ensure procurement activities adhere to all legal, regulatory, and ethical standards.
• Mitigate procurement-related risks through robust risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Contract management

Supply chain knowledge

Team leadership

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Education

MCIPS qualification

Degree educated

Tools

SAP Ariba

MSYS integration

ERP systems

MS Dynamics

Job description

TVS Supply Chain Solutions Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking a Procurement Director to lead a high-performing team, shaping procurement strategy across direct and indirect spend in Europe, and driving supplier relationships to deliver competitive bids and value.

You will develop governance, risk management, and sustainability initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and partner with customers to craft winning solutions.