Strategic Leadership | £500m+ Indirect Spend | High-Performance Global Group
West Midlands (Hybrid - Regular HO Presence)
Very Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Bonus + Excellent Blue-Chip Benefits
Are you a degree-educated, MCIPS-qualified procurement leader with the ambition and capability to step into a business-critical, succession-ready role within one of the UK's highest-performing industrial organisations?
We are representing a major UK business within a global FTSE/NYSE-listed group, now operating at S&P 500 scale and delivering exceptional year-on-year growth. Its UK procurement function is regarded internally as a benchmark for strategic procurement performance, commercial maturity, and value creation.
The organisation now seeks a Senior Procurement Manager - Indirect Categories to take ownership of a broad, complex and strategically significant portfolio exceeding £500m across Logistics, Fleet, FM, Estates and General Services, while influencing the wider 11-category model across the Group.
This is a rare opportunity with Head of Procurement-level scope and genuine future progression.
About the Role
You will act as the Procurement Director's strategic second-in-command, shaping and delivering procurement excellence across the full indirect categories landscape.
Your remit will include:
Strategic Leadership & Governance
* Driving best-in-class category management across indirect categories
* Embedding the 5-Step Sourcing Process, Gate Reviews and Category Roadmaps
* Ensuring category plans reflect commercial insight, risk mitigation and business strategy
* Strengthening governance discipline and analytical rigour across the team
Direct leadership of:
* Logistics
* Fleet
* General Services
Strategic influence across additional categories including IT, Production Services, Packaging and Mobile Equipment.
Leadership & Capability Development
* Leading and developing a team of Category Managers and ACMs
* Coaching individuals at different levels of procurement career maturity
* Uplifting commercial capability, critical thinking and stakeholder confidence
* Ensuring the team consistently produces market-leading category strategies
Stakeholder Engagement
* Influencing senior stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Supply Chain and Group Procurement
* Balancing local needs with Group strategy
* Acting as ambassador for procurement's value proposition across the business
This is a highly visible role within a fast-paced, commercially mature, data-driven environment that consistently delivers record financial performance.
About You
You will bring:
Academic & Professional Foundation
* Degree educated
* A track record within blue-chip or multinational matrix organisations
* Broad multi-category indirect procurement leadership
* Experience overseeing large-scale spend portfolios (£100m+)
* Strong governance and strategy experience
* Evidence of delivering quantifiable commercial value
Leadership Capability
* Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and uplift teams
* Confidence to challenge constructively and raise performance standards
* Emotional intelligence and resilience
Commercial & Strategic Strength
* Strong analytics and commercial modelling
* Ability to drive category strategies that deliver cost, value and risk benefits
* Adaptive leadership within pace, change and ambiguity
Why This Opportunity Is Right for You
✓ You want breadth, scale and influence across £500m+ spend
✓ You enjoy transforming, coaching and uplifting teams
✓ You thrive in a high-performance, outcome-focused procurement environment
✓ You want to step into a succession-critical leadership role
✓ You are ambitious for future Director-level progression
✓ You want to work within a global group with structured career pathways
✓ You prefer hybrid working but value meaningful onsite leadership time
This Role Will Not Suit You If…
✗ You prefer narrow category specialism
✗ You lack experience in complex, blue-chip procurement environments
✗ You are uncomfortable challenging and influencing senior stakeholders
✗ You prefer transactional procurement rather than strategic leadership
✗ You cannot commit to regular presence in the West Midlands HO
✗ You do not enjoy coaching and capability uplift
The Package
* Very competitive base salary
* Annual bonus
* Hybrid working (regular travel to Midlands HO). You can live anywhere in England however proximity to major road and rail networks would be logistically and practically advantageous so that you can regular travel to HO to engage with your team and senior stakeholders. Relocation assistance is also negotiable.
* Strong internal talent development programmes and future career progression including Internationally
Apply Now
If you are an ambitious, commercially mature procurement leader seeking scale, visibility and long-term progression, we invite you to apply for this career-defining opportunity
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