Head of Procurement | National | Permanent
Salary: £60,987-£80,702 plus car allowance
Location: National/Hybrid
Benefits and perks
* An impressive holiday allowance of 25 days.
* Additional day off for your birthday to celebrate in style.
* Death in Service allowance to ensure your loved ones are provided for in the event of tragedy.
* Spend crucial moments with your new‑born baby with our enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
* Complimentary day of annual leave to cherish unmissable family moments.
* Look after your wellbeing with access to a health and wellness program.
* Make the most of 'Medicash Perks at Work' – a tool for CitySprint colleagues to enjoy a variety of high‑street discounts and rewards.
* Our ride to work scheme means you can keep fit while saving money.
Company Overview
CitySprint is on a fast track to become the UK’s leading courier services provider, already dominating the same‑day service areas.
We invest regularly in our people, service offering and customer proposition to pave the way for courier services to be more intuitive, capable, and responsive than ever before.
Opportunity
This is where YOU come in!
CitySprint has an exciting opportunity for a Head of Procurement.
You will be responsible for leading the procurement function, developing and driving the implementation of a procurement strategy that transforms procurement into a strategic value‑driver, focusing on cost reduction, risk mitigation, and sustainable supplier partnerships.
Responsibilities
* Establish and embed a clear Procurement Policy to eliminate unauthorised spend and ensure a robust, consistent supplier onboarding process.
* Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team on strategic procurement planning, providing regular updates and securing timely input and alignment.
* Provide strong commercial leadership to shape, drive and deliver strategic objectives, business plans, and budgets across the organisation.
* Review, improve and optimise existing procurement processes, controls, and ways of working to increase efficiency and compliance.
* Implement a formal Contract Management framework, ensuring all agreements are logged, monitored, and renewed ahead of expiry.
* Strengthen existing supplier relationships while developing strategic partnerships that support innovation, resilience and security of supply in challenging or volatile markets.
* Identify new product opportunities from initial concept through to sourcing and fulfilment, ensuring the business continues to innovate and stay ahead.
* Assess and quantify the financial impact of key strategic and commercial decisions, including investments in people, product development and alternative sourcing routes.
* Develop and maintain a comprehensive reporting suite for the Board, tracking KPIs such as cost savings (actual vs budget), supplier diversity and contract compliance.
Ideal Candidate
* A strong track record of successfully implementing procurement strategy and leading procurement transformation.
* Able to collaborate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes, keeping CitySprint’s goals at the forefront.
* Comfortable managing multiple projects in a fast‑paced environment with effective time management.
* Experience in creating and maintaining internal monitoring and governance systems.
* Strong negotiation and networking skills, confident engaging at all levels.
* Comfortable working with numbers and making data‑driven commercial decisions.
* Proven experience as a Head of Procurement, Procurement Lead or similar senior procurement role within a complex, multi‑site, fast‑paced organisation.
* Demonstrable experience developing procurement functions, delivering cost efficiencies and strengthening commercial and supplier strategies.
* Experience managing end‑to‑end procurement processes, including sourcing, tendering, supplier evaluation, negotiation, contract management and performance monitoring.
* Experience working closely with senior leadership teams, providing strategic input and presenting insights to board‑level audiences.
* Strong background in contract management, supplier relationship management and ensuring compliance with procurement policies and governance standards.
* Experience leading or contributing to business transformation, process improvement or change programmes within procurement or commercial operations.
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check as part of the recruitment process. Conditional job offers are subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
If this Head of Procurement role sounds like you, we really want to hear from you!
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