Head of European Procurement
Pubblicato il 29-08-2026 - Teare Selection in Umbria
A global engineering and manufacturing group is hiring a Head of Procurement to take regional ownership of its direct, engineered-product categories as part of a multi-year procurement transformation.
Sitting on the Global Procurement leadership team, you'll own the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for key direct categories serving automotive, smart infrastructure, medical and general industrial markets — and act as a genuine business partner to the senior leadership team.
The scope
- c.£115m annual third-party spend across c.3,600 suppliers spanning UK&I;, Europe, USA and Asia
- Leadership of a regional team of category, sourcing and senior buying professionals in a matrix structure
- Deputy to the Global Procurement Director, representing procurement at senior leadership forums
What you'll do
- Deliver measurable EBIT, margin and working capital improvement through disciplined category strategy, TCO and should-cost modelling, and complex multi-region negotiation
- Build multi-year category playbooks, sourcing pathways,
SRM tiering and governance that are globally consistent and locally workable
- Strengthen supplier performance, risk and resilience — dual sourcing, risk registers, tariff and CBAM exposure, ESG due diligence backed by evidence
- Champion pragmatic digital enablement (ERP/eProcurement, dashboards, analytics, AI) and a single source of truth for benefits reporting
- Grow capability, succession and a high-performing, inclusive team culture
What you'll bring
- 10+ years in procurement/supply chain, including 5+ years leading people in a global or regional function
- Strong track record in direct/engineered product sourcing with demonstrable, finance-validated savings at global scale
- Credibility and influence at SLT/ELT level, plus change management experience across multi-region teams
- Degree qualified; MCIPS or equivalent strongly preferred
- Desirable: automotive or engineered components exposure, commodity markets, gainshare/risk-reward commerci