Head of Procurement

Overview
Indurent is seeking a commercially minded and progressive Head of Procurement to lead and embed the next stage of its procurement operating model.
The role will lead a hub-and-spoke procurement model, combining a lean central procurement capability with strong ownership across business functions. Procurement will focus its expertise where it creates the greatest value: strategic sourcing, major commercial decisions, supplier performance, risk management and complex negotiations. More transactional and lower-risk procurement activity will increasingly be managed directly by business users through guided self-service, supported by clear policies, processes, technology, preferred suppliers and appropriate controls.
This is not a traditional centralised procurement role. The Head of Procurement will own Indurent's procurement strategy, operating model and commercial approach to third-party spend, partnering with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities, challenge demand, optimise cost, manage commercial risk and secure maximum value from supplier relationships. The role will build a procurement capability that enables the organisation to move faster, spend effectively and make better commercial decisions while maintaining appropriate governance and control.

• Own and deliver Indurent's procurement strategy, ensuring alignment with the organisation's commercial and strategic priorities.
• Partner with FP&A to improve visibility, forecasting and planning of third-party spend
• Own the governance, validation and tracking of procurement savings and benefits realisation
• Lead and continuously develop the hub-and-spoke procurement operating model, maintaining a lean central team and leveraging AI, automation and digital tools to improve efficiency, accuracy and scalability.
• Provide dotted-line leadership, coordination and support to the procurement navigators across business functions, ensuring the spokes are effectively managed and the hub-and-spoke model is embedded consistently.
• Establish Procurement as a strategic commercial partner to the business rather than primarily a transactional purchasing function.
• Develop annual and multi-year procurement plans based on spend, business priorities, supplier risk and commercial opportunity.
• Provide senior leadership with clear visibility of procurement performance, opportunities, risks and priorities.
• Champion a culture of commercial ownership and cost consciousness across the organisation.

• Lead strategically important, high-value, high-risk and complex procurement activity.
• Identify and deliver sustainable savings, cost avoidance and broader commercial value from third-party spend, across categories ranging from building works to professional services.
• Partner with stakeholders to challenge demand, specifications, consumption and existing commercial arrangements.
• Lead major supplier negotiations and support the business in developing effective commercial strategies.
• Develop category and sourcing strategies for priority areas of spend.
• Ensure procurement decisions consider total cost, commercial risk, service quality, operational requirements and long-term value rather than price alone.
• Maintain a clear pipeline of procurement and value-creation opportunities.

• Build strong relationships with functional and departmental leaders, acting as a trusted commercial adviser.
• Maintain clear roles and responsibilities between Procurement and business functions.
• Enable departments to take greater ownership of appropriate procurement activity while providing specialist Procurement support where it adds value.
• Develop commercial capability across the organisation so…