Director, Procurement

Keyloop bridges the gap between dealers, manufacturers, technology suppliers and car buyers.

We empower car dealers and manufacturers to fully embrace digital transformation. How? By creating innovative technology that makes selling cars better for our customers, and buying and owning cars better for theirs.

We use cutting-edge technology to link our clients’ systems, departments and sites. We provide an open technology platform that’s shaping the industry for the future. We use data to help clients become more efficient, increase profitability and give more customers an amazing experience.

The Director, Procurement leads Keyloop's global procurement function and its Accounts Payable operations, bringing two connected areas of transactional finance under a single point of accountability. This role is responsible for setting procurement strategy and category management across the business, managing key vendor relationships, and overseeing the Accounts Payable function to ensure accurate, timely and compliant processing of supplier payments.

The role leads a distributed team across the UK, India and Prague, made up of two Category Managers, two Vendor Management Specialists, and an Accounts Payable Manager who leads a team of AP Specialists. The Director works closely with Finance, IT, Legal and other G&A functions to drive cost efficiency, supplier performance and process discipline across the source-to-pay cycle. This position reports into Finance leadership and is based in India.

• Set the procurement strategy for Keyloop, working with the Category Managers to develop category plans that deliver cost savings and supply continuity across the business.
• Own the direction of the two procurement categories managed within the team, monitoring market trends and supplier landscapes to keep Keyloop competitively positioned on price and quality.
• Lead the identification and onboarding of new suppliers, and the ongoing development of existing supplier relationships, in partnership with the Category Managers and Vendor Management Specialists.
• Set procurement policy, standards and ways of working that apply consistently across all regions Keyloop operates in.

• Direct the Vendor Management Specialists in managing relationships with key suppliers, ensuring agreed levels of service, quality and compliance are maintained.
• Own escalation and resolution of significant supplier performance issues or disputes, stepping in personally on high-value or high-risk vendor relationships.
• Lead negotiation of contracts, terms and pricing agreements with strategic suppliers, ensuring commercial terms protect Keyloop's interests.
• Oversee supplier performance reviews, risk assessments and the wider vendor risk management process.

• Own the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, from requisition through to purchase order and contract compliance.
• Oversee the procurement systems and processes used across the business, driving continuous improvement and automation where it reduces manual effort or risk.
• Manage the contract approval, exception and renewal process for procurement, and lead stakeholder reviews with senior and executive leadership on high-value contracts.
• Publish and maintain procurement policies and procedures, and ensure business stakeholders understand how to engage the function correctly.
• Identify where AI and automation can improve procurement and AP operations (e.g. invoice processing, spend analysis, contract review, supplier risk monitoring), and lead adoption where it delivers a genuine efficiency or accuracy gain.

• Own the Accounts Payable function through the AP Manager, ensuring supplier invoices are processed accurately, approvals are followed, and payments are made on time.
• Set the standards and controls the AP Manager and AP Specialist team operate to, covering invoice processing, query resolution, payment runs and supplier statement reconciliation.
• Ensure AP processes are aligned with procurement policy, so spend committed through procurement flows…