Head of Indirect Procurement

Reporting to the Chief Procurement Officer, the Head of Indirect Procurement leads the strategic and commercial delivery of procurement across all Indirect spend in the UK & Ireland. The role is accountable for the overall leadership, strategy, governance and performance of the Indirect Procurement function.

The role is responsible for defining and delivering the Indirect procurement strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and the broader procurement strategy, driving commercial value, mitigating risk, and enabling operational excellence across all spend categories.

As a member of the Procurement Leadership Team, the role works closely with executive stakeholders to ensure procurement is embedded as a strategic business partner across all business units. It acts as the senior procurement interface for Indirect Procurement, working closely with Exec colleagues and ensuring the procurement team delivers cost savings, risk mitigation, innovation and service improvements.

The role has line management responsibility for various Category Managers, managing over £280m of supply chain spend across various categories such as Contingent Labour, IT & Fleet.

• Provide strong functional leadership to the Indirect spend area of the Procurement department, mentoring and upskilling the team.
• Create and maintain a comprehensive risk strategy, ensuring robust management and mitigation approaches.
• Support procurement transformation by increasing functional maturity, focusing on margin improvement, risk reduction, supplier management and revenue generation.
• Drive procurement transformation alongside the Procurement Leadership Team, championing innovation, automation, digitalisation and AI.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation to influence strategy and drive outcomes.
• Ensure effective Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), improving supplier performance, innovation, value creation and supply chain resilience.
• Lead and mentor teams on complex, high-value and high-risk sourcing initiatives, frameworks and contract renewals.
• Deliver cost reduction targets, margin improvement and revenue generation in a commercially focused environment.
• Develop high-value strategic supplier partnerships that deliver sustainable competitive advantage for the organisation.
• Lead high-value and complex sourcing programmes, frameworks, and commercial negotiations.
• Drive performance across core procurement deliverables, including supplier rationalisation, increasing spend under management, reducing supply chain risk and increasing preferred supplier spend.
• Ensure all sourcing and contracting activities meet internal governance, policy, audit and statutory compliance standards.
• Support major bids, mobilisations, contract transitions and client-facing opportunities.
• Ensure all Indirect procurement activity complies with procurement policy, governance frameworks and delegated authority.
• Monitor compliance with ethical practices and standards across the supply chain, taking appropriate action in the event of any breaches.
• Support ESG, sustainability and ethical sourcing objectives within Indirect categories.
• Comply with the CIPS Code of Conduct, maintaining the highest standards of integrity, promoting ethical business practices, and ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.

• Proven experience in a senior procurement leadership role within a complex, multi-service organisation with high spend.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering significant cost reduction within an M&A environment
• Strong leadership experience managing senior teams and organisational change.
• Excellent commercial, financial and…