Head of Procurement

BURGERS & FRIES AND INCREDIBLE CAREERS!

We’re the burger restaurant with the uncomplicated formula: burgers and fries cooked to perfection, with no frozen ingredients. And we’ve stuck to the same ‘perfect and serve’ philosophy since our family business began in 1986.

These days, we’re still just as much a family as we always have been. We have tons of integrity, we’re enthusiastic. we’re competitive and we just get it done – whatever the challenge.

We're looking for a commercially astute and strategic Head of Procurement to lead procurement across our Joint Venture territories, covering the UK, France, Spain and Germany.

This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering procurement strategy across food, beverages, packaging and selected indirect categories. You'll build strong supplier partnerships, unlock sustainable cost efficiencies, support innovation, and ensure our supply chain remains resilient as the business continues to grow.

Reporting into senior leadership, you'll lead a team of four procurement professionals and play a key role in influencing commercial decisions across multiple markets.

As Head of Procurement, you'll be responsible for:

• Developing and delivering procurement strategies across key spend categories
• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing procurement team
• Managing strategic supplier relationships and driving supplier performance
• Negotiating major commercial agreements and contracts
• Identifying and delivering sustainable cost-saving opportunities
• Creating and executing category management strategies
• Monitoring commodity markets and identifying cost and supply risks
• Supporting product innovation and new product implementation
• Leading tendering, benchmarking and sourcing projects
• Driving procurement governance, compliance and best practice
• Maintaining procurement systems, specifications and product catalogues
• Supporting sustainability and ESG initiatives across the supply chain
• Partnering with stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Supply Chain and Product Development

You'll be an experienced procurement leader with a strong commercial mindset and a passion for delivering results.

• Significant procurement experience within QSR, Food service, FMCG or Retail
• Proven success delivering substantial commercial savings
• Extensive supplier negotiation and contract management experience
• Experience leading and developing procurement teams
• Strong category management capability

• Outstanding negotiation and influencing skills
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical capability
• Results-driven with the ability to balance short and long-term priorities
• Passion for developing people and building high-performing teams

• CIPS qualification (or equivalent)
• Additional European language skills
• Degree educated

This is an exciting opportunity to shape procurement strategy across multiple European markets while leading a talented team and influencing business-critical decisions.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Drive meaningful commercial impact
• Lead strategic supplier partnerships
• Influence growth and innovation projects
• Work with senior leaders across the business
• Develop your team and build procurement capability
• Play a key role in sustainability and supply chain resilience initiatives

• Based at our London Head Office (W10)
• Hybrid working available
• Travel required across the UK, France, Spain and Germany, with occasional overnight stays

You'll be measured on:

• Delivery of annual procurement savings
• Supplier performance and KPI improvements
• Successful execution of sourcing and tender projects
• Supply chain resilience and risk mitigation
• Team development and engagement
• Progress against sustainability and ESG objectives

• Bonus scheme based on company performance
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Long service rewards after 5 and 10 years with Five Guys
• Five Guys Perks & discounts
• Invite to our annual General Managers conference – this year we celebrated in Lisbon!
• Life assurance
• Private medical via Vitality
• Wellbeing support