Head of Group Commercial & Procurement

KCR Group is a UK-based premium womenswear holding company operating two internationally recognised brands - Club L London and Lavish Alice - across 13 Shopify storefronts. The Group also owns Beyond Fulfilment, its UK fulfilment centre, giving KCR an integrated supply chain from production through to consumer delivery. Headquartered in Manchester with a growing presence in Dubai and a London Hub opening in September 2026, KCR is in an ambitious phase of international expansion across the EU, GCC, US, and Australia, with wholesale partnerships at Harvey Nichols, Bloomingdale's, and Ounass.

As the business scales across multiple entities, markets, and functions, commercial rigour and disciplined spend management across every category are critical strategic priorities. This role has been created by the CEO directly in response to that need.

The Head of Group Commercial & Procurement is a newly created, senior individual contributor role and the first dedicated procurement hire in KCR Group's history. Reporting directly to the CEO with a dotted line to the CFO, this person will own the full commercial spend agenda across the entire group - from garment production and fulfilment through to technology platforms, creative agencies, professional services, and everything in between.

The scope is intentionally broad. KCR is a multi-brand, multi-entity, multi-market business that has scaled rapidly without a centralised commercial function. The result is fragmented supplier relationships, unconsolidated spend, and significant untapped savings potential across nearly every category. This role exists to fix that - building the infrastructure, governance, and category strategies that bring discipline and commercial intelligence to how KCR spends its money.

This is a hands‑on, high‑ownership role. The right person will be as comfortable renegotiating a logistics contract as they are reviewing SaaS licence renewals, challenging agency retainers, or presenting a savings roadmap to the CEO and CFO.

• Design and implement KCR Group's first formal procurement framework, covering all direct and indirect spend categories across both brands and all group entities
• Build a group‑wide supplier register, vendor tiering model, contract repository, and spend database from scratch
• Establish procurement policies, approval thresholds, and spend governance aligned to the CEO and CFO's financial controls agenda
• Conduct a comprehensive group‑wide spend analysis to identify and prioritise savings opportunities across all categories
• Deliver a phased savings roadmap with quantified targets, presented to the CEO and CFO within the first 90 days

• Own the commercial relationships with KCR's external garment manufacturers, fabric suppliers, and trims suppliers across Club L London and Lavish Alice
• Lead renegotiation of production contracts, MOQs, lead times, and payment terms to improve cost and margin
• Work closely with the design and product teams to ensure sourcing decisions align with brand quality standards and seasonal timelines
• Monitor and respond to evolving trade conditions including UK–India FTA implications and EU/GCC import duty structures
• Identify consolidation opportunities across the two brands' supply bases where quality and brand positioning allow
• Act as the commercial lead for Beyond Fulfilment (KCR's owned UK fulfilment centre), owning supplier contracts, service agreements, equipment procurement, and operational input costs
• Drive cost‑per‑unit efficiency across fulfilment operations through competitive supplier management and ongoing contract review
• Partner with the Head of Operations on the warehouse DC strategy, including procurement of automation and conveyor systems and the solar energy installation programme
• Manage logistics, courier, and carrier contracts across all 13 international storefronts, benchmarking rates and driving consolidation where appropriate
• Oversee packaging procurement across both brands, identifying consolidation and sustainable sourcing opportunities
• Own and manage all technology and SaaS procurement across KCR Group, including Shopify…