Head of Procurement

At TCR, procurement sits at the crossroads of operations, commercial strategy, and supplier management. With a fleet spanning 245+ airports across 25+ countries, the decisions made at group level have a direct impact on our operational excellence. We are now creating a Head of Procurement role to bring dedicated strategic leadership to this function.

At TCR, procurement sits at the crossroads of operations, commercial strategy, and supplier management. With a fleet spanning 245+ airports across 25+ countries, the decisions made at group level have a direct impact on our operational excellence. We are now creating a Head of Procurement role to bring dedicated strategic leadership to this function.

At TCR, procurement sits at the crossroads of operations, commercial strategy, and supplier management. With a fleet spanning 245+ airports across 25+ countries, the decisions made at group level have a direct impact on our operational excellence. We are now creating a Head of Procurement role to bring dedicated strategic leadership to this function. As Head of Procurement, you will own a broad and varied scope, with GSE and spare parts procurement at the core (roughly 50% of the role).

Beyond assets, you will cover other high-value group-level spend categories such as IT services, facilities, logistics, and insurance. A key part of your value is the ability to shift priorities fluently between large commercial and supplier projects and ongoing cost‑saving programmes. You will work closely with the Commercial Community and local Managing Directors across our country operations, acting as a trusted partner who understands the business and translates commercial opportunities into results.

This role can be based in Madrid, Schiphol, London or Brussels (Steenokkerzeel) and reports directly to the COO. (This is what we mean by 'remote working').

We are looking for a senior procurement professional who combines strategic thinking with hands‑on commercial acumen — someone as comfortable in a boardroom negotiation as they are reviewing a supplier scorecard or challenging a local MD on spend discipline.

• Define and drive TCR's group procurement strategy across all spend categories, aligning with our business priorities, growth agenda, and CSRD commitments
• Build and develop TCR's procurement organisation and capabilities, clarifying responsibility for the operating model and the skills required as the function matures
• Lead negotiations on TCR's most strategically significant contracts, including GSE manufacturers and suppliers, spare parts suppliers, IT service providers, facility management partners, workshop infrastructure, fleet-related insurance and financing, and group-level logistics and transport arrangements
• Drive financial value creation beyond savings, including total cost of ownership, cost avoidance, working capital and payment terms, and broader contribution to business performance
• Build and govern a category management framework, mapping TCR's total spend landscape, segmenting categories by strategic importance, and deploying the right sourcing levers for each
• Own and continuously improve TCR's portfolio of group frame agreements, ensuring local entities actually leverage them and that compliance is tracked and reported
• Work closely with members of the Commercial Community as primary steering stakeholders, and translate group priorities into action in collaboration with local Managing Directors, acting as a trusted procurement advisor who adds value beyond cost reduction
• Build and manage a strategic supplier management programme, including structured performance reviews, SLA governance, supplier financial health, supply…