Head Of Procurement

Head of Procurement Surrey/Sussex Border | £Competitive (Neg, DOE)  Bonus  Benefits | Office-Based This highly successful and growing business is seeking an experienced Head of Procurement to lead its procurement and supply planning function. This is a key leadership role with responsibility for developing procurement strategy, managing strategic supplier relationships, ensuring supply continuity, and driving commercial value across a diverse product portfolio.

The Opportunity Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping procurement strategy, mitigating supply chain risk, and ensuring products are sourced cost-effectively and responsibly. Working closely with Commercial, Finance, Operations, Logistics and Technical teams, you'll contribute to business growth while developing a high-performing procurement function.

Key Responsibilities Develop and implement the procurement and supply planning strategy. Lead, develop and motivate a procurement team, building capability and succession plans. Deliver strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier selection processes and commercial negotiations. Build and manage senior-level supplier relationships, driving performance and continuous improvement. Oversee supply risk management, business continuity planning and resilience strategies. Set direction for inventory management, stock policies and working capital optimisation.

Support commercial teams with tenders, pricing exercises and customer opportunities. Ensure compliance with quality, ethical sourcing and sustainability requirements. Monitor commodity, freight, supplier and market trends, translating insight into commercial advantage. Lead procurement governance, reporting and continuous improvement initiatives. About You You'll be an accomplished procurement leader with experience operating in a food, FMCG or international product-based environment, with strong commercial acumen, excellent stakeholder management skills and a proven ability to lead teams through growth and change.

Key requirements include:
Significant senior procurement and sourcing experience. Proven leadership of procurement, purchasing or supply chain teams. Strong negotiation, supplier management and contract management expertise. Experience managing international supply chains and supply continuity risks. Excellent analytical and financial skills. Strong understanding of inventory, forecasting and supplier performance management. Experience working closely with commercial, operations and finance stakeholders. Knowledge of international logistics, imports and global supply chain considerations.

Package Competitive salary, negotiable depending on experience. Performance-related bonus opportunities Pension, healthcare and life assurance 25 days holiday, increasing with service, plus bank holidays