Director of Procurement

London Source: WhatJobs

£140,000–£190,000

I'm supporting a fast-growing, investor-backed manufacturer on a key strategic hire in its senior leadership team.

This is the business's first group-level procurement appointment. It reports to the CEO and CFO and owns procurement across a multi-site manufacturing operation w

The Opportunity

This is not a traditional procurement role.

In food manufacturing, ingredients and packaging are the biggest cost on the P&L. The business has grown quickly through acquisition, and buying still happens largely at site level. You'll build the procurement function from the ground up and become one of the biggest levers for improving margin as the business scales.

What You'll Be Doing

Owning and delivering the end-to-end procurement strategy across all sites
Consolidating a fragmented supplier base into leveraged group agreements
Leading sourcing across proteins, bakery, dairy, fresh produce, ingredients and packaging, plus indirect spend
Delivering a board-visible cost-out programme with measurable EBITDA impact in year one
Putting forward-buying and commodity risk management in place
Partnering with Finance, Operations, Technical and Commercial at a senior level
Supporting M&A integration and building a small, high-calibre buying team

What They're Looking For

Senior procurement leadership in FMCG or food manufacturing, ideally chilled or short shelf-life
A strong background in direct procurement (ingredients and packaging)
Proven, evidenced cost savings and commercial impact
A builder: someone who has created or professionalised a function, not just run one
Experience in PE-backed, investor-backed or transforming businesses
The gravitas to operate at executive level, with a low-ego, high-pace style

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