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Global Procurement Manager

Ref: 539602

London, UK

£75,000 | £400 per day

  • Permanent / Contract
  • Strategic Category Management
  • Global Supplier Negotiation
  • Immediately Available

About the candidate

A commercially focused Global Procurement Manager with 12 years’ experience across direct and indirect procurement, supporting global, FTSE-listed, high-growth and international businesses. They have managed spend of up to around $1.2bn across the UK, EMEA, APAC and North America, with strong experience across packaging, logistics, professional services, marketing, contract manufacturing, raw materials, chemicals, capex and facilities-related categories.

They are confident building trusted relationships across Finance, Operations, Legal, Quality, NPD, Marketing and Manufacturing, bringing a collaborative style to complex negotiations, category transformation and supplier performance improvement. Available immediately for permanent or contract opportunities, they bring a strong mix of strategic sourcing, commercial delivery, sustainability and team leadership.

What makes them great?

  • Proven savings delivery: Has delivered over £30m in finance-validated career savings, including around £5.5m on a £30m logistics contract and around £1.3m through tail-spend consolidation.
  • Strong growth and operational impact: Supported 13 NPD launches generating over £10m in revenue, reduced sampling lead times from 26 weeks to 3 weeks and helped launch European logistics operations 30% below budget.
  • Sustainability and resilience focus: Led recyclable and plastic-free packaging initiatives across 50+ countries, introduced dual sourcing for critical materials and improved supplier OTIF by 42% to an 85% average.

Areas of expertise

  • Global category management: Experienced in building 1–3 year category strategies, leading RFx processes, e-auctions, supplier segmentation and total cost of ownership modelling across direct and indirect spend.
  • Supplier performance and risk: Skilled in supplier relationship management, KPI frameworks, QBRs, service credits, dual sourcing, capacity planning and contingency strategies across complex international supply chains.
  • Procurement systems and governance: Hands-on experience rolling out contract management, spend analytics and e-Catalogue P2P tools to improve control, reduce maverick spend and support better decision-making.