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Head of Procurement

Ref: 644514

Greater London

£100,000 | £450 per day

  • Permanent / Contract
  • Procurement Transformation
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Supply Chain Leadership

About the candidate

A senior procurement and supply chain leader with extensive experience building procurement functions, shaping commercial strategy and leading complex sourcing across FMCG, telecare, MedTech, materials science, technology, consumer products and experiential sectors. They bring a strong blend of executive leadership, product development and commercial procurement expertise, with a track record of partnering closely with C-suite teams, boards, founders and investors.

They are comfortable operating in both high-growth and enterprise-scale environments, covering direct, indirect, CAPEX, SaaS, hardware, professional services, OEM licensing and supplier risk management. Open to contract or permanent opportunities, they are available on one week’s notice.

What makes them great?

  • Proven cost optimisation: Delivered major savings including around 20–55% reductions across SaaS, professional services and off-the-shelf products, plus a 65% product cost reduction in an FMCG environment.
  • Strong commercial impact: Managed procurement spend of around £32m in a regulated telecare setting, aligned sourcing with EBITDA improvement and supported around £10m in forecast benefits.
  • Scale-up and growth experience: Co-founded and scaled a consumer products business from concept to over £6m peak sales across 35 countries, while securing around $3m in seed capital and building operational infrastructure.

Areas of expertise

  • Strategic sourcing and supplier management: Experienced in leading multi-category procurement across direct and indirect spend, including supplier selection, RFQs, contract negotiation, SLAs and long-term supply agreements.
  • Procurement transformation: Has built procurement functions, introduced governance frameworks and embedded structured supplier evaluation processes to improve control, visibility and decision-making.
  • Commercialisation and product-led procurement: Strong background supporting product development, NPI, manufacturing scale-up, COGS modelling, licensing frameworks and route-to-market planning.