Senior Procurement Manager - Indirect Categories

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Senior Procurement Manager - Indirect Categories

Strategic Leadership | £500m+ Indirect Spend | High-Performance Global Group

West Midlands (Hybrid - Regular HO Presence)

Very Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Bonus + Excellent Blue-Chip Benefits

Are you a degree-educated, MCIPS-qualified procurement leader with the ambition and capability to step into a business-critical, succession-ready role within one of the UK's highest-performing industrial organisations?

We are representing a major UK business within a global FTSE/NYSE-listed group, now operating at S&P 500 scale and delivering exceptional year-on-year growth. Its UK procurement function is regarded internally as a benchmark for strategic procurement performance, commercial maturity, and value creation.

The organisation now seeks a Senior Procurement Manager - Indirect Categories to take ownership of a broad, complex and strategically significant portfolio exceeding £500m across Logistics, Fleet, FM, Estates and General Services, while influencing the wider 11-category model across the Group.

This is a rare opportunity with Head of Procurement-level scope and genuine future progression.

About the Role

You will act as the Procurement Director's strategic second-in-command, shaping and delivering procurement excellence across the full indirect categories landscape.

Your remit will include:

Strategic Leadership & Governance

Driving best-in-class category management across indirect categories
Embedding the 5-Step Sourcing Process, Gate Reviews and Category Roadmaps
Ensuring category plans reflect commercial insight, risk mitigation and business strategy
Strengthening governance discipline and analytical rigour across the team

Portfolio Ownership (c.£500m+)

Direct leadership of:

Logistics
Fleet
Facilities Management & Estates
General ServicesStrategic influence across additional categories including IT, Production Services, Packaging and Mobile Equipment.

Leadership & Capability Development

Leading and developing a team of Category Managers and ACMs
Coaching individuals at different levels of procurement career maturity
Uplifting commercial capability, critical thinking and stakeholder confidence
Ensuring the team consistently produces market-leading category strategies

Stakeholder Engagement

Influencing senior stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Supply Chain and Group Procurement
Balancing local needs with Group strategy
Acting as ambassador for procurement's value proposition across the business

This is a highly visible role within a fast-paced, commercially mature, data-driven environment that consistently delivers record financial performance.

About You

You will bring:

Academic & Professional Foundation

Degree educated
MCIPS (or equivalent strategic procurement qualification)

Career Background

A track record within blue-chip or multinational matrix organisations
Broad multi-category indirect procurement leadership
Experience overseeing large-scale spend portfolios (£100m+)
Strong governance and strategy experience
Evidence of delivering quantifiable commercial value

Leadership Capability

Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and uplift teams
Confidence to challenge constructively and raise performance standards
Emotional intelligence and resilience

Commercial & Strategic Strength

Strong analytics and commercial modelling
Ability to drive category strategies that deliver cost, value and risk benefits
Adaptive leadership within pace, change and ambiguity

Why This Opportunity Is Right for You

✓ You want breadth, scale and influence across £500m+ spend

✓ You enjoy transforming, coaching and uplifting teams

✓ You thrive in a high-performance, outcome-focused procurement environment

✓ You want to step into a succession-critical leadership role

✓ You are ambitious for future Director-level progression

✓ You want to work within a global group with structured career pathways

✓ You prefer hybrid working but value meaningful onsite leadership time

This Role Will Not Suit You If…

✗ You prefer narrow category specialism

✗ You lack experience in complex, blue-chip procurement environments

✗ You are uncomfortable challenging and influencing senior stakeholders

✗ You prefer transactional procurement rather than strategic leadership

✗ You cannot commit to regular presence in the West Midlands HO

✗ You do not enjoy coaching and capability uplift

The Package

Very competitive base salary
Annual bonus
Car allowance
Blue-chip benefits, private healthcare, pension, share options
Hybrid working (regular travel to Midlands HO). You can live anywhere in England however proximity to major road and rail networks would be logistically and practically advantageous so that you can regular travel to HO to engage with your team and senior stakeholders. Relocation assistance is also negotiable.
Strong internal talent development programmes and future career progression including Internationally

Apply Now

If you are an ambitious, commercially mature procurement leader seeking scale, visibility and long-term progression, we invite you to apply for this career-defining opportunity
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Location:
Birmingham
Salary:
£70,000 - £90,000 /annum + Car Allowance, Bonus + Benefits
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Manufacturing/Surveying

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