Escape is working in partnership with a long-established manufacturing organisation who has created a new role for a Head of Procurement to lead and develop their purchasing function across multiple sites.
This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for managing a team, building strong supplier relationships, and ensuring materials and services are available to support production and business growth.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead, manage and develop multi-site purchasing teams
- Oversee all MRO and indirect spend, ensuring value and continuity of supply
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships
- Ensure timely availability of materials to support production and capital projects
- Drive improvements in processes, procedures and efficiency across the purchasing function
- Support the upgrade and optimisation of the MRP system
- Work closely with colleagues across operations, manufacturing, logistics and fleet
Candidate profile:
- Experienced procurement professional with a track record of leading teams
- Knowledge of manufacturing operations, materials planning and inventory control
- Strong supplier management and negotiation skills
- Experience with MRP systems and process improvement initiatives
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior procurement professional to make a real impact on a growing manufacturing business.