AUSTIN MATLEY
Procurement Director
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Procurement Director | Plymouth | Confidential Appointment
Our client is a leading UK building safety and compliance business, backed by private equity and entering an exciting phase of acquisitive growth.
We are retained to appoint a Procurement Director to build and lead a new Group-wide procurement, supply chain and pricing function.
This is a genuine build-and-shape opportunity. Procurement, supplier relationships and pricing currently sit across multiple businesses, and the successful candidate will bring these together into a scalable Group capability.
The opportunity
You will:
- Build and lead the Group procurement and supply chain function
- Centralise and leverage Group spend to deliver measurable savings
- Own pricing across both supplier costs and customer-facing pricing
- Establish and negotiate Group-wide framework agreements
- Rationalise and strengthen the strategic supplier base
- Lead procurement and supply chain integration across acquisitions
- Own procurement synergies and provide clear reporting to the Board
- Build the systems, governance and commercial discipline required to support continued growth
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What we're looking for
An experienced Procurement, Supply Chain or Commercial Director / Head of with a track record of operating in a £100m+ or rapidly scaling organisation.
You will ideally have experience of:
- Centralising procurement within a devolved or multi-site business
- Buy-side and sell-side pricing
- Strategic supplier and framework negotiation
- M&A integration and synergy delivery
- Construction, building services, M&E, fire/building compliance, facilities management or a comparable sector
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You'll need to be commercially sharp, comfortable operating at Board level and equally capable of rolling up your sleeves to build the function and deliver results.
Location: Plymouth, with regional and international travel
This is an opportunity to build a function from the ground up, directly influence margin and value creation, and play a pivotal role in an ambitious PE-backed growth story.
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