Head of Procurement - Indirect
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £80,000 to £85,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Nuneaton |
| Cwmni: | Unipart Group |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 1727 |
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Head of Procurement - Indirect
Nuneaton
£80,000 to £85,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme,
wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
As our Head of Procurement – Indirect, you will lead and manage the procurement of indirect goods and services for our operations
in logistics, manufacturing, and distribution. You will have a strong background in procurement strategy, contracting, supplier
relationship management, cost optimisation, and improving the overall stakeholder experience across a diverse range of indirect
categories. Additionally, you will provide expert procurement guidance and insights to senior stakeholders across the business
as needed.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Be accountable for the strategy, contracting and performance for all strategic suppliers on behalf of Unipart (inc. all
subsidiary UK and overseas operations)
* Ensure that relevant category strategies are in place and delivering value, whilst managing supply chain risks in order to
minimise impact for Unipart
* Manage a team of Procurement Managers and give advice and guidance to the immediate and greater procurement team
* Provide internal consultancy on strategic procurement opportunities
* Work with internal stakeholders closely such as legal, finance, commercial, HR, bids and peers in procurement to drive
alignment and maximise opportunities
* Work with the other Procurement teams to deliver KPIs and other duties such as supporting supplier development activities and
escalation of issues from operations
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* CIPS degree or equivalent in purchasing and supply with strategic sourcing experience
* Strong commercial awareness with proven commercial and negotiation experience and sound financial acumen
* Ability to deliver to targets and timescales and to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
* Ability to build strong, credible, strategic relationships with both internal and external contacts
* A high degree of initiative with advanced decision making and problem solving capability
* Excellent communication skills and ability to influence at senior management levels
* Experience of working with risk management frameworks
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.
Head of Procurement - Indirect
Nuneaton
£80,000 to £85,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme,
wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
As our Head of Procurement – Indirect, you will lead and manage the procurement of indirect goods and services for our operations
in logistics, manufacturing, and distribution. You will have a strong background in procurement strategy, contracting, supplier
relationship management, cost optimisation, and improving the overall stakeholder experience across a diverse range of indirect
categories. Additionally, you will provide expert procurement guidance and insights to senior stakeholders across the business
as needed.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Be accountable for the strategy, contracting and performance for all strategic suppliers on behalf of Unipart (inc. all
subsidiary UK and overseas operations)
* Ensure that relevant category strategies are in place and delivering value, whilst managing supply chain risks in order to
minimise impact for Unipart
* Manage a team of Procurement Managers and give advice and guidance to the immediate and greater procurement team
* Provide internal consultancy on strategic procurement opportunities
* Work with internal stakeholders closely such as legal, finance, commercial, HR, bids and peers in procurement to drive
alignment and maximise opportunities
* Work with the other Procurement teams to deliver KPIs and other duties such as supporting supplier development activities and
escalation of issues from operations
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* CIPS degree or equivalent in purchasing and supply with strategic sourcing experience
* Strong commercial awareness with proven commercial and negotiation experience and sound financial acumen
* Ability to deliver to targets and timescales and to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
* Ability to build strong, credible, strategic relationships with both internal and external contacts
* A high degree of initiative with advanced decision making and problem solving capability
* Excellent communication skills and ability to influence at senior management levels
* Experience of working with risk management frameworks
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.