# Head of Procurement (Global)

> Universal Business Team · Fareham, United Kingdom · Full-time · Posted 2026-05-06

**Salary:** GBP 100,000–100,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** KW

## Description

**Head of Procurement (Global)**

**Location**: Fareham, Hamshire, UK, with travel to North America, Europe and Southeast Asia

**Salary:** Up to £100k (negotiable) with Profit related bonus

**Description  
**

Our client is an innovative, industry-leading manufacturer serving the construction, industrial, and rail sectors is seeking a **Head of Procurement** to join their growing team and align with their 5 year growth strategy. This is a newly created role offering the chance to work with cutting-edge products in a purpose-led business that values integrity, passion, excellence and respect. You will be primarily based in their offices in **Fareham**, however, the role does require global travel.

Reporting to theCOO, The Head of Procurement will build and lead a strategic, globally aligned procurement function to support their growth ambitions.

This role will transform procurement into a core strategic capability, enabling the business to scale to £70m+ supply chain capacity with strong cost control, supplier resilience and operational reliability.

The successful candidate will develop a data-led, commercially driven procurement model, aligned to product strategy and global expansion across the UK, Europe and North America.  
  
As the business enters a significant growth phase, there is a need to build on the current procurement foundations to support future scale and complexity  

**Key Responsibilities**

**Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Partnerships**

-   Develop and deliver a global sourcing strategy aligned to growth
-   Build long-term, strategic supplier relationships
-   Implement dual sourcing across key product categories
-   Partner with R&D to optimise product cost, design and scalability

**Commercial, Contracts and Cost Optimisation**

-   Lead commercial negotiations to deliver cost and margin improvements
-   Own supplier contracts, terms and conditions and commercial frameworks
-   Protect IP, tooling and manufacturing rights
-   Drive a commercial procurement culture focused on value

**Supply Chain Capacity and Planning**

-   Develop a supply chain model capable of supporting £70m+ output
-   Ensure supplier capacity aligns with business growth
-   Balance cost, capacity and risk across regions

**Inventory and Logistics Strategy**

-   Own global inventory strategy (stock days, availability vs working capital)
-   Oversee inbound logistics and freight
-   Improve visibility of stock, supply flow and lead times

**Data, Systems and AI**

-   Build a data-led procurement function
-   Own the procurement side of ERP/MRP (e.g. NetSuite)
-   Develop reporting across cost, supplier performance and stock
-   Embed data and AI tools to improve decision-making

**Risk, ESG and Compliance**

-   Manage supply chain risk and resilience
-   Reduce dependency on single suppliers or regions
-   Ensure procurement aligns with ESG and compliance standards

**Team Leadership and Cross-Functional Alignment**

-   Lead and develop the procurement team
-   Build a high-performance, commercially focused culture
-   Work closely with R&D, Finance, Sales and Operations to ensure alignment

**Indirect Procurement (Phased)**

-   Introduce structure and control across non-product spend (e.g. energy, fleet, insurance)
-   Identify opportunities to improve commercial outcomes
-   Implement a phased approach alongside core priorities

## Requirements

-   Senior procurement or strategic sourcing leadership experience

-   Track record of delivering cost savings and supplier performance improvement
-   Experience operating across international supply chains
-   Background in manufacturing or product based environments
-   Strong commercial negotiator
-   Strategic thinker with the ability to build scalable supply models
-   Data-driven, with interest or experience in AI-enabled decision making
-   Able to operate at both strategic and hands on levels
-   Proactive, solution-oriented and commercially driven
-   Challenges constructively and raises standards
-   Collaborative, with strong stakeholder management skills
-   Comfortable operating in a growing, evolving business

## Benefits

-   Salary- Up to £100,00 (Negotiable)
-   Profit related bonus
-   Other benefits are negotiable

## Apply

[Apply at Universal Business Team](https://apply.workable.com/ubteam/j/66151D51FF/apply)

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