Head of Procurement

Escape is working in partnership with a long-established manufacturing organisation who have 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.