Procurement Director

1st Executive Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - GBP 125,000; Full time

Job description

I have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Director to join a dynamic, fast growing sports and entertainment business in a newly created role.

As Procurement Director in this fast paced start up, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the business's future, owning the global procurement strategy and leading a function that directly influences financial performance, risk, and long-term sustainability.

This is a highly visible leadership role, partnering closely with the Executive Team to inform major investment decisions, build strategic supplier partnerships, and embed procurement as a true value-driving discipline across the organisation, drawing on strong commercial and infrastructure-led procurement principles and translating them into a fast-moving environment

• Develop and lead the procurement function across all indirect spend categories including the application of robust infrastructure and construction-based procurement disciplines across relevant spend categories.
• Lead procurement strategy and commercial oversight for infrastructure, venue build, and event-related delivery, with direct leadership of the Senior Quantity Surveyor, ensuring strong cost control, scope discipline, and commercial governance.
• Act as the enterprise-wide authority on procurement, commercial sourcing, and supplier strategy, influencing the strategic direction at executive level and advising on major investments, supplier partnerships, routes to market, and commercial risk.
• The role would suit someone from an SME background where you have been both the strategic driver as well as hands on operations.
• Broad experience in Indirect categories including IT, Marketing, Travel, FM, Construction/ Engineering