Your new company
A fast-paced, multi-site commercial organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Interim Procurement professional to take ownership of short-medium term procurement objectives and embed procurement best practice across the business. Operating on a stand-alone basis within a £100m+ spend environment, this is a high-impact assignment with full executive backing and a clear mandate to deliver change. Initially tasked with actively managing critical areas of spend and improving supplier collaboration/performance, this role will then be instrumental in building a procurement function that adds long-term value that leaves a lasting legacy through the introduction of robust processes, supplier strategies, and governance.

Your new role
Reporting into the senior leadership team, you will take ownership of all procurement activities across the business, with an initial focus on a significant fuel spend portfolio and wider supplier management activities. Key responsibilities will include:
Developing a robust approach across key areas of spend, including fuel and labour spend as critical, business priorities.
Developing and implementing a procurement operating model, processes, and governance framework
Reviewing and addressing unmanaged and off-contract expenditure across the organisation
Consolidating a fragmented supplier base and delivering commercial efficiencies
Leading strategic negotiations and supplier engagement activities
Establishing contract management and supplier performance processes
Creating procurement policies, controls, and reporting mechanisms
Embedding a collaborative and commercially focused procurement culture
Delivering a sustainable handover plan for a longer-term procurement resource

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this assignment, you will have

Proven procurement experience, driving success within complex, fast-moving commercial organisations
Demonstrable experience of managing fuel spend
Strong strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation expertise with
A track record of delivering cost savings, supplier consolidation, and procurement governance improvements
Experience managing significant indirect or operational spend portfolios
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence at executive level
Strong commercial acumen and a pragmatic, hands-on approach
The ability to deliver results quickly within a fast-moving environment

What you'll get in return
Outside IR35 contract
Initial 6-month assignment
Significant autonomy and executive sponsorship
Opportunity to create and implement a procurement function from the ground up
Hybrid working with a minimum of three days per week on site
The chance to deliver visible, business-critical transformation

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