Regional Procurement Manager

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About the role

We're now looking for an experienced Procurement Manager to lead procurement activities across our UK Services business. This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll manage a team of Category Buyers and Purchasing Administrators, influence procurement strategy, and help shape the future of our supply chain operations.

Key Duties:

• Lead, develop and mentor a team of Category Buyers and Purchasing Administrators.
• Implement category strategies that support business growth and operational excellence.
• Drive supplier consolidation and standardisation opportunities across the UK service network.
• Negotiate competitive supplier agreements, rebates and commercial terms.
• Build strategic supplier partnerships that improve service, quality and cost performance.
• Act as a senior escalation point for supplier-related challenges.
• Monitor supplier performance, delivery metrics and procurement KPIs.
• Identify cost-saving and value-improvement opportunities through benchmarking and market analysis.
• Partner with stakeholders across operations, engineering, finance and leadership teams to support business objectives.
• Champion compliance, procurement governance and continuous improvement initiatives.

What We're Looking For:

We're interested in speaking with procurement professionals who combine strong commercial capability with proven leadership experience.

You'll ideally bring:

• Procurement experience within engineering, manufacturing, industrial services or a related technical environment.
• Proven experience developing, implementing and embedding category-based procurement strategies across multiple spend areas, driving supplier optimisation, cost reduction, risk mitigation and long-term value creation.
• Experience leading and developing procurement teams.
• Strong supplier management and negotiation expertise.
• Commercial acumen with the ability to balance cost, quality and operational requirements.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders and influencing decision making.
• A proactive and strategic approach to driving change and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of SAP and/or D365 would be advantageous.

What we offer you

• A remote home based role with travel across regions
• A competitive basic salary
• Annual personal bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• Company Car/Allowance
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days annual leave.
• Defined pension contributions.
• Access to Medicash helping you cover everyday health costs like dental optical and physiotherapy plus a range of wellbeing perks.
• Confidential support via Employee Assistance Programmes.
• Access to discounts on shopping entertainment lifestyle plus opportunity to apply for Costco membership.
• Discounted personal car leasing for you your family and friends.
• Long Service Awards celebrating your commitment.
• Continuous learning opportunities through Sulzer Learning Pathways.
• As a Silver Award holder of the MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, we welcome and support veterans, reservists and Cadet Adult Volunteers with policies for training, camps and deployment, plus a growing internal military network.

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

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