Procurement Senior Specialist - Global Engineering Leader

Procurement Senior Specialist - Global Engineering & Industrial Leader

Locations: Manchester / Surrey / Yorkshire (Hybrid: 2 days per week on-site)

Salary: £55,000-£59,000 + 10% bonus + excellent benefits

Category Spend: c. £50m

Step into a dynamic, high-impact role within one of the world's most respected engineering organisations, renowned for innovation in chemicals, gases, and advanced manufacturing. This is your chance to shape a specialist, strategically significant procurement category within a global environment.

You'll lead the end-to-end procurement of special gases, packaged gases, electronic gases, and chemicals, combining strategic category management with hands on delivery. Expect to influence senior stakeholders, drive supplier performance, and lead critical commercial negotiations across EMEA.

If you're commercially sharp, ambitious, and ready to accelerate toward category leadership, this role offers depth, visibility, and genuine career progression.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies aligned to business goals, productivity targets, and risk mitigation.
• Drive value through cost optimisation, process improvement, and supplier innovation.
• Lead supplier relationship management, ensuring continuous improvement and resilience.
• Identify and onboard new suppliers to strengthen category competitiveness.
• Negotiate contracts, pricing, and commercial terms to deliver measurable benefits.
• Conduct market analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Maintain robust governance, compliance, and contract management practices.
• Oversee the full procurement lifecycle from sourcing to contract execution.
• Track supplier performance, managing KPIs and corrective actions as needed.
• Collaborate with supply chain, logistics, and operations teams to ensure business continuity.
• Engage with senior leaders across Finance, Operations, BU Heads, and Supply Chain to align priorities.
• Partner with EMEA/global procurement teams to leverage best practice and scale advantages.

About You

You're a proactive, curious, and commercially minded procurement professional with a solid foundation of experience and the drive to progress into a strategic category role.

Essential

• 3-5 years' direct procurement experience
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Proven ability across both tactical and strategic procurement activity
• Skilled negotiator with strong commercial awareness
• Comfortable working in a complex, fast paced environment
• Experience with international or multi regional suppliers

Desirable

• Experience within chemicals, special gases, or technical/engineering categories
• Degree or equivalent professional experience
• CIPS qualification (or currently studying)
• Familiarity with contract drafting and management
• Background in industrial, manufacturing, or engineering sectors

What's on Offer

• £55,000-£59,000 base salary
• 10% annual bonus
• Hybrid working (2 days on site per week)
• Occasional UK travel, minimal international travel
• Ownership of a specialist, high value procurement category
• Clear pathway to a senior procurement role

Why Join?

• Visibility: Direct access to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Growth: Structured development pathway into senior category management.
• Scale: Be part of a global procurement network recognised for best practice.
• Impact: Deliver projects that are measurable, commercial, and business critical.

Interview Process

• Initial call (30-45 mins): CV review, motivations, and initial capability check
• Final panel interview: Technical, behavioural, and scenario based assessment

Ready to take the next step?

If you're ambitious, commercially astute, and excited to own a high value technical category within a global engineering organisation, this could be your perfect next move.

Apply now to build your procurement career with a world class organisation.