My client, a global private equity investment firm, is looking for an Associate, Procurement. The Associate Procurement will be based out of the London office.

The Associate, Procurement will be responsible for leading all major sourcing projects, they will also provide guidance & partner with the broader firm on all procurement matters.

They will educate the Firm on the benefits of procurement to raise the profile of procurement, assisting stakeholders across both pre and post-contracts.

They will work collaboratively with the department leaders to obtain the best possible outcomes. Negotiating commercial terms, reviewing contracts and onboarding new suppliers. They will design and draft RFI & RFP documentation with the wider Firm.

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience across technology, sourcing, and procurement in a very interesting sector.

Responsibilities required:

• Implementing and delivering Global Procurement policy
• End to End sourcing activities including contract management
• Presenting and providing business cases to senior leaders up to Board level
• Raising the profile of procurement Firmwide
• Making savings and adding value
• Contract drafting and negotiation,
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Global procurement experience, ideally in a multinational
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• Ability to draft board packs and business cases
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, intellectually curious
• Demonstrate you are a team player and a good networker who will add value to any team.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/8094.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

My Client a leading Technology organisation is currently looking for a specialist Category Manager across Professional Services, Subcontracts & Indirect services. The Category Manager will report to the Head of indirect Procurement helping internal stakeholders gain best value from their spend portfolio.  You will join the current team in delivering strategic and tactical procurement projects in Subcontract, Professional Services & indirect categories.

You will work closely with the business to run tendering processes, contract negotiations and ongoing vendor management.  You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. 

Skills required:

• Sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of subcontracts, professional services & indirects
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Experience of developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Experience working in blue chip organisations.
• Ideally educated to degree level
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/8057.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

Is finding strategic value in Marketing & Martech spend a passion of yours? Then bring your experience with you to Global Technology Firm!

My client a leading FTSE 100 Tech Firm is currently looking for a Global Category Lead - Marketing.  The Category Lead - Marketing will report to the Head of Procurement – Corporate Services helping internal stakeholders gain best value from their Marketing contract portfolio. 

You will work closely with senior marketing stakeholders & their leadership team across the organisation and run tendering processes, marketing contract negotiations and ongoing vendor management.  You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience marketing, sourcing and procurement in an exciting sector.

Skills required:

• Marketing sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of ATL, BTL, Digital, Media and Print
• Negotiate and draft contract agreements to achieve the delivery of significant annual cost reduction and cost avoidance benefit
• Expertise in Contract drafting and negotiation, ideally with the CIPS contract law module
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Experience of developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Demonstrable experience across procurement and supplier management,  
• Martech & Marketing sourcing knowledge and experience.
• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent and MCIPS
• Excellent leadership and people management skills.  The ability to coach and develop.
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/8044.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

Our client a leading FTSE 250 Information Technology company is looking for an influential procurement professional to improve and drive best practice across their procurement portfolio. The main categories of focus will be IT/Technology Services.

The culture of the company is open, professional, and accountable. This individual will have the responsibility of evolving and implementing strategic sourcing and category management. In addition, this individual will have experience influencing and educating busy senior managers about best practice procurement.  

You will have experience working within a developed procurement function; rapidly sourcing information, engaging with key stakeholders, analysing spend, creating workable processes and policies to result in tangible cost reductions and more strategic procurement with a focus on a number of different spends across IT & Technology.

 The ability to demonstrate the value of strategic procurement to the key stakeholders and provide evidence of cost savings via a more considered purchasing plan. 

Key Skills:

• Manage contract performance of key suppliers, measuring performance and driving better supplier delivery in collaboration with internal stakeholders

• Experience in a category management role, e.g., end-to-end sourcing and supplier management for IT & Technology spend

• Ability to and evidence of rapidly coming to strong commercial conclusions

• IT Procurement experience.

• Experienced in creating formal strategic procurement plans for an established function.

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

• Skilled negotiator specifically.

• Ability to and experience in influencing commercial decisions at board level

• Strong Excel and IT skills are essential,

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/8026.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs.

Our client a leading FTSE 250 Information Technology company is looking for an influential procurement professional to improve and drive best practice across their procurement portfolio. The main categories of focus will be Corporate Services.

The culture of the company is open, professional, and accountable. This individual will have the responsibility of evolving and implementing strategic sourcing and category management. In addition, this individual will have experience influencing and educating busy senior managers about best practice procurement.  

You will have experience working within a developed procurement function; rapidly sourcing information, engaging with key stakeholders, analysing spend, and creating workable processes and policies to result in tangible cost reductions and more strategic procurement with a focus on a number of different spends across direct and indirect.

 The ability to demonstrate the value of strategic procurement to the key stakeholders and provide evidence of cost savings via a more considered purchasing plan. 

Key Skills:

• Manage contract performance of key suppliers, measuring performance and driving better supplier delivery in collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Experience in a category management role, e.g., end-to-end sourcing and /or supplier management for a specific category of indirect spend
• Ability to and evidence of rapidly coming to firm commercial conclusions
• Indirect/ Procurement experience.
• Experienced in creating formal strategic procurement plans for an established function.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Skilled negotiator specifically.
• Ability to and experience in influencing commercial decisions at the board level
• Strong Excel and IT skills are essential,

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/8025.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs.

A Head of Engineering is sought for a technology manufacturing company. Permanent role, to be based on-site, in West Suffolk, on a full-time basis. Competitive salary with excellent benefits including car allowance, pension, bonus + more

The Head of Engineering Leads Hardware and Software engineering teams to deliver the group NPD (new product development) strategy, develop their capability to meet key deliverables, and act as a change agent for innovation, bringing a commercial and customer-centric mindset to the function.

Collaborating with Customers to understand their needs so they can be engineered into automated and manual product ranges and with Product Managers, you will ensure that the company's and customers’ objectives are aligned with, and built into the technology strategy.

As an expert in manufactured hardware and software engineering, you will help drive long-term automated manufacturing solutions that support increased sales and growing market share.

What you’ll be doing

• Leadership and management of multi-disciplined, hardware and software Engineering teams,
• Global new process technology development and implementation for manufacturing sites
• Identify automated technical product improvements
• Partner with manufacturing sites and third-party suppliers to manage new technical developments
• Identify and resolve technical engineering problems that arise in manufacturing facilities
• Manage Software Test as a function, ensuring high quality for all New Products
• Management of the NPI programme in line with cost and quality targets
• Define the annual Engineering budget, manage expenditure
• Train employees to engage with customers and develop key client relationships
• Assure that all safety, regulatory and ESG measures are met

Whom we are looking for:

• Successful applicants will have a proven record of senior-level accomplishment within a similarly high-value, low-volume complex engineering and manufacturing operation.
• Success in leading hardware and software Engineering teams
• Proven ability to manage complex, multidisciplinary engineering projects
• Up to date with engineering innovations including Automation, Robotics, AI etc.
• Demonstrable history of successfully developing and motivate teams
• Extensive NPD and NPI management, able to develop relationships with customers and suppliers
• Ideally possess a relevant engineering degree
• You will already be based in the UK, are eligible to remain on an indefinite basis
• Willing to work onsite, full time.

What’s on offer? Competitive Salary, + car allowance, Bonus, Medical Insurance, Pension etc

Langley is exclusively retained to manage this process on behalf of our client, full disclosure of salary and package will be provided to those applicants who are verbally contacted during shortlisting.  

My Client an FTSE 100 Technology organisation is currently looking for a Global Professional Services Category Manager. The Global Professional Services Category Manager will report to the Procurement Director helping internal stakeholders gain best value from their professional services, & HR portfolio.  

The Category Lead will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. It is an exciting time to join the business.

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience technology, sourcing and procurement in a very interesting sector.

Skills required:

• Sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of consultancy, legal, tax, HR and Audit
• Expertise in Contract drafting and negotiation, ideally with the CIPS contract law module
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Experience of the project lifecycle, contract implementations.
• Experience of developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Ideally educated to MBA or equivalent and MCIPS
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.
• Demonstrate you are a team player and a good networker who will add value to any team.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/7994.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

My client, an FTSE 100 Technology organisation is currently looking for a specialist Global Marketing Sourcing Manager.  The Global Marketing Sourcing Manager will report to the Procurement Director, helping internal stakeholders gain the best value from their Marketing contract portfolio. 

You will work closely with a number of global CMOs across the organisation and run tendering processes, marketing contract negotiations and ongoing vendor management.  You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. 

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience marketing, sourcing and procurement in a very interesting sector.

Skills required:

• Marketing sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of ATL, BTL, Digital, Media and Print
• Expertise in Contract drafting and negotiation, ideally with the CIPS contract law module
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges, and opportunities. 
• Experience in developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent and MCIPS
• Excellent leadership and people management skills.  The ability to coach and develop.
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/7993.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing fields.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

My Client a leading Media organisation is currently looking for a specialist IT Category Lead. The IT Category Lead will report to the Head of Procurement helping internal stakeholders gain best value from their IT contract portfolio.  You will join the current team in delivering strategic and tactical IT procurement projects in IT categories with an emphasis on cloud & digital.

You will work closely with the CTO/CIO to run tendering processes, IT contract negotiations and ongoing vendor management. You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. 

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience technology, sourcing and procurement in a very interesting sector.

Skills required:

• IT sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of software, Cloud & Digital
• Expertise in Contract drafting and negotiation, ideally with the CIPS contract law module
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Experience of the project lifecycle, IT implementations and life in IT departments
• Experience of developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Experience in the technology sector would be advantageous but not essential
• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent and MCIPS
• Excellent leadership and people management skills.  The ability to coach and develop.
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.
• Demonstrate you are a team player and a good networker who will add value to any team.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/7985.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

Do you have a passion for Managing the commercial and contractual aspects of complex engagements? If so bring your talents to one of the leading global professional services Firms!

Langley Search & Interim is working exclusively with a global professional services company to find two Commercial Contract Managers.

You should have the following:

• A deep understanding of how contracts work, including regulatory issues, ensuring SLAs & KPIs adhere to.
• Senior Supplier Relationship Management/ Contract Management experience in Financial Services or Corporate Services. You will have the knowledge & understanding of the way procurement/commercial teams operate in these sectors, their constraints, metrics, processes, mindsets & commercial strengths & weaknesses.
• Deep experience of working in SRM or Contract Management in senior roles in the Financials Services or Corporate Services sector.
• Strong interpersonal/influencing & communication skills at ‘C’ level both internally and externally. Assertive and articulate and can ‘pace & lead’ senior stakeholders with confidence leading to successful commercial outcomes
• A team player who is not interested in the glory.  Able to cope with ambiguity and balance conflicting priorities balancing workload to get the optimum outcomes.
• Be a proven strong strategic negotiator who can show you have developed new successful strategies and commercial models.  You will have delivered successful contracts with multi-million-pound value and criticality. An understanding of complex contracts including multi-entity/multi-country or global contracts may be advantageous.
• Able to have difficult conversations and get the required outcomes for the Firm.
• Of degree caliber, MBA and/or CIPS is desirable.

This role will be based out of Birmingham. Considerable flexibility around working location is offered.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/7963.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain, and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe, and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs