<h2><strong>The role</strong></h2> <p>As an Associate Director, Procurement, you will report to the Procurement Director and own the strategy, performance, and people development for your category cluster.
This is a 12-month fixed-term position.
You will lead a team of Category Managers, set the direction for supplier relationships and commercial outcomes, and operate as the senior point of escalation across operational and strategic procurement challenges.
</p> <p>This is a role for a procurement professional who is equally comfortable in a negotiation room with a strategic supplier, a governance forum with senior cross-functional leaders, and a development conversation with a direct report.
You will act as a connector between your team's day-to-day work and the broader supply chain strategy and as a builder of capability, process, and relationships that outlast the current planning cycle.
</p> <h2> </h2> <h2><strong>What you’ll do</strong></h2> <p><strong>Strategy & Category Leadership</strong></p> <ul> <li>Define and own the multi-year category strategy for your cluster sourcing model, supplier segmentation, risk posture, and cost ambition and present that strategy coherently to Director-level stakeholders.
</li> <li>Translate market intelligence (commodity dynamics, seasonality, geopolitical risk, supply constraints) into actionable procurement decisions and communicate them with clarity and confidence.
</li> <li>Lead cross-category standardization and process improvement initiatives, identifying leverage across the broader portfolio where applicable.
</li> </ul> <p><strong>Supplier Relationships & Partnerships</strong></p> <ul> <li>Build and steward the most strategically important supplier relationships in your cluster, including joint investment plans, multi-year contracts, and structured partnership governance.
</li> <li>Lead or oversee tender processes end-to-end — from strategy and data-pack through to award, contract, and supplier briefing at pa.