Interim Head of Procurement Operations – 11 Month FTC

We’re looking for an experienced Interim Head of Procurement Operations to join our Procurement team and keep our core processes running smoothly. You’ll bring confidence, clarity and practical leadership to a busy operational environment and helping us deliver a consistently high‑quality service.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a team of procurement professionals to deliver an excellent service
• Managing procurement systems, controls, user access and vendors
• Overseeing operational reporting, data quality and insight
• Driving improvements across processes, efficiency and compliance
• Partnering with Accounts Payable to strengthen P2P performance
• Guiding colleagues through change and embedding best practice
• Supporting issue resolution and stakeholder engagement across the business
• Ensuring a reliable, consistent and customer‑focused procurement service

Who we’re looking for:

• Strong experience in procurement operations within complex environments
• Solid understanding of P2P workflows, controls and procurement systems
• Confident people leader with experience coaching and supporting teams
• Skilled in data, KPIs, reporting and process improvement
• Comfortable delivering at pace and stepping into a hands‑on interim role
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills
• Change‑management experience with a practical, grounded approach

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience