Head of Strategic Procurement – Property, FM & Capital Projects in City of London

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a senior procurement leader to take on a highly visible, European-wide position within a major international organisation undergoing significant growth and procurement transformation.

Operating across a diverse property portfolio, you will lead strategic category management across a broad range of spend, with particular exposure to Facilities Management, Property, Capital Projects and wider Indirect Procurement. This is a genuine leadership role combining category strategy, complex sourcing, senior stakeholder engagement and people management. You will manage a team of Procurement Managers across multiple European markets while personally leading some of the organisation’s most commercially significant procurement programmes.

Role Summary:

• Own and develop category strategies across major areas of European spend
• Lead complex, high-value strategic sourcing and supplier negotiations
• Manage and develop a team of Procurement Managers operating across multiple markets
• Build procurement engagement with senior operational, corporate and development stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to leverage spend across countries and business units
• Increase procurement influence across property development and capital investment programmes
• Develop strategic supplier relationships and strengthen supplier performance management
• Drive measurable savings, commercial value and improved service outcomes
• Support the continued development of procurement processes, governance, technology and ESG initiatives
• Work closely with senior procurement leadership to continue building a best-in-class European procurement function

We are looking for an established senior procurement professional with significant experience operating in complex, multi-site or multi-country organisations. You are likely to bring:

• Extensive strategic procurement and category management experience
• Previous leadership experience at Head of / Director level
• Strong experience within Facilities Management, Property, Capital Projects, Indirects or a closely related category
• Experience managing and developing procurement teams
• A strong track record of delivering significant, EBITDA-impacting savings
• Experience leading major tenders, commercial negotiations and supplier frameworks
• The credibility to influence senior stakeholders across operational and corporate functions
• European or international procurement experience
• Experience within Real Estate, Facilities Management, Hospitality, Construction or another asset-intensive environment would be particularly relevant

This is an opportunity to join a procurement function with significant executive backing and play a major role in shaping how procurement operates across a rapidly growing European business.