Senior Strategic Procurement Manager in Coventry

The Job

As the Senior Strategic Procurement Manager, you will lead procurement activities across production, indirect and capital expenditure spend.

Your role involves ensuring goods and services are sourced effectively to meet cost, quality and delivery requirements, managing supplier performance, and driving continuous improvement and supply chain resilience.

Benefits

• Performance rewards – discretionary bonus opportunities
• Flex your day – flexible start and finish times (subject to manager approval and operational needs)
• Time to recharge – 25 days’ holiday plus 8 bank holidays, with the option to buy more through our Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Support for Defence – two weeks’ paid leave for Reservists and Cadets, plus paid leave for Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs)
• Future security – competitive pension scheme, 9% combined employer/employee contributions
• Peace of mind – life cover at 3x base salary
• Health & wellbeing first – BHSF Cash Healthcare Plan to support everyday health costs
• Grow with us – career development and advancement opportunities within a global business
• Supportive environment – a team culture built on innovation, collaboration, and purpose

Responsibilities

• Leadership and team management
• Lead and develop the procurement function, setting clear direction and ensuring strategic and operational objectives are delivered.
• Drive a high-performance culture of accountability and continuous improvement across the team.
• Provide senior oversight of procurement activity across direct, indirect and capital expenditure spend, ensuring effective governance and prioritisation.
• Act as the senior escalation point for non-project procurement issues, resolving blockers quickly and in line with business priorities.
• Strategic sourcing and supplier management
• Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies that balance cost, risk, quality and continuity of supply.
• Provide senior oversight of supplier selection and onboarding against defined commercial and technical criteria.
• Establish and govern service level agreements with key suppliers, ensuring measurable performance and clear accountability.
• Lead supplier relationship management and performance improvement activity, ensuring issues are resolved and sustainable improvements are delivered.
• Call off contract management and governance
• Lead the development and governance of call off contract frameworks and processes, ensuring structured and controlled execution across the business.
• Oversee the conversion of demand, including MRP and forecast requirements, into controlled call off orders through QAD.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, commercial and pricing structures across all call off activity.
• Hold suppliers accountable for performance against call off commitments and service level agreements, taking appropriate action where performance falls below expectations.
• Commercial and contractual management
• Lead complex and high value supplier negotiations to secure strong commercial outcomes.
• Develop and manage robust supply contracts that protect the business, support operational delivery and reduce commercial risk.
• Provide senior commercial guidance on supplier agreements, pricing structures and contractual matters.
• Deliver measurable cost savings, cost avoidance and working capital improvements.
• Operational procurement execution
• Hold overall procurement accountability for the timely availability of materials and services needed to support operational demand.
• Provide senior oversight of ERP and MRP activity through QAD, ensuring strong procurement discipline and accurate data.
• Govern the release of call off orders against agreed framework arrangements.
• Lead alignment between procurement, planning, production and other key stakeholders to ensure demand and supply requirements are understood and managed effectively.

Qualifications

• Significant experience operating in a senior procurement leadership role within a manufacturing or engineering environment, with responsibility for both strategic and operational delivery.
• Proven experience leading and developing a procurement team, setting clear direction and holding experienced team members accountable for performance.
• Strong experience using ERP and MRP systems to manage demand, strengthen purchasing discipline and maintain accurate procurement data. Experience using QAD would be desirable.
• A proven track record of leading complex supplier negotiations and managing commercial agreements that deliver strong outcomes and protect continuity of supply.
• Experience managing direct, indirect and capital expenditure procurement, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and maintain effective governance.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical capability, with evidence of using data to improve performance, reduce cost, manage risk and support senior decision making.
• Demonstrable experience influencing directors and senior stakeholders on procurement strategy, supplier performance and commercial risk.
• Experience improving procurement processes, governance and team capability within a growing or changing business.
• Experience using AI tools, or a willingness to learn and apply them within the role.
• Assessment

As part of the interview process, you may be asked to deliver a short presentation on a procurement challenge relevant to the role.

Legal & Employment Statements

NP Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, colour, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business needs.

Data

Privacy: NP Aerospace respects the privacy of all applicants.

Personal information provided during the application process will be treated in accordance with our privacy policy and applicable data protection laws.

When successful, you will be required to sign the Official Secrets Act and successfully pass the necessary checks before you can begin employment with NP Aerospace.

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