Director of Procurement

Director of Procurement We’re Quickline, and we believe everyone deserves great internet. Whoever you are, wherever you are and whatever you do online – our customers are at the heart of everything we do. So we’re on a mission to provide lightning fast, reliable broadband that reaches the places other providers leave behind. We are one of the UK’s fully funded Altnets. Our mission relies on a team full of inspiring, customer obsessed people, and we’re looking for a Director of Procurement to play a pivotal role in our transformation and growth. This is an opportunity for a leader who is energised by driving commercial excellence, thrives on building strong partnerships, and takes pride in creating long-term value. Could that be you? Here’s why you’ll love this role… -You will lead on our procurement transformation journey, with full ownership of our spend which is well in excess of £100m across 600 partners. – By establishing robust frameworks, you’ll hold suppliers accountable for delivery, cost, and quality, ensuring best-in-class outcomes. – With a focus on efficiency, you’ll champion digitisation and automation, maximising ROI from systems like Salesforce while streamlining processes. – Through leadership and mentoring, you’ll develop a high-performance team, building career pathways and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Here’s why you’ll be great in this role… – You will be an accomplished senior procurement leader with a proven background in customer-obsessed, high-growth organisations — ideally with exposure to private equity environments, challenger brands, or high-tech businesses where digitisation and automation are at the core. – Leveraging strong commercial acumen, you’ll excel in negotiations, cost control, and supplier accountability, consistently driving measurable savings. – Backed by experience in digitisation and automation, you’ll use technology to enhance visibility, governance, and efficiency across procurement. – As an influential leader, you’ll inspire cultural change, embedding cost-consciousness, customer focus, and best practice across the business. The benefits… – Pension – 5% employer / 5% employee contribution. – Health Cashback Scheme – Can claim back prescription, GP and optician charges, therapy allowance, private outpatient consultations, EAP, 24/7 remote GP service, member discounts. – 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, your birthday, house move and wedding day off. – Option to buy up to 3 additional days annual leave – High Street Shopping Discount Scheme – Holidays, food and drink, insurance, sport, tech, high street, Ikea, M&S, cinema etc. – Free Parking on site. – Regular ‘Lunch & Learns’ – Social Events – Summer and End of Year parties etc. – Customer Obsessed Awards – Regular opportunities to win! Note to agencies – Quickline have an internal recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from any source other than directly from a candidate via our Applicant Tracking System (“ATS”). Any unsolicited CVs sent to Quickline, via the Quickline careers email address, directly to Quickline employees or managers, will be considered Quickline property and Quickline are free to contact those prospective candidates directly with zero financial repercussions. For further information refer to our careers page. Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role #LI-Hybrid