Procurement Director – Europe

IPL Schoeller

Procurement Director overseeing strategy and sourcing at IPL Schoeller, developing procurement strategies and enhancing supplier performance in a fully remote capacity.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide Strategic Procurement Leadership – through the development and execution of a comprehensive procurement strategy ensuring an alignment with business goals whilst delivering spend optimization and value add.
Category and Supply Chain Strategy - Lead strategic procurement and subsequent categories, ensuring alignment with business and operational needs. Support long-term success by developing policies, processes, and systems that enhance procurement and category capabilities.
Supplier Relationship and Risk Management - Build and maintain strategic supplier partnerships to drive value and ensure compliance standards are met. Assess supply chain risks and develop resilient strategies to safeguard business continuity at minimal cost.
Cost Management and Financial Oversight – Monitor procurement category spend, strategically source and negotiate contracts, optimize the supply chain delivery to achieve financial targets and efficiencies.
Sustainability and Compliance - Integrate sustainable procurement practices, including GHG emissions assessment and environmentally responsible sourcing. Ensure compliance with labor, safety, environmental, and trade regulations across procurement activities to support IPL’s sustainability goals.
Stakeholder Collaboration - Collaborate with Supply Chain, Operations, and cross-functional teams to align procurement frameworks and priorities with business needs. Facilitate communication across teams to implement changes and drive improvements effectively.
Team Leadership and Development - Lead, coach, and mentor direct reports to foster high performance and continuous improvement. Conduct regular performance reviews and ensure team alignment with organizational values and objectives.
Performance Monitoring and Continuous Improvement – Establish and monitor KPIs to measure procurement category effectiveness and efficiency, establish protocols for corrective action and feedback. Drive continuous improvement initiatives and ensure the highest data integrity standards to support procurement operations and the decision-making process.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Professional certification (eg CIPs, ISM , EIPM etc)
Related bachelor's degree, or master’s degree in a related field preferred and/or prior experience as Procurement Director
Able to understand operational processes, customer requirements and technical attributes of the product range.
Commercially and financially astute; experience in multisite P&L management with clear ability to forecast, manage budgets and costs.
Strong Business Results Orientation: Ability to align procurement agenda with broader business parameters. Excellent business intuition.
Able to successfully lead and implement change, structure, and process and take a common-sense approach to encouraging continual cultural, technological, and operational transformation.
Experience of M&A led growth and integration with knowledge of how business is conducted on a global scale. Able to work effectively with senior leadership.
An inspiring leader who can attract and retain the key talent for the Division. Experience leading, coaching, building teams and mentoring highly skilled and experienced direct reports.
Comfortable working both at a strategic and a tactical level, with a demonstrated ability to be hands on and remain close to sales and operations.
ERP experience (IFS advantageous but not essential). Experience in a Private Equity (PE) environment is advantageous.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

strategic procurementcategory managementsupply chain strategycost managementfinancial oversightsustainability practicesrisk managementperformance monitoringKPI establishmentbudget management

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentstakeholder collaborationbusiness results orientationchange managementcommunicationcoachingmentoringproblem-solvingstrategic thinking

Certifications

CIPsISMEIPMrelated bachelor's degreemaster’s degree in related field