Procurement Lead

Procurement Lead

Location: Camberley Reporting to: Procurement Manager Travel: Up to 20% domestic, 10% European

We are seeking an experienced procurement professional (Procurement Lead) to manage electrical and electronic commodities within a regulated environment. In this pivotal role, you will take ownership of a portfolio of commodities—initially focusing on Electronic, Electrical and connected items—ensuring suppliers deliver to standards required by our customers and internal stakeholders.

What You’ll Be Doing

As our Procurement Lead, you will:

• Select and onboard new suppliers aligned with our commodity strategy.
• Provide timely pricing and lead-time responses to support customer quotations.
• Negotiate and award supplier contracts, ensuring full compliance with commercial, planning, scheduling and New Product Introduction requirements.
• Validate and verify new supplier parts to ensure quality and compliance.
• Support the Materials and Planning team with ongoing purchasing and issue resolution.
• Work closely with suppliers, engineering and production to drive swift resolution of quality concerns.
• Moniteded.
• Ensure supplier adherence to ISO9001 and other relevant standards.
• Support cost estimation and ensure financial accuracy according to company standards.

What Success Looks Like

• Consistently meeting cost, quality and delivery performance metrics.
• Strong customer service mindset and reliable continuity of supply.
• High-quality supplier relationships and measurable performance improvement.

About You

You Must Have:

• Experience managing Electronic, Electrical or related commodities in a regulated, design r-esponsible environment.
• Strong understanding of engineering requirements and supplier flow-down.
• Ability to audit suppliers and coach them through improvement initiatives.
• Skilled negotiator with strong analytical capability.
• Confident communicator able to simplify complex issues into clear summaries.
• Proficiency with MS Office (especially Excel).
• Ability to travel (20% domestic, 10% European).
• Full, clean driving licence.

You Should Have:

• Experience in regulated sectors (Nuclear, Defence, Oil & Gas, etc.).
• Knowledge of Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA).
• Basic financial understanding.
• Experience managing supplier quality issues.
• CIPS Level 3+ (or working towards).
• Experience in a design-and-build manufacturing organisation.

It Would Be Great If You Also Have:

• Understanding of international trade rules.
• Experience with MRP2, Lean MRP or Demand-Driven Supply Chain concepts.
• ISO9001 Internal Auditor qualification.

You’re Likely to Be Someone Who:

Takes initiative and drives tasks to completion.

Is resilient, adaptable and comfortable managing multiple priorities.

Enjoys solving problems and seeing the bigger picture.

Builds strong relationships and communicates with clarity.

Learns quickly and thrives in changing environments.

If you’re ready to make a real impact in a dynamic and growing organisation, please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you would be an ideal candidate. No agencies.