European Procurement & Supply Chain Director
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European Procurement & Supply Chain Director
£160,000 to £185,000 plus benefits, LTIPs, bonus & package
📍London (Hybrid - 3 days pw)
Our Client
A highly regarded multi-branded food services business across Europe, involving a number of premium restaurant concepts and well established QSR brands. The environment is fast-paced, collaborative, and commercially focused, offering significant exposure to multiple markets and cross-border operations.
Purpose of the Role
This is a senior leadership opportunity to build and lead a pan-European Supply Chain function; procurement, sourcing, distribution, and central production.
The role is focused on creating a high-performing, commercially driven capability that delivers long-term cost competitiveness, operational resilience, and strategic value across a diverse portfolio. You will be responsible for shaping and scaling a best-in-class supply architecture that supports growth, integration, and sustainable differentiation.
Responsibilities include:
- Forming procurement category strategies, building scalable spend analytics, and delivering measurable cost advantages across multiple markets.
- Driving procurement synergies across brands, strengthening indirect spend management, and leading senior supplier relationships.
- Designing and implementing a multi-partner distribution network while ensuring supplier diversification and risk mitigation.
- Establishing governance forums, develop supply chain talent across the portfolio, and build a unified operating system to enable consistency, transparency, and performance.
- You will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure the supply chain is profitable, sustainable and at the forefront of innovation in the food sector
- Investigate team structures and hire additional headcount into the centralised supply chain team to help support with long term strategies.
Required Experience
- Proven experience in food supply chain or procurement across multiple countries in Europe
- Strong track record of delivering cost optimisation, supplier strategy, and large-scale transformation initiatives
- Experience managing complex, multi-category spend (e.g. food & beverage, consumables, equipment, indirects)
- Demonstrated ability to build and scale supply chain functions or operating models within a multi-entity or portfolio environment
- Deep understanding of distribution networks, supplier ecosystems, and risk management strategies
- Strong commercial acumen with P&L responsibility and experience aligning operations with investment or business strategy
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at executive and board level
Please contact Jordan Collins for more details ; jordan.collins@talentpoolcompany.com - applicants will be reviewed from 20th April onwards
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