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Procurement Lead
Nuaire
Caerphilly, UAE
Contract
Mid
Hybrid
4 weeks ago
ProcurementStrategic SourcingSupplier Relationship ManagementContract NegotiationCommodity StrategyCommercial Acumen
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About the Role
Nuaire seeks a Procurement Lead on a 2-year fixed-term contract to deliver strategic sourcing and commercial outcomes across commodity areas. You will develop commodity strategies, manage supplier relationships, and support new product introduction.
Key Skills for This Role
ProcurementStrategic SourcingSupplier Relationship ManagementContract NegotiationCommodity StrategyCommercial Acumen
Responsibilities
- Deliver effective commodity strategies that secure value for money, continuity of supply, and appropriate risk management
- Provide commercial leadership to supplier engagements, ensuring robust contracts, competitive outcomes, and balanced allocation of risk
- Support new product introduction and business change activity by providing timely, credible procurement input
- Maintain market, cost, and supply insight to anticipate and manage price volatility, capacity constraints, and external market influences
- Develop and manage the supplier base to ensure capability, capacity, performance, and alignment with business requirements
- Drive procurement performance through clear targets, meaningful data, and delivery of agreed commercial and functional KPIs
- Enable effective cross functional decision making by influencing stakeholders and aligning procurement activity to strategic and operational priorities
- Ensure accurate forecasting, reporting, and data integrity to support budgeting, planning, and commercial governance
- Enable delivery of sustainability and decarbonisation objectives by influencing supply decisions and embedding responsible sourcing practices
Requirements
- Experience of delivering strong commercial outcomes within a manufacturing or technically complex environment
- Experience of developing and deploying procurement or commodity strategies aligned to business objectives
- Capability to lead and execute supplier negotiations, including ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at senior level
- Understanding of technical documentation, drawings, specifications, and statements of work
- Capability to manage strategic supplier relationships, including contract negotiation, performance management, and commercial governance
- Understanding of global sourcing principles, including Incoterms and customs considerations
- Experience of managing multiple workstreams and priorities
- Commercial and financial acumen relating to sourcing, cost management, forecasting, and budget contribution
- Capability to analyse and interpret market, cost, risk, and supply data
- Proficiency in procurement systems, business systems, and data tools
- Willingness and ability to travel as required
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related discipline (desirable)
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The Role
- The Procurement Lead role is responsible for delivering strategic sourcing and commercial outcomes across defined commodity areas.
- Supports new product introduction, manufacturing, and distribution activities.
- Provides expert market insight, commercial challenge, and supplier relationship management.
Responsibilities
- Deliver effective commodity strategies that secure value for money, continuity of supply, and appropriate risk management.
- Provide commercial leadership to supplier engagements, ensuring robust contracts, competitive outcomes, and balanced allocation of risk.
- Support new product introduction and business change activity by providing timely, credible procurement input.
- Maintain market, cost, and supply insight to anticipate and manage price volatility, capacity constraints, and external market influences.
- Develop and manage the supplier base to ensure capability, capacity, performance, and alignment with business requirements.
- Drive procurement performance through clear targets, meaningful data, and delivery of agreed commercial and functional KPIs.
- Enable effective cross functional decision making by influencing stakeholders.
- Ensure accurate forecasting, reporting, and data integrity.
- Enable delivery of sustainability and decarbonisation objectives.
The Person Essential
- Experience of delivering strong commercial outcomes within a manufacturing or technically complex environment.
- Experience of developing and deploying procurement or commodity strategies.
- Capability to lead and execute supplier negotiations.
- Understanding of technical documentation, drawings, specifications, and statements of work.
- Capability to manage strategic supplier relationships.
- Understanding of global sourcing principles, including Incoterms and customs considerations.
- Experience of managing multiple workstreams and priorities.
- Commercial and financial acumen relating to sourcing, cost management, forecasting, and budget contribution.
- Capability to analyse and interpret market, cost, risk, and supply data.
- Experience of working effectively in a cross functional or matrix environment.
- Proficiency in the use of procurement systems, business systems, and data tools.
- Willingness and ability to travel as required.
The Person Desirable
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Professional procurement or supply chain qualification (e.g. MCIPS, SCIM, or equivalent).
- Experience within HVAC, electronics, or other technical manufacturing sectors.
- Capability or interest in mentoring or supporting the development of peers.
The Benefits
- 25 days holiday
- Pension contribution matched up to 8%
- Life Assurance 3x base salary
- Genuit sharesave scheme
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