Global Ingredients Procurement Lead | Iconic Multi-Brand FMCG Leader | West London (Hybrid) | £90k + £7k Car Allowance + 15% Bonus
4 days ago
City of London
Global Ingredients Procurement Lead | Iconic Multi-Brand FMCG Leader | West London (Hybrid) | £90k + £7k Car Allowance + 15% Bonus To apply & learn more, please contact Oskar – Are you ready to own a globally critical ingredients & food commodities portfolio for one of the most recognisable FMCG groups in the world? This is a rare chance to step into a high-impact, centre-led procurement leadership role within a truly iconic multi-brand powerhouse. You’ll guide global strategy across a £200m+ spend portfolio of essential food ingredients that power products millions of people consume daily. In this global remit, you’ll be the strategic heartbeat behind category direction, market positioning, supplier strategy and risk cover partnering with regions across 10+ international markets and influencing senior leaders across the business. Why This Role Stands Out: • Lead a globally significant spend category where your decisions shape global supply, commodity risk cover and long-term value creation., • Become the trusted commercial advisor to regional leadership teams and play a key role in the evolution of a centre-led procurement model. What You’ll Be Doing: • Design and drive a unified global ingredients & food commodities strategy/, • Partner with regional leaders to deliver consistency on specification, value, cost and supply., • Identify new opportunities across global sourcing markets and introduce challenger thinking., • Provide executive-level assurance around market risk, sustainability and supply continuity., • Champion a collaborative, centre-led procurement approach that people across the world want to follow. What you’ll bring • 7+ years’ experience in procurement, food commodities, raw materials, ingredients, or broader commercial buying., • A proven ability to influence without authority across matrixed, multinational environments., • Strong commercial judgement, ideally with commodity or agricultural market knowledge., • A relationship-led, collaborative style that brings people on the journey, not via mandate., • Curiosity, resilience and the ability to challenge and inspire at senior levels. Contact Oskar at to find out more. Keywords: Global Procurement, Global Category Lead, Global Ingredients Procurement, Global Category Manager, Senior Sourcing Manager, Senior Category Manager, Procurement Lead, Category Lead, Global Sourcing Manager, Ingredients Procurement, Food Procurement, Raw Materials, Food Ingredients, Agricultural Commodities, Soft Commodities, FMCG Procurement, Commodity Buying, West London, North West London, South West London, Central London, Surrey, Berkshire, Hammersmith, Fulham, Chiswick, Acton, Brentford, Ealing, Richmond, Hounslow, Greenford, Victoria, Wimbledon, Clapham, Putney, Wandsworth, Battersea, Shepherds Bush, Slough, Staines, Woking, Bracknell, Ascot, Reading, Maidenhead, High Wycombe, Watford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Guildford, Weybridge, Milton Keynes.