Managing Director/CEO

"Amazing opportunity for experienced strategist and business growth specialist to take the helm at a logistics SME recently acquired by Private Equity investor."

£150-200,000 + Equity

South East (Site Based)

Commutable from North London, Thames Valley, Northern Home Counties

Are you an experienced Managing Director or CEO with a talent for strategic business development?

Do you have a proven track record of driving change and delivering results?

Our private equity client is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to take the helm of their new acquisition, a niche specialist company in industrial logistics. This business is already very successful with good profit margins. It offers a lot of untapped potential and opportunities for business growth into several new verticals. This is where you come in.

As the new CEO, you will be responsible for shaping the future of this high-potential business. You'll have plenty of opportunities to put your skills and expertise into practice, from developing and implementing a winning business plan to revitalising commercial activity and improving all the operational systems in the company.

The successful candidate will be an experienced CEO, MD, COO or divisional head of a logistics-type business with revenues exceeding £10m. You'll have strong leadership skills and a proven track record of high performance, change management and delivering results. You'll also possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire your team through a period of change and growth.

This role would ideally suit someone who already has one or two business turnarounds under their belt preferably private equity acquisitions.

Your experience may have been gained with businesses offering the following services and solutions - industrial logistics, specialist equipment or plant hire and installation, unusual or abnormal loads movements within engineering, medical, construction, technology or high security.

Your specific skills set will be around commercial business development so your early career may have been in sales. You must be comfortable managing P & L in the range £10-15 million where resource and systems may be lacking, as part of your role will be to modernise and improve the business.

You will lead from the front and will not be afraid to get into the detail and into customer facing when required. Most importantly you will be focused on the commercial strategy to ensure that the private equity investor achieves its ROI.

You'll develop and articulate a robust business plan and then execute it with a laser focus. In return, you'll receive a generous salary and a package that includes material equity in the private equity transaction.

If you are ready to take on a new challenge as a Managing Director/CEO and help shape the future of a special niche logistics business with untapped potential, we want to hear from you.

Please note that this role is located in the South East and therefore to ensure success you must reside or be willing to be close to the site for most of the time. This is not a hybrid or remote role.

Email your CV, quoting reference LX 1437502 or call us on 01905 381 320.

Project Manager - NPD

"Take charge of a project management function with this newly created role for a renowned manufacturer".

£35-45000 Excellent Benefits

Worcestershire (Hybrid Working)

Are you a natural leader with a passion for project management? Our client is looking for an established and experienced Project Manager to join their team and take ownership of their entire decision-gate strategy. Our client is experiencing dynamic growth and as part of their continuous improvement and excellence journey, they wish to appoint a Project Manager to work alongside subject matter and functional experts to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget in line with business strategy.

With multiple projects ranging from a few weeks to two years in duration, our client is searching for someone who can drive results in their NPD and commercial projects. Our clint designs and manufactures high quality home and lifestyle products and has a reputation for excellence. As the Project Manager, you will use formal project management methodologies such as APM, Prince2, or PMI to ensure all projects are executed on time and to budget.

As Project Manager, you will be responsible for skilfully spearheading various initiatives, from strategic business objectives to design updates. This newly-minted role comes with immense opportunities, as you'll help shape our client's project management approach and foster a culture of agile, results-driven excellence within the company.

This is a UK-based role, and you'll be liaising with the design, technical and purchasing and supply chain team in the UK and the sourcing and manufacturing teams in Asia. As the Project Manager, your responsibilities will include prioritising projects by importance, getting the right people involved, and building key relationships. Our client is a subsidiary of a major global manufacturer and is growing rapidly. So, as well as the New Product Development projects, you'll also manage internal, systemic projects to help the company grow and thrive.

As for your background, our client envisages you'll have worked in design and manufacturing, possibly in a lean manufacturing environment along with appropriate project management qualifications such as APM, PMI, Prince 2. Our client would also consider candidates who have the project management experience but perhaps have not as yet attained their formal project management qualifications/certifications.

As the Project Manager, you'll play a crucial role in leading the team and ensuring the success of the projects - so it's essential to have excellent motivational skills and an eye for detail. You will be adept at facilitating, coaching and guiding teams to problem solve and get past roadblocks in the project plan.

So, if you're a project management guru looking for a new challenge, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Apply now and take the next step in your career!

Email your CV to quoting reference LX 1352406

Senior Technical Buyer

"Your Chance to Overhaul and Improve Our Client's Machined Components Supply Chain"

C£45000 Benefits including Relocation Assistance

Dorset - Relocation Assistance Available

Are you an experienced technical buyer with a drive for continuous improvement and a background in engineering? Do you have the skills and experience to navigate the challenges of purchasing machined components for highly regulated industries? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you to make a tangible difference in our client's success.

The company operates in the oil and gas sector, supplying customers worldwide. They are currently looking for a highly motivated Senior Technical Buyer to join the growing team. This is a brand-new role, and as such, you will have the unique opportunity to shape their purchasing processes and develop a supply chain to help them achieve new levels of efficiency. Their order book is bulging, and they must expand their supplier base to cope with future demand.

Key responsibilities include:

* Creating a robust RFQ system to avoid unexpected costs arising.

* Order placement ensuring all items align with specifications, quality standards, delivery requirements, and costs.

* Conducting supplier audits to provide the highest level of compliance.

* Identifying and developing new suppliers based on capability, quality, lead time, and price.

* Engaging in technical discussions with suppliers, covering various aspects such as materials, processes, dimensions, tolerances, finishes, and more.

* Evaluating supplier performance based on on-time delivery, quality, price, and other key metrics, while publishing insightful KPI data.

* Investigating NCR issues with the quality team to determine root causes and implementing corrective actions.

* Potential to investigate low-cost country sourcing and develop an international supply chain.

About You

The ideal candidates for this role will be able to demonstrate:

* A strong engineering background, ideally in mechanical or manufacturing engineering.

* Proven experience purchasing machined components for highly regulated industries, such as oil and gas, aerospace, or automotive.

* A solid understanding of quality assurance and regulatory compliance.

* Excellent interpersonal skills to work closely with engineers and suppliers, seamlessly blending technical expertise with commercial acumen.

* A proven track record of achieving cost savings, efficiency improvements, and supplier performance enhancements.

* Experience in international supplier management and global sourcing strategies.

What's in It for You?

* A competitive salary and benefits package.

* Relocation assistance to the beautiful county of Dorset.

* The chance to grow and progress within a forward-thinking organisation.

* The opportunity to make a real difference in shaping the future of their supply chain operations.

* The satisfaction of contributing to the success of a company that values innovation and excellence.

* A collaborative and supportive company culture that inspires teamwork and promotes continuous development.

If you're excited about the prospect of joining their team and taking on the challenge of the Senior Technical Buyer role, don't hesitate - apply today!

Purchasing and Supply Manager
 
£Competitive + Bonus + Benefits 
 
Worcestershire (On Site)
 
Are you an experienced Purchasing and Supply Management professional looking for a different challenge? Our client, a division of a global manufacturer of interior design products, is looking for a talented individual to lead their supply chain and purchasing team from their site in Worcestershire.
 
From this UK site, the company manages all the new product development and purchasing for each of the group’s sites worldwide. It sits between all the business units and the manufacturers.
 
This is a pure purchasing role, so no logistics experience is required. So, as Purchasing and Supply Manager, you will need to liaise with each global site to determine their future demand. Then you will negotiate the best commercial terms possible with the multiple contract manufacturers in the Far East. Plus, your skills in vendor appraisal will also be used to source additional suppliers from Taiwan to manage future demand.
 
Our client is looking for a talented purchasing and supply manager with prior experience in the manufacturing industry and who understands the nuances of Far East or lower cost country sourcing. With all the customers being internal, there can be a temptation to relax customer-service standards. But you will be expected to provide exceptional customer service as if dealing with external clients. 
 
You must also have managerial experience as there is a small team to lead. Our client requires degree-qualified candidates who have achieved CIPS Level 4 minimum.
 
This is an office-based role from our client’s base in Worcestershire, so they will only consider candidates within commuting distance.

Client Relationship Manager - Recruitment Solutions

£Very Competitive Bonus Benefits

Peopleton, Worcestershire (Part Time & Hybrid Working)

Do you know how to turn warm leads into high-value clients? Do you have a knack for solution selling rather than push selling? If so, we want to hear from you.

What do we need from you? Well, we'd love you to have a robust background in recruitment/professional services so that you can hit the ground running and start making a real difference immediately.

What's more, having the ability to generate new business from warm leads is essential. If you have proven success in this area, then this could be your dream job. And lastly, but most importantly, we want someone who can key account manage existing clients to create more referrals across different departments.

Your primary role as Client Relationship Manager, will be to build relationships with potential and existing clients. You should be able to identify opportunities and create strategies to develop them into long-term partnerships. Your friendly but professional demeanour will be a crucial part of this role as you seek out new business and nurture existing accounts.

To apply for this position, you'll need a background in recruitment or professional services, solid decision-making skills and excellent communication abilities. A keen eye for detail will also come in handy when understanding company cultures and job specifications.

We'd like you to be degree-qualified with a minimum of a 2:1 classification in a business / relevant discipline.

Above all else, we're looking for someone who is laser-focused on building relationships with customers and delivering outstanding service levels.

If you're interested in joining our team and taking our client relations strategy up a notch - apply now! We offer an attractive remuneration package that's reflective of your experience.

Client Relationship Manager - Recruitment Solutions

£Very Competitive Bonus Benefits

Peopleton, Worcestershire (Hybrid Working)

Do you know how to turn warm leads into high-value clients? Do you have a knack for solution selling rather than push selling? If so, we want to hear from you.

What do we need from you? Well, we'd love you to have a robust background in recruitment/professional services so that you can hit the ground running and start making a real difference immediately.

What's more, having the ability to generate new business from warm leads is essential. If you have proven success in this area, then this could be your dream job. And lastly, but most importantly, we want someone who can key account manage existing clients to create more referrals across different departments.

Your primary role as Client Relationship Manager, will be to build relationships with potential and existing clients. You should be able to identify opportunities and create strategies to develop them into long-term partnerships. Your friendly but professional demeanour will be a crucial part of this role as you seek out new business and nurture existing accounts.

To apply for this position, you'll need a background in recruitment or professional services, solid decision-making skills and excellent communication abilities. A keen eye for detail will also come in handy when understanding company cultures and job specifications.

We'd like you to be degree-qualified with a minimum of a 2:1 classification in a business / relevant discipline.

Above all else, we're looking for someone who is laser-focused on building relationships with customers and delivering outstanding service levels.

If you're interested in joining our team and taking our client relations strategy up a notch - apply now! We offer an attractive remuneration package that's reflective of your experience.

INTERIM SENIOR BUYER IT

£500 per day (via Umbrella Company) 12-18 month contract

Location: Hybrid/Remote - Sites in the South East/Home Counties & North West

When recruiting a role that involves the protection of critical UK infrastructure, there's a temptation to get all James Bond about it.

We could try and get your attention by saying things like, "Have you dreamed of protecting the nation and being a national hero or heroine"?

But, let's face it, you're a Senior IT Category Buying Specialist. And high-speed car chases around UK cities aren't usually part of the job. Unless you've just dropped your caramel latte in your lap, perhaps.

However, this is a crucial role for our client, a global player within the specialist energy, electricity and power generation sector. Our client is offering a 12-18 months contract to join their IT procurement team.

They're focused on improving efficiency in their global operations and making sure their data and systems are secure and robust.

As such, they want to strengthen their IT procurement team with the appointment of a category and procurement management professional into the role of Senior Buyer/Category Specialist - IT.

That's where you fit in. And you won't need a car that turns into a submarine.

Currently, their IT Infrastructure, Cyber Defence and Application Development are outsourced. So, your focus will be on next generation outsourcing with high levels of customer satisfaction as a key driver for our client's IT strategy.

Reporting to a Senior Category Manager, you will also work closely with the IT/Information Technology team, and your role will take on a UK and European perspective.

Core Aims:

• Working across different departments, develop plans for the next few years that incorporate the crucial aims for the category and a list of actions to achieve these goals.
• Build solid relationships with suppliers to ensure they understand your requirements and deliver on SLAs. Then, use those strong relationships to confidently challenge business partners to think and act differently, to be creative and open to new ideas and to explore new supply chain possibilities.
• Contribute to the development of the Procurement function's capability by bringing your experience of best practices from other industries and employers.

The Ideal Person will possess the following qualifications, experience, skills and competencies:

• Available imminently to commence a 12-18 months contract paying £500 per day via an Umbrella company.
• A university degree and, ideally, CIPS (or equivalent) qualification
• Experience working across global operations or multi-site environments and a keen sense of cultural awareness
• Currently working within a high-security sector such as defence, nuclear, aerospace, marine, ministry of defence, utilities etc.
• Understanding of the nuances of IT contracts.
• A proven track record in value delivery, improvement activity and best practice development in IT procurement.
• Understanding Information Technology markets, suppliers and technologies and how to leverage them for value for our client
• Building IT sub-category and category strategies to describe how value will be delivered in the short, medium and long term
• Negotiating with IT- suppliers to drive the right commercial and contractual outcomes
• Building relationships internally and externally to enable you to be successful in your role and to contribute to the development of our client as a world-class procurement organisation
• A thirst for knowledge, an inquisitive mindset and a drive for results.
• Knowledge of Procurement systems and technologies and the ability to put operational measures in place to ensure contracts deliver brilliantly.

In return, our client offers a very competitive salary and blue-chip benefits package and the opportunity to develop your career within a market leader. The role is offered on a interim 12-18 month contract and hybrid/remote basis with regular visits to sites in the North West and Home Counties for cross-functional engagement.

To apply without delay, please email your CV, quoting reference LX 1183145 for the attention of Roheela Khan, Telephone 00 44 (0) 1905 381 320 www.martinveasey.com

STRATEGIST - PROCUREMENT CATEGORY MANAGEMENT & PLANNING

£/€Very Competitive + Bonus + Blue Chip Benefits

Location: Flexible/Hybrid Role - UK, Netherlands, or Germany

"It's a slightly unusual role".

And that's a great way of summarising this position for our client. They're a well-established organisation in the specialist renewables and power generation industry that wants to become "best-in-class" in terms of its procurement process.

As part of this strategic development plan, they would like to appoint a Category Management Specialist to sit within their large pan European procurement team. The main focus of this role is to work alongside each Category Manager to help them develop longer-term procurement strategies for each category.

As such, you'll be mentoring, coaching, and developing the category management team to help them think differently and innovate new ideas. This may take the form of working one-to-one with the managers or running workshops to create an open culture of collaboration between the team.

So, they're looking for a category management expert who's used to working in a blue-chip, world-class procurement function and can bring new ideas into the company. Experience of working in the power generation industry is not essential, and they're open to considering candidates from any highly regulated industry in the public or commercial sector such as utilities, defence, aerospace, chemicals, automotive, FMCG as long as it's within a multinational matrix structure with a substantial procurement and category management function. Candidates who combine in house and leading procurement consultancy backgrounds would also be very interesting

Your personality will be a deciding factor in this role, as you'll need the drive and desire to develop a high-performing team. You'll be a natural people-person who can connect with colleagues to help them become the best versions of themselves. In addition, you'll have the vision and the presentation skills to convey it to the team and get them excited about the levels they can achieve. Career development prospects are excellent.

This role can be based at any of our client's business units in the UK (North West or Buckinghamshire), Germany (Lower Saxony), and the Netherlands (Overijssel).

Candidates should be university degree/Masters degree educated ideally with a professional procurement/purchasing qualification such as CIPS or equivalent.

It really is a unique role, but it's going to be a rewarding one for the right candidate. As you can imagine, there's plenty more detail to discuss about this role, so please indicate your interest by emailing your CV, quoting reference LX 1175876

STRATEGIST - PROCUREMENT CATEGORY MANAGEMENT & PLANNING

£/€Very Competitive Bonus Blue Chip Benefits

Location: Flexible/Hybrid Role - UK, Netherlands, or Germany

"It's a slightly unusual role".

And that's a great way of summarising this position for our client. They're a well-established organisation in the specialist renewables and power generation industry that wants to become "best-in-class" in terms of its procurement process.

As part of this strategic development plan, they would like to appoint a Category Manager Specialist to sit within their large pan European procurement team. The main focus of this role is to work alongside each Category Manager to help them develop longer-term procurement strategies for each category.

As such, you'll be mentoring, coaching, and developing the category management team to help them think differently and innovate new ideas. This may take the form of working one-to-one with the managers or running workshops to create an open culture of collaboration between the team.

So, they're looking for a category management expert who's used to working in a blue-chip, world-class procurement function and can bring new ideas into the company. Experience of working in the power generation industry is not essential, and they're open to considering candidates from any highly regulated industry in the public or commercial sector such as utilities, defence, aerospace, chemicals, automotive, FMCG as long as it's within a multinational matrix structure with a substantial procurement and category management function. Candidates who combine in house and leading procurement consultancy backgrounds would also be very interesting

Your personality will be a deciding factor in this role, as you'll need the drive and desire to develop a high-performing team. You'll be a natural people-person who can connect with colleagues to help them become the best versions of themselves. In addition, you'll have the vision and the presentation skills to convey it to the team and get them excited about the levels they can achieve. Career development prospects are excellent.

This role can be based at any of our client's business units in the UK (North West or Buckinghamshire), Germany (Lower Saxony), and the Netherlands (Overijssel).

Candidates should be university degree/Masters degree educated ideally with a professional procurement/purchasing qualification such as CIPS or equivalent.

It really is a unique role, but it's going to be a rewarding one for the right candidate. As you can imagine, there's plenty more detail to discuss about this role, so please indicate your interest by emailing your CV, quoting reference LX 1175876