Board and Senior Executive Recruitment

Head of Legal

"Excellent opportunity for commercial insolvency litigation solicitor to enter the asset finance world."

C£85-100000 (DOE) 30% Bonus Benefits

East Midlands (Hybrid Working

Commutable from Birmingham, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Worcestershire

Are you an ambitious, highly skilled, and current practising solicitor with a strong background in commercial insolvency litigation? Would you like to be part of a dynamic team that propels a leading broker/lender to greater heights? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you. Our client is seeking a talented and astute Head of Legal to champion their legal processes and credit operations.

The Head of Legal is a crucial position responsible for managing the Collections/Recovery process and providing vital legal insights to resolve outstanding balances successfully. By closely reviewing and negotiating key agreements with lenders and overseeing dispute resolutions, this role ensures the best possible outcome for the company.

This position is also dedicated to developing and implementing effective strategies for non-performing loan recovery, working closely with relevant departments to monitor outstanding balances and make proactive recommendations for contractual amendments as needed. The Head of Legal is also responsible for providing daily management and guidance to the Collections/End of Term department to ensure the team's efficiency and success.

As the new Head of Legal, you will propel our client's organisation to continued success by:
* Steering the direction of the Impairments Committee and delivering crucial arrears trends/data to the Credit Department and Sales Team.
* Designing, implementing and executing robust strategies for recovering debts and arrears.
* Diligently monitoring defaults and working to resolve outstanding due balances.
* Overseeing, evaluating, and ensuring peak performance within the Collections Department.
* Drafting all correspondence, handling late payment fees, generating End of Term management reports, and assessing repossessions and legal options for continuous defaults.
* Orchestrating effective legal alternatives to recover arrears/assets and overseeing asset disposal when necessary.

Our client is seeking a highly driven, focused, and experienced Head of Legal with the following qualifications:
* A current practising solicitor with up-to-date SRA registration.
* A solid background in insolvency litigation and a comprehensive understanding of the legal complexities involved in commercial asset finance debt recovery.
* Proven ability to manage and resolve legal disputes, default situations, and arrears scenarios.
* Demonstrated proficiency in legal analysis, drafting correspondence and reports, and evaluating repossessions.
* Adept at orchestrating legal strategies for debt recovery and asset disposition.
* Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a genuine desire to deliver results.

Our client is based in the East Midlands/M1 corridor and can offer this role as an office/home hybrid. However, you will need to attend their office for one-two days per week.

So, are you the legal expert our client is looking for? Apply now by emailing your CV, quoting LX 1325632

Supply Chain Director - FMCG

"Take charge of a dynamic and growing operation for a world-leading brand".

£Excellent + Car/Allowance + Bonus + Blue Chip Benefits

Oxfordshire (Hybrid)

Are you an experienced Supply Chain leader looking for the next step in your career? Do you have a mindset for driving success, ensuring a seamless customer experience, and delivering excellence in logistics and operations? This is your chance to join our client's team as their Supply Chain Director and make a real impact.

About the Role:

In this pivotal role, you will provide strategic oversight and collaborate closely with Supply Chain/operations staff, internal staff, and outsourced warehouse/logistics partners. Your focus will be on achieving secure, safe stock management while ensuring the efficient and cost-effective fulfilment of sales orders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Distribution & Warehousing Management: Ensure the smooth running of our client's distribution, warehousing, stock management, and reverse logistics operations.
• Customer Experience Excellence: Own the customer journey from order to fulfilment and inquiry to resolution. Implement initiatives for continuous improvement, considering the increasing use of alternative channels for ordering and delivery.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including sales, customer service, finance, and other stakeholders, to optimise the end-to-end supply chain processes.
• Strategic Planning: Develop and execute strategies that minimise risks, control costs, and enhance operational efficiency at all levels of the supply chain.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Establish strong partnerships with their outsourced warehouse/logistics providers, ensuring quality, reliability, and performance targets are met consistently.

About You:

Our client is looking for a candidate with:

* A bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or a related field.

* A thorough understanding of the supply chain implications for a heavily retail-based organisation.

* Significant experience at the top level of supply chain management, logistics, procurement, or related areas.

* Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale, complex operations of high-turnover organisations.

* Expertise in warehouse management systems, inventory control, logistics and reverse logistics.

* Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills.

* A results-driven mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Why You'll Love Working with Our Client:

When you join their team, you'll discover a work environment full of opportunity and innovation. The competitive salary and benefits package is designed to give employees the best possible chance for success. Plus, you'll work with a highly motivated and dedicated group of people committed to driving excellence in a rapidly growing industry. The company embraces professional growth and development, providing ample chances to increase your knowledge base and hone your skills. You'll also directly influence how the organisation moves forward, allowing you to help shape its future direction.

Head of Procurement

"Excellent opportunity for procurement professional with track record in stakeholder engagement and transformational change".

£65-70000 Car/Allowance Excellent Benefits Package

Cambridgeshire (Hybrid/Remote with National Remit).

Are you an experienced procurement professional looking for a challenging role?

Our client, a major supplier of agricultural products and equipment, is currently recruiting for a Head of Procurement to join their team based in, Cambridgeshire. This is a newly created role, and you will be ably supported by an experienced Buyer. The successful candidate will create a unified procurement strategy and system across the entire business, for indirect spend/GNFR, consisting of multiple sites in the UK.

In recent years, the company has purchased several other businesses around the UK, each with its own localised procurement function. As you can imagine, it isn't an efficient system with fluctuations in price, quality, and delivery at each site.

So, this role has been created to build a centralised procurement system from the ground up. As each site was previously a stand-alone business, they all have historical, ingrained systems, so your key challenge will be to transition them all to a central system with new procedures. As such, your change-management and negotiation skills will be heavily used.

A large part of your success will be in building relationships with each site manager, understanding their preferred suppliers, and delivering detailed training, coaching, and mentoring on your new system.

Our client expects you will be degree and qualified in a relevant discipline and have substantial experience in leading a procurement function in a multi-site, matrix environment. CIPS ideally to level 6 or equivalent would be advantageous. Experience with SAP will also be a huge plus.

Although this is a UK-wide role, you should live within commuting distance of Huntingdon as you will be expected to visit the head office periodically.

So, if you are up for the challenge and believe you possess the necessary skills and experience to excel in this role, we would love to hear from you!

Group Procurement Manager - Social Housing

£70-80000 Benefits

West London/Hybrid

Are you an experienced public sector procurement professional with a proven record of success in social housing or care home sectors? Do you have a head for innovation and a passion for driving value through effective, compliant procurement?

If so, then our client has the perfect opportunity for you. They are a well-established social housing provider with thousands of homes across multiple boroughs in West London. As part of their future plans, they are now looking to appoint a Procurement Manager to lead their procurement operations across the organisation. As part of this role, you will be responsible for:

* Setting the strategic direction of their commercial and procurement activities.

* Planning and supporting day-to-day operations.

* Identifying opportunities to reduce costs and ensure service quality improvement.

* Implementing best practice procurement techniques.

Specifically, you will lead the procurement contracts covering ongoing maintenance and repairs, kitchen/bathroom refurbishments, and general property upgrades. As such, you must understand and have experience dealing with public sector purchasing procedures such as JCT contracts.

In addition, you will also be responsible for internal procurement within the business, for example, IT and office equipment.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in public sector procurement and a working knowledge of social housing or care home sectors. Strong leadership skills, excellent organisational capabilities and innovative thinking are essential for this role. You will also be comfortable working with stakeholders at all levels inside and outside the organisation.

This is a hybrid role split between working from home and our client's premises. They are based in West London with a tube station next to their offices and onsite parking, which should make for a relatively easy commute.

This is your chance to make a lasting impact on our client's operations while personally developing your skillset, so don't miss out and apply now.

MANAGING DIRECTOR - AIRFREIGHT SECTOR

"Airfreight Sector Sales/New Business and Commercial Leader sought for established multimedia and exhibition business."

Salary £60-70000 Benefits

Location: Remote Working - Company HQ in South East

Are you a Sales Manager/ Director with experience in the air cargo industry? Are you ready for a new opportunity to take the reins of an established multi-media company that specialises in air freight?

Our client in Surrey may well have your perfect next role as their new Managing Director.

They've been in business for many years and have achieved great success in publishing hard copy and digital newspapers, newsletters, internet sites and selling stands at major transport logistic exhibitions. However, the original owners are now ready to retire, so they are looking for someone to take over the running of the business and develop it further.

Your fellow directors are all highly competent in their roles of Operations, Finance, Sales and Marketing, but they need someone with a strong sales skillset who can lead the team, network with the major advertising buyers and develop new key accounts.

The company has long-standing relationships with several of the world's largest airlines, airports, charter brokers and forwarders, particularly in the Middle East, USA and Europe, and is keen to build on these further.

Although they are based in Surrey, all the staff work remotely, so you'll need to have experience in managing remote teams. As for your background, you will know the sector well, having worked in the freight and logistics industry. Maybe you're now tired of all the travel involved in your current role but still want to keep your contacts and expand your network further.

Ideally, you will also have exhibition or media experience as you will need to be involved with the newspaper editor and freelance contributors to ensure they perform to the agreed service levels. However, it's more important that you have a strong sales track record and network within the international airfreight sector.

In return our client offers a competitive base salary and benefits package including a bonus linked to profit and the opportunity to become a Board Director in the future.

So, if you feel you'd like to take on this fascinating challenge, please indicate your interest by emailing your CV quoting reference LX 1178280 or call us on 01905 381 320.

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 1183415 for the attention of Roheela Khan, Telephone 00 44 (0) 1905 381 320 www.martinveasey.com