Specialisms / Procurement & Supply Chain
Operational capability. Connected to value and resilience.
Professional Search for Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics leaders and specialists, assessed against the cost, service, resilience and operational outcomes your business requires.
Context. Outcomes. Evidence.
A clear mandate.
A considered appointment.
The job title is a starting point. The requirement comes from understanding your business and the contribution the appointment must make.
Explore Pre-Hire Analysis →Understand the environment.
We examine spend categories, sourcing models, supplier concentration, customer requirements, systems and cross-functional relationships. This establishes whether the appointment must build capability, improve an established function or lead a wider operational change.
Define what success requires.
Your Performance Blueprint establishes priorities for the first 90 days and 12 months. Depending on the appointment, these may include:
- Improve cost and value while maintaining the required quality and service.
- Strengthen supplier performance, sourcing capability and supply resilience.
- Improve inventory, working capital and planning discipline.
- Build reliable logistics and operational coordination across the business.
Outcomes and measures are agreed for your business; these examples are illustrative.
Examine the contribution behind the claims.
We examine what candidates personally delivered, the trade-offs they managed and the resources available. Structured assessment and forensic referencing explore whether improvements were sustainable, how stakeholders were aligned and whether the capability transfers into your operating environment.
Practice coverage
Leadership and specialist capability.
We shape each search around the mandate, level of responsibility and professional capability required.
Procurement Leadership · Category Management · Buying · Supply Chain Management · Logistics
Procurement & category management
- Procurement Director
- Head of Procurement
- Procurement Manager
- Category Manager
- Senior Buyer
- Buyer
Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Director
- Head of Global Supply Chain
- Head of Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Manager
- Supply Chain Planner
- Supply Chain Analyst
- Supply Chain Coordinator
Logistics & operations
- Logistics Director
- Director of Transport Logistics
- Head of Logistics
- Head of Driving & Logistics
- Operations Director
- Operations Manager
- Logistics Manager
- Warehouse Manager
- Transport Manager
Representative appointments. Discuss your requirement if your role is not listed.
From appointment to performance
The blueprint continues after selection.
The same outcomes used to assess candidates guide the transition into the role. We clarify stakeholder expectations, decision rights, resources and early milestones, so the appointment begins with an agreed definition of progress.
Where the appointment replaces an existing role holder, an exit interview may inform the brief when appropriate. That perspective is considered alongside other evidence.
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Considering your next move?
Contact Max Pierce to discuss your experience, the contribution you want to make and the environment in which you perform best.