Business Operations and Procurement Lead

Business Operations and Procurement Lead A broad, commercially influential role with visibility across an entire business, and a direct line to the Managing Director. This is a brand-new Business Operations and Procurement Lead role with a growing logistics business, based in Gosport. As a Business Operations and Procurement Lead you will sit at the intersection of finance, operations and procurement, helping drive the profitability and performance of a growing logistics business. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will manage supplier relationships, control expenditure, negotiate freight and commercial agreements, analyse where the business makes and loses money, and turn that insight into real savings. It is a varied, hands-on commercial role with genuine influence, where you own the supplier network, the freight spend and the recovery of what the business is owed. If you are commercially sharp, enjoy finding the value others miss and want a role you can shape and make your own, this newly created position offers exactly that. Job ResponsibilitiesAnalysing customer profitability, supplier expenditure and operational costs to improve margins and reduce spendProducing commercial reporting and management information to support decision-makingReviewing customer pricing structures to protect and improve profitabilityOverseeing purchasing activities across all departments and sourcing new suppliers and solutionsNegotiating supplier contracts and commercial ..... full job details .....