UK Sourcing Team Manager (South)

Location: Cheltenham, UK (Hybrid working) Benefits: 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day, Private Medical Insurance, Bonus scheme, Sharescheme, Enhanced pension plan, Life assurance, On-site gym, Free on-site parking, Salary sacrifice schemes for Technology and Electric Vehicles.

Role Overview

Are you an experienced procurement leader ready to take the next step in your career? We’re looking for two dynamic UK Sourcing Team Managers to lead and develop a high-performing team of Buyers and support staff. Based at our Runnings Road site, you’ll play a pivotal role in aligning UK sourcing strategies with broader business and Global Supply Chain (GSC) objectives. This is a fantastic opportunity to drive supplier performance, manage risk, and champion operational excellence in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Your Objectives And Responsibilities Will Focus On…

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of up to 6 direct reports to ensure capability growth and high performance.
• Acting as the primary escalation point for procurement-related issues and driving continuous improvement.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and global procurement teams to align sourcing strategies.
• Managing UK sourcing strategies with a three-year outlook, supporting sustainability and risk mitigation.
• Overseeing supplier relationship management, ensuring performance across Quality, Cost, Delivery, Innovation, and Sustainability (QCDIS).
• Supporting procurement aspects of New Product Introduction (NPI) and Value Stream activities.
• Driving continuous improvement through process enhancements and digital tools.
• Coordinating tendering, cost analysis, and value assessments to ensure robust sourcing decisions.
• Ensuring continuity of supply and resolving procurement execution issues.
  
  

Your Previous Experience Is Likely To Include….

• Proven leadership in Procurement and/or Supply Chain Management within a manufacturing environment—ideally in regulated sectors like aerospace, defence, or pharmaceuticals.
• Strong background in cost control, budget management, tendering, and contract negotiation.
• Experience managing procurement change initiatives and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Exposure to international procurement operations and supplier networks.
• Commodity and supplier management across both direct and indirect categories.
  
  

To be successful in this role you will…

• Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times
• Demonstrate strong leadership, coaching, and team development skills.
• Be a confident communicator and negotiator, capable of influencing senior stakeholders.
• Possess a deep understanding of procurement systems, manufacturing processes, and technical drawings.
• Be highly organised, adaptable, and resilient under pressure.
• Show a proactive, continuous improvement mindset with a willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office and ERP/MRP systems.
• Be willing and able to travel within the UK and internationally as required.
  
  

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments .

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.