Procurement Leadership Recruitment

Market Expertise

At Proco Group, our procurement leadership recruitment team bring deep functional knowledge across all key areas of procurement, enabling us to support clients in building complete and effective leadership teams – whether in specialist or enterprise-wide roles.

We cover the full spectrum of procurement leadership disciplines, including:

• Direct Procurement

• Indirect Procurement

• Strategic Sourcing and Category Management

• Procurement Transformation

• Sustainable and Responsible Procurement

• Digital Procurement and Systems Leadership

Our deep understanding of these functional areas allows us to speak the language of procurement and ensure a tight alignment between candidate capabilities and your business needs.

Functional Focus

As specialist executive procurement recruiters, we focus exclusively on senior-level procurement appointments. Our expertise spans leadership roles that drive strategic value, operational efficiency and long-term transformation across global supply chains.

We recruit at leadership level across the end-to-end procurement function, including:

• Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)

• Global and Regional Procurement Directors

• Vice President of Procurement

• Head of Direct or Indirect Procurement

• Director of Strategic Sourcing

• Head of Category Management

• Procurement Transformation Leads

• Sustainable Procurement Executives

• Procurement Technology and Digital Leaders

These roles require more than technical capability – they demand business acumen, stakeholder influence and the vision to align procurement with wider organisational strategy. Our executive procurement recruiters understand these nuances and are equipped to deliver leaders who meet them.

In today’s complex, globalised procurement environment, hiring the right leadership is critical to achieving cost savings, supplier resilience and strategic alignment. As specialist executive procurement recruiters, Proco Group helps clients overcome the most common hiring barriers:

• Access to Hidden Talent:We engage with senior procurement professionals who are not active in the job market but open to the right opportunity, unlocking a level of talent traditional methods often miss.

• Evaluating Leadership Impact:Our consultants assess a candidate’s ability to lead transformation, influence stakeholders and align procurement with broader business strategy – not just manage categories.

• Sector & Category Portability: We evaluate how a leader’s category expertise or industry experience will translate into new sectors, supplier ecosystems or operating models – reducing onboarding risk.

• Cultural & Organisational Fit: We look beyond the CV to ensure candidates are aligned with your values, leadership style and team structure – essential for long-term retention and performance.

• Real-Time Market Intelligence: Through ongoing conversations with procurement leaders across regions and industries, we help clients hire proactively, guided by real-time insight into availability, expectations and timing.