Synthomer is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection – growing markets that serve billions of end users worldwide. Headquartered in London, UK and publicly listed there since 1971, we employ c.3,500 employees across our 5 innovation centres of excellence and more than 28 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America and Asia. Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products.
At our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, Germany, China, Malaysia and Ohio, USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Since 2021, we have been proud holders of the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognises green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.
This is a highly visible leadership role within the Group Procurement Leadership Team (GPLT), partnering directly with the Vice President Group Procurement and senior executives across the business. You will be responsible for driving the execution of a substantial value creation programme, ensuring robust governance, delivering strategic insights to executive stakeholders, and having overall responsibility of the global Procurement PMO. This role combines strategy, programme leadership, transformation delivery, business performance management, and executive engagement. The position offers a unique opportunity to influence enterprise-wide procurement performance across a global spend portfolio of approximately £1.7bn and a function spanning more than 30 sites worldwide.
You are a strategic and results-driven leader who thrives in complex global environments and has a proven ability to deliver transformation through influence, collaboration, and disciplined execution.
Why Join Synthomer?
This is an opportunity to operate at the centre of a globally significant procurement transformation agenda. You'll work closely with executive leaders, drive measurable business value, and help shape the future direction of a function that manages approximately £1.7 billion of annual spend across more than 30 manufacturing and operational sites globally.
If you're passionate about strategy execution, transformation, and delivering results in a global organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of procurement at Synthomer.
Synthomer plc is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection – growing markets for customers who serve billions of end users worldwide. Headquartered in London, UK and listed there since 1971, we employ 3,900 employees across our five innovation centres of excellence and 29 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia.
Our purpose is creating innovative and sustainable solutions for the benefit of customers and society. Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products. At our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, China, Germany, Malaysia and USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Our 2030 decarbonization targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative as being in line with what the latest climate science says is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, and since 2021 we have held the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognizes green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.
