Managing Director - Full Time - London

Salary: Competitive Salary with bonus, Car or Allowance, private healthcare and pension planShift hours: Full Time

Managing Director Guardian Procurement Care

Foodbuy Group UK
Location: Chertsey / London (hybrid)

About Foodbuy Group

Foodbuy Group is the UKs leading food procurement organisation, managing over 2bn of spend across foodservice and hospitality. Part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, a FTSE 100 business, Foodbuy works with a diverse client base to deliver expert procurement, commercial insight and responsible growth across food and nonfood categories.

Guardian Procurement Care is Foodbuy Groups Health and Care procurement solution, managing over 400m of spend and bringing together the NHS Supply Chain: Food team, the EFGroup GPO and major Care sector clients.

The Role

We are seeking a visionary and commercially astute Managing Director Guardian Procurement Care to provide strategic leadership across a critical portfolio within Foodbuy Groups health and care procurement offer.

Reporting to the COO of Foodbuy Group, you will have full accountability for the performance, growth and longterm direction of Guardian Procurement Care, including the NHS Supply Chain: Food contract, the EFGroup GPO and a number of highprofile health sector accounts. This is a newly created role, offering the opportunity to shape strategy, build capability and drive meaningful impact at scale.

With responsibility for a significant P&L and c.450m of managed spend, you will balance strategic leadership with operational excellence, ensuring services consistently deliver value for clients while supporting Foodbuy Groups broader commercial and organisational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and lead the longterm strategy for Guardian Procurement Care, aligned to market opportunities and organisational goals
• Hold full P&L accountability, ensuring strong financial governance, commercial sustainability and delivery of revenue and margin targets
• Lead the NHS Supply Chain: Food contract, driving compliance, innovation and highperformance service delivery
• Shape and grow the EFGroup GPO proposition, strengthening supplier relationships and maximising value for members
• Act as executive sponsor for key client accounts, leading seniorlevel engagement and longterm partnerships
• Build and develop a highperforming leadership team, fostering a culture of accountability, empowerment and continuous improvement
• Oversee financial planning, forecasting, investment decisions and risk management
• Champion operational excellence, digital innovation and scalable processes to support sustainable growth
• Represent the business at industry, client and regulatory forums, enhancing Foodbuy Groups profile and influence

About You

You will be an experienced senior leader with a strong track record in healthcare, care, supply chain or related sectors. You will bring:

• Proven experience operating at executive or MD level, leading complex, multistakeholder businesses
• Deep understanding of NHS Supply Chain operations and major GPO frameworks
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing large P&Ls and highvalue client contracts
• The ability to think strategically while driving operational excellence
• A collaborative leadership style, with the credibility to influence at the most senior levels
• A track record of delivering growth, innovation and organisational improvement

Why Join Foodbuy Group?

This is a rare opportunity to step into a highimpact leadership role within a FTSE 100 organisation, shaping the future of health and care procurement at scale and delivering tangible value across some of the UKs most critical public sector services.

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