The Role: Group Equipment Manager

Sector: FM - / Supply Chain
Location: East Midlands + Travel

Salary: up to £75,000

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and strategic Group Equipment Manager to lead the end-to-end management of store fixtures and equipment across a fast-growing retail and hospitality group. This is a pivotal role ensuring the timely, efficient, and sustainable supply of equipment across all new store openings, refurbishments, and international projects.

You’ll be the driving force behind the group’s equipment and fixture strategy—balancing operational excellence, supplier performance, and innovation to support the business’s ambitious expansion plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the full equipment supply cycle, from demand forecasting and procurement through to delivery and stock optimisation.
• Develop and implement sustainable supply chain strategies that align with global growth objectives.
• Negotiate supplier contracts and manage partnerships, maintaining competitive pricing and reliability.
• Work cross-functionally with design, project management, and procurement teams to guarantee readiness for all development projects.
• Maintain accurate equipment inventories and establish robust stock control systems.
• Ensure suppliers meet OTIF (On Time, In Full) delivery metrics, driving accountability and continuous improvement.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and audits to safeguard quality, cost efficiency, and compliance.
• Champion innovation and sustainability within the product lifecycle, aligning activity to the group’s ESG goals.
• Lead a small, high-performing team, setting clear objectives and fostering an empowering, future-focused culture.

In your locker:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a similar senior equipment, fixtures, or supply chain management role.
• Proven experience working at both strategic and operational levels in a dynamic, multi-site environment.
• Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to drive engagement across teams and suppliers.
• Excellent understanding of manufacturing processes (joinery, metalwork, plastics), ideally within retail or fit-out.
• Global sourcing and supplier management expertise, with strong commercial and contractual awareness.
• Demonstrable success in managing budgets, tenders, and supply performance metrics.
• A proactive, hands-on mindset – capable of balancing tactical decisions with long-term strategy.
• Willingness to travel and a full UK driving licence.

All about you:
Ambitious, courageous, and commercially astute, you thrive in environments where innovation meets pace. You lead from the front—curious, collaborative, and unafraid to challenge convention if it means achieving better outcomes. With a balance of creativity and pragmatism, you take ownership, make things happen, and deliver results that elevate standards across operations and design.

Please click apply to be considered.

You must be able to live and work in the Uk without restriction. You will also need to be happy and able to travel with a full clean driving license.

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