Senior Interim Lead – Procurement Diagnostic (6 weeks)

Contract: Interim (full-time during engagement)

Location: Italy, or anywhere in EU or UK (hybrid; some travel)

Compensation: Market-leading day rate + success bonus tied to securing the implementation phase

Start: ASAP

The assignment:

We’re seeking a heavy-hitting Senior Interim to run - largely independently - a rapid spend diagnostic for a multi-site Italian dental group (private clinics).

Your mandate: shape a high-credibility savings plan, win clinician/exec confidence, and convert the engagement into an implementation phase.

About Us:

Enabling Procurement is a rapidly growing boutique procurement consultancy with offices in the UK, US and France. Top procurement and consulting talent is coming together at EP to deliver procurement excellence for clients.

Typical assignments for EP include working on behalf of the Boards or the private equity investors of the business to conduct opportunity assessment and deliver procurement transformation agenda across the business. We don’t just advise, we make it happen - This includes conducting detailed procurement diagnostics, spend analytics, negotiations, RFPs with the suppliers, and leading process improvement initiatives.

What you’ll lead

Category deep dives- Likely mix:

Clinical / direct

• Dental implants & prosthetics (incl. lab work / outsourcing)
• Orthodontics (aligners, brackets, wires) & endodontics (files, obturation)
• Restoratives (composites, bonding, impression materials)
• Anaesthetics & pharmaceuticals, disinfectants, infection control/sterilisation (autoclave supplies)
• PPE and clinical disposables
• Imaging & radiology (CBCT/X-ray consumables, sensors, service contracts)
• Equipment (chairs, compressors, suction) — purchase vs lease, maintenance SLAs

Non-clinical / Indirect

• Marketing & patient acquisition services
• Facilities & maintenance, clinical & general waste
• Utilities

Building detailed understanding of levers currently in use :, competition, formulary standardisation/SKU rationalisation, national vs regional consolidation, direct-from-manufacturer vs distributor, framework agreements, e-sourcing, maintenance & uptime SLAs, lease vs buy

Quantify a 12–24-month savings pipeline with a wave plan, risks, and governance

Run SteerCos with CFO/COO/Clinical leadership

Craft the implementation proposal and help close it (success bonus tied to win)

EP has a well-established diagnostic methodology - While you will use your experience and gravitas to lead the overall execution, we will expect you to follow the EP methodology to deliver the diagnostic

What great looks like

• Extensive experience in procurement consulting with proven diagnostics/cost-take-out leadership (multi-site healthcare, dental/medtech, or hospital provider experience strongly preferred)
• Gravitas with both clinicians and executives; able to operate solo with minimal oversight
• Deep familiarity with clinical supply chains and service & maintenance contracts; comfortable challenging distributor models
• Strong Italian market knowledge and fluent Italian; excellent English for decks and exec storytelling
• Familiar with advanced Excel; e-sourcing/RFx; quick contract review; data-light, outcome-heavy mindset
• Bonus: awareness of EU MDR, ISO 13485 environments, and Italian healthcare compliance norms

What we offer

• High autonomy and direct senior client access.
• Attractive day rate + success bonus for landing implementation.
• Opportunity to shape & lead the subsequent implementation (team build-out possible)
• You will supported with EP analyst resource for data wrangling and modelling