Senior Procurement Manager
- Thame, Oxfordshire
- £60,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Location: Thame (Oxfordshire) 2 days in office and occasional UK travel
- Salary: £60,000 per annum
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
We're looking for a Senior Procurement Manager to be the centre of excellence for all things procurement. A hands-on leader who can set the direction, build best practice, and roll up their sleeves when needed.This is a newly created role with huge scope. You'll work across diverse categories, from services and goods to tech and indirect spend, with a blend of strategic and operational responsibilities. One day you could be leading a major tender, the next implementing a new procurement process or supporting managers to close capability gaps.What you'll be doing
- Own and lead the full end-to-end procurement lifecycle across multiple categories.
- Develop and embed best practice procurement and contract management processes.
- Partner with stakeholders at all levels to deliver value, compliance and strong commercial outcomes.
- Drive procurement training, awareness and upskilling initiatives.
- Shape and implement policies and purchase-to-pay processes.
- Build effective supplier relationships and support onboarding activities.
- Proven experience in procurement management (category or senior level) across a wide range of categories.
- Strong commercial acumen with knowledge of best practice procurement principles.
- Skilled in tendering, negotiation and supplier performance and relationship management.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, confident influencing at senior levels.
- A proactive, hands-on approach - able to deliver results and drive change independently.
- Comfortable working in evolving environments and building processes from the ground up.
- Desirable skills - Experience spanning multiple sectors. MCIPS qualification (or working towards it). Exposure to transformation programmes or greenfield environments.
- Wagestream - an app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, access to coaching, vouchers, discounts, cashback and more.
- Blue Light Card - we will reimburse your Blue Light Card membership which provides discounts in your favourite shops and restaurants.
- Simply Health - Fully funded health cash plans giving you access to a 24-hour GP, money back on prescriptions, dental treatment, opticians and access to many more health benefits.
- Vivup - spread the cost of home and electronics items, or a bike to cycle to work through fixed salary reductions throughout the year.
- Buy and sell annual leave - transfer windows open twice a year.
- Pension and Life Assurance - you'll be enrolled into our Scottish Widows pension scheme and Life Assurance scheme