Sourcing Expert – HR Benefits & Wider Professional Services
£95,000 – £105,000 + 15% bonus
London City | 4 days per week in the office
Your newpany
A globally operating professional services organisation providing specialist sourcing and procurement expertise toplex, multinational clients. The business partners closely with senior stakeholders to deliver structured,mercially driven sourcing oues across indirect spend. Operating within a fast‑paced, consulting‑led environment, the organisation is known for its strong delivery culture, client impact andmercial rigour.Your new role
Professional Services Sourcing Lead – HR & Benefits FocusThis is a professional services sourcing role, working in a client‑facing capacity to deliver end‑to‑end sourcing initiatives across indirect spend, with a primary focus on HR Benefits and wider People categories. You’ll operate as a trustedmercial advisor to clients, leading sourcing projects from opportunity identification through to supplier selection, negotiation and contracting. While HR Benefits forms a significant part of the category remit, the role is firmly positioned within a professional services delivery model, requiring strong consulting skills, soundmercial judgement and the ability to manage multiple client engagements simultaneously.
What you’ll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you’ll bring experience from a professional services, consulting, outsourced procurement or similarlyplex corporate sourcing environment. You’ll have strong category knowledge across HR Benefits, Reward, HR Services and wider people‑related spend, applied in amercial and sourcing‑led context. You’ll befortable running end‑to‑end sourcing activity, including market analysis,petitive tendering, supplier evaluation, negotiation and contract drafting. This role requires confidence engaging and influencing senior client stakeholders, including HR leadership, Finance and executive sponsors, as well as experience delivering project‑based sourcing initiatives, often across multiple workstreams in parallel. You’ll also be adept at structuring and negotiatingplexmercial arrangements rather than managing purely BAU vendor relationships, and bring a pragmatic, hands‑on approach with strongmunication and stakeholder management skills.
What you’ll get in return
In return, you’ll step into a highly visible, client‑facing professional services role with genuine ownership and responsibility. You’ll gain exposure to strategic HR & Benefits sourcing programmes across a range of organisations, working at the intersection ofmercial sourcing and HR category expertise. The role offers a collaborative, international environment with a strong consulting and delivery culture, alongside apetitive reward package and long‑term progression within a growing professional services platform.