Senior Procurement Manager
£70,000 - £80,000 + Bonus
Central Manchester (Hybrid working)
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Procurement / Category Manager to join an ambitious growing financial services brand as they look to improve their end-to-end procurement process.
You'll be centralising spend, helping onboard new procurement technology and oversee key third-party spend, managing supplier relationships and hitting key milestones along the procurement roadmap.
This role would suit a strong procurement generalist whose experience includes IT category management and has worked in mid-size firms or scale-ups.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and execute complex tenders from RFI/RFP through to contract award
* Own full IT category management, including strategic sourcing and renewals
* Drive delivery across key non‐IT strategic categories
* Play a major role in achieving group‐wide procurement savings targets
* Rationalise the supply base and eliminate duplicated spend
* Build and manage high‐value supplier relationships
* Deliver key milestones from the Procurement Maturity Roadmap
* Support the Head of Procurement on priority projects and escalations
What You Bring
* Significant experience in the Procurement Space, ideally covering IT category management and with wider category experience (out 80/20 in this role)
* Expertise running complex end‐to‐end tenders and owning the process.
* Strong background in IT category management, sourcing, renewals, and negotiation
* Experience managing strategic suppliers.
* A track record of supply chain rationalisation and commercial optimisation
* Ideally, experience in a small or mid-size firm with a track-record of success working with senior department leaders
* Experience in a regulated or professional services environment would be beneficial
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