Senior Procurement Manager

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

If this role is of interest, please apply below or send your CV to [email protected]