Commercial Procurement Manager (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)

Genomics England; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK health organization is seeking a skilled procurement professional to lead strategic commercial planning and build strong stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate will manage procurement operations and ensure compliance with business objectives. This full-time role offers competitive salary starting at £69,000, generous leave, and a blended working model, allowing flexibility in the workplace while contributing to impactful healthcare initiatives.

Benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Defined contribution pension with matching contributions

Learning and development budgets

Employee recognition programme

Subsidised gym membership

Qualifications

• CIPS Level 6 (or working towards) is preferred but not essential.
• Undergraduate degree required in procurement or a related business field.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement commercial plans with key stakeholders.
• Manage daily procurement operations and resource allocation.
• Build strong relationships across various teams offering commercial advice.

Skills

Forecasting

Cost Management

Negotiation

Market Research

Education

Bachelor's degree in procurement or a related business field

Tools

Hyperion

QlikView

Salesforce

Job description

Responsibilities

• Strategic Commercial Planning: define and implement comprehensive commercial plans including business-as-usual (BAU) activities and future project pipelines in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Business Partnering: approach your role with a service mindset across the end-to-end commercial lifecycle. Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across various programmes, directorates and teams offering expert commercial procurement and contracting advice.
• Operational Oversight: manage daily procurement operations, resource allocation, process development, reporting and compliance ensuring efficient and effective procurement activities.
• Team Working: report to the Head of Commercial Procurement and deputise on occasion; foster an inclusive and high‑performing environment amongst colleagues and align with organisational mission and values.
• Governance and Compliance: ensure commercial solutions meet business objectives and value‑for‑money criteria while maintaining good governance and compliance with budgets, workforce plans and IT/data requirements.

Qualifications

CIPS Level 6 (or working towards) – however this is not essential; undergraduate degree in procurement or a related business field.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 27th November at 23:59.

Salary from: £69,000

Benefits

• Generous Leave: 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family‑Friendly: blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: defined contribution pension (Genomics England double‑matches up to 10% however you can contribute more if you wish), life assurance (3x salary) and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: individual learning budgets support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.

Equal Opportunities

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation or social background.

Genomics England’s policies of non‑discrimination and equity will be applied fairly to all people regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service whether full or part‑time or employed under a permanent or a fixed‑term contract or any other relevant factor.

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity.

We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process we encourage you to discuss this with us.

Culture

We have four key behaviours that represent what we would like Genomics England to feel like and the culture we want to encourage in order for us to achieve our mission. These behaviours help us all work well together, deliver on our outcomes, celebrate our successes and share feedback with each other. You can read about these and other aspects of our culture here (link).

Blended Working Model

Genomics England operates a blended working model. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month; however this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to. Some of our roles require full time on‑site attendance (e.g. lab teams, reception team). Our office locations are: Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

Onboarding & Background Checks

As part of our recruitment process all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.

Additional Information

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full‑time

Key Skills

Forecasting, Hyperion, Cost Management, Construction Estimating, QlikView, HubSpot, Salesforce, Market Research, Negotiation, Financial Planning

Department / Functional Area: Procurement

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1