Interim Security Procurement Lead (9m Contract)

1st Executive; England; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Executive is seeking an Interim Senior Category Manager - Security on a hybrid basis in Reading. The role leads end-to-end procurement for a specialist security category, including electronic security systems, CCTV, access control, and monitoring solutions.

You will shape procurement strategy for a high-value programme within a regulated environment, negotiating, tendering, and awarding contracts with a focus on security outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong category management or procurement experience within Security categories.
• Solid understanding of the security supplier marketplace and associated technologies.
• Experience developing category strategies, sourcing strategies, and recommendations for award.
• Knowledge of the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) standards.
• Ideally experience delivering complex procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 or PCR2015/UCR regulations.

Responsibilities

• Own an end-to-end procurement programme covering a specialist Security category.
• Develop category and sourcing strategies, engage the market, run tenders and award contracts.
• Lead delivery of a high-value procurement programme in a regulated environment.

Skills

Category management

Procurement

Security procurement

Strategic sourcing

Award recommendations

NPSA standards

Job description

1st Executive is seeking an Interim Senior Category Manager - Security on a hybrid basis in Reading. The role leads end-to-end procurement for a specialist security category, including electronic security systems, CCTV, access control, and monitoring solutions.

You will shape procurement strategy for a high-value programme within a regulated environment, negotiating, tendering, and awarding contracts with a focus on security outcomes.