Lead Procurement Manager - Customer & Marketing (FTC)

easyJet Airline Company PLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking airline as a Lead Procurement Manager, where your expertise in marketing procurement will drive strategic objectives and enhance supplier performance. This dynamic role involves managing significant spend across marketing and media, fostering collaboration with key stakeholders, and delivering innovative solutions. With a focus on proactive business partnering, you'll lead end-to-end tender processes and ensure value delivery while navigating market dynamics. Embrace the opportunity to make a real impact in a company dedicated to making low-cost travel easy and enjoyable for millions.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Up to 20% Bonus

25 Days Holiday

7% Pension Contribution

Life Assurance

Flexible Benefits Package

Excellent Staff Travel Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in marketing procurement and category management.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of spend across marketing and media ecosystems.
• Lead tender processes and manage supplier relationships.

Skills

Marketing Procurement

Category Management

Stakeholder Management

Contract Management

Creative Agencies Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Relevant Professional Certifications

Job description

Job Description

Lead Procurement Manager – Customer and Marketing (FTC 9-12 months)

Nearly thirty years ago, we reinvented European air travel. That took innovation, energy, digital disruption, and persistence. Working here means finding ways to make things better, being inventive, getting on and achieving. Making low-cost travel easy.

The Procurement Team manages a significant proportion of easyJet's external spend, which in FY24 was £3.36 billion per annum, covering Customer, Operations (including Ground Handling), Commercial, Customer & Marketing, Business, Corporate, Finance, People, Fuel, and IT functions. The Lead Procurement Manager for Customer and Marketing reports to the Senior Manager for Commercial and Corporate Procurement.

This exciting role offers a great opportunity to join easyJet on a fixed-term basis and to build upon our team's strong relationships with the Customer & Marketing function, which brings our customer and brand vision to life with high energy and collaboration. Working closely with the Chief Customer and Marketing Officer and their team, you will manage a portfolio of spend across marketing and media ecosystems, as well as other areas within the function. Responsibilities include spend and market analysis, stakeholder and supplier engagement, leading tender processes, drafting templates for contracts and renewals, and managing supplier relationships to ensure value delivery. You will act as a proactive business partner, providing procurement support and advice to help achieve strategic objectives.

Key Performance Indicators and Targets

• Improve value proposition
• Deliver best-in-class contract terms and minimize supply chain risks
• Enhance supplier service and performance
• Increase procurement engagement and profile within the business
• Adhere to procurement policies and utilize Supplier Management frameworks
• Reduce costs in allocated categories

Additional focus on proactive business partnering and category planning.

Requirements of the Role

To succeed, you need experience in marketing procurement and category management, with demonstrable knowledge of creative agencies, media planning and buying, brand, and digital sectors. You should actively seek opportunities to generate value and cost savings. Influencing internal stakeholders, supporting strategy, and promoting procurement are essential skills. You must be a strategic thinker, capable of understanding market dynamics, creating innovative category plans, and managing complex specifications and contracts under tight deadlines. A self-starter with determination, business acumen, and the ability to lead end-to-end tender processes is required. An understanding of how third-party contracts support revenue growth, including new revenue streams and ROI, is essential.

This role demands a proactive individual with strong stakeholder management skills, ready to make an immediate impact as a key support for Customer & Marketing.

What You’ll Get in Return

• Competitive salary
• Up to 20% bonus
• 25 days holiday
• BAYE, SAYE, and Performance share schemes
• 7% pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits package
• Excellent staff travel benefits

Location & Hours of Work

This full-time role is based in Luton, with hybrid working (3 days in Luton). The working week is 40 hours. We are always #happytotalkflex.

About easyJet

Our goal is to make low-cost travel easy—connecting people to what they value through Europe’s best airline network, great fares, and friendly service. Serving over 90 million passengers annually across 35 countries, our team embodies positivity, inclusivity, and a can-do spirit called the ‘Orange Spirit’, which we hope you will share.

Apply

Complete your application on our careers site. We value individuality, initiative, and continuous learning. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, making reasonable adjustments during the interview process and employment to support all candidates.

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Business Area

Procurement

Primary Location