Procurement Lead - Property, Construction, Fit-out

Elite Search Solutions; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Elite Search Solutions is seeking a Procurement Lead to work on behalf of high-profile clients, delivering auditable and sustainable cost-base reductions. The role is hybrid, requiring ~3 days per week at Leamington Spa HQ and strategic category management across Property, FM, and Construction.

You will lead supplier negotiations, run tenders, and implement innovative supply chain solutions, with emphasis on stakeholder collaboration and measurable savings.

Qualifications

• 4–10 years procurement experience in a major UK or international company.
• A breadth of category management experience within Property, FM or Construction.
• A successful track record in managing and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong savings delivery within a high spend environment.
• Excellent communications skills, written and verbal.
• Graduate background with a proactive and agile approach.

Responsibilities

• Interact with key stakeholders and analyse data to create category management approaches.
• Advise and agree with on the procurement strategy for high spend categories.
• Deliver measurable savings through category management including tenders, negotiations and auctions.
• Influence stakeholders to secure agreement to proposed solutions.
• Use leading edge tools and processes to design cost-saving solutions.
• Sourcing suppliers from the UK and Worldwide to meet needs.
• Deliver projects within agreed timescales.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Category management

Negotiation

Sourcing

Project delivery

Tenders & auctions

Education

Graduate degree

Job description

This role is hybrid with circa 3 days per week in Leamington Spa HQ

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team of Procurement Management Specialists that deliver auditable and sustainable cost base reduction to clients in a variety of industries. With a wide range of procurement experience across many industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality, healthcare, property and the service sector this is a growing business offering a working environment which is hardworking, supportive and fun.

As a Procurement Lead, you will work on behalf of well-known clients to identify and implement innovative supply chain solutions which reduce costs and add value.

You should have previous category experience within Property, Construction, FM or Fit-out to be considered for this role. If this is within Retail or QSR's that would be highly beneficial and any additional Indirect procurement experience would also be useful.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interact with key stakeholders and analyse data to create category management approaches
• Advise and agree with on the procurement strategy for high spend categories
• Deliver measurable savings through hands on category management including undertaking tenders, negotiations and auctions
• Influence stakeholders to secure agreement to proposed solutions
• Use of leading edge tools and processes and creative thinking to design solutions which deliver rapid cost savings and improvements in performance
• Sourcing suppliers from the UK and Worldwide to meet needs
• Deliver projects within agreed timescales

Skills & Experience:

• 4-10 years' procurement experience in a major UK or international company
• A breadth of category management experience within Property, FM or Construction
• A successful track record in managing and influencing senior stakeholders
• Strong track record of savings delivery within a high spend environment
• Keen commercial business sense
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal
• Positive and proactive attitude, confident in taking personal initiative
• Good negotiation skills and natural persuasion
• Strong academic (graduate) background and have an agile approach to challenges.