Procurement Manager - Indirect

Cityfibre; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus

Job summary

CityFibre is seeking a Purchasing/Procurement Manager to shape category strategies, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver commercial value across a diverse portfolio of Enterprise Indirect goods and services. You will lead end-to-end procurement activities, drive supplier engagements and negotiations, and analyse market data to improve governance.

You’ll bring significant category management experience along with strong negotiation, stakeholder engagement and data-driven decision making,

Qualifications

• Significant procurement and category management experience.
• Experience delivering sourcing strategies across indirect spend.
• Experience across Technology, Software/SaaS, Professional Services, HR, Legal, Finance, Marketing or Corporate Services.

Responsibilities

• Developing category and sourcing strategies
• Influencing commercial decisions across the business
• Running end-to-end procurement activities
• Leading supplier engagement and negotiations
• Analysing market and supplier performance data
• Improving procurement processes and governance

Skills

Category management

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Supplier management

Data analysis

Strategic sourcing

Education

Degree in Procurement / Supply Chain / Business

CIPS Level 5 or above or working towards

Job description

Job Description

Joining us as a Purchasing Manager

As a Procurement Manager, you will shape category strategies, influence senior stakeholders and deliver commercial value across a diverse portfolio of Enterprise Indirect goods and services in a fast-paced, transformation-focused environment. Categories may include Technology (Hardware, Software/SaaS), Professional Services, HR, Marketing, Finance, Legal and other corporate services spend.

You’ll receive a competitive salary, and a performance related bonus.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Developing category and sourcing strategies
• Influencing commercial decisions across the business
• Running end-to-end procurement activities
• Leading supplier engagement and negotiations
• Analysing market and supplier performance data
• Improving procurement processes and governance

What you’ll bring to the role

You’ll be an experienced procurement professional with strong commercial, category management and stakeholder engagement skills, gained across multiple Enterprise Indirect spend areas within a complex organisation. Experience across Technology, Professional Services or Corporate Services categories would be particularly valuable.

You’ll also have:

• Significant procurement and category management experience
• Experience developing and delivering sourcing strategies across indirect spend categories
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
• The ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Experience using commercial data to support decision-making
• Broad procurement experience across multiple categories, ideally including Technology, Software/SaaS, Professional Services, HR, Legal, Finance, Marketing or Corporate Services
• Experience operating within a complex, matrixed organisation with multiple stakeholders

Life at CityFibre

Everyone deserves to feel heard, valued and truly included. Working alongside our Employee Communities, we’re committed to creating a workplace where people feel a genuine sense of belonging and pride in what they do. That’s why we’re proud to be a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality, endorsed by WORK180, a Disability Confident Leader, a Care Leaver Friendly Employer, and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.

We’ll support you to thrive inside and outside of work, with opportunities to grow your career and a flexible benefits package that adapts to your life – including generous annual leave (with an extra day off on your birthday), private medical insurance, health cash plans and family‑friendly policies.

Find out more about our culture, communities and benefits on our careers site.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business or a related discipline

CIPS Level 5 or above, or working towards - desirable

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [e-mail]. We want to help!