Procurement Manager – Professional Services

TikTok; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global social media company is seeking a Procurement Manager in London to oversee purchasing activities and optimize procurement processes. This role involves working closely with business units to drive efficiency and cost savings while managing supplier relationships and performance. The ideal candidate will have extensive procurement experience, strong negotiation skills, and a proactive attitude in managing change.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in indirect procurement.
• Experienced with end-to-end procurement activities.
• Strong data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage all purchasing activities in sub-indirect categories.
• Optimize procurement processes.
• Support sourcing activities and strategy.

Skills

Data analysis

Contract management

Negotiation skills

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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Procurement Manager – Professional Services, London

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Client:

TikTok

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description:

About the TeamThe global procurement team facilitates multi-billion dollar annual purchases across 3 major sourcing hubs including Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Our mission is to enhance the business units' competitive edge by providing excellent "visible, controllable, and deliverable" procurement practices & solutions. The Professional Service Procurement Manager manages all purchasing activities of sub-indirect categories including Outsourcing Services, HR services and other expert services. We provide professional procurement support not only to multi-stockholders delivering diverse and proper sourcing solutions to different business units. Responsibilities- Fully responsible for the company BPO services for non-China regions.- Implement and optimize procurement processes to drive business with higher efficiency and lower cost. - Support and participate in all sourcing activities and build knowledge of procurement project management. - Work closely with business owners with strong business acumen, define procurement and supply strategy; help business scale quickly by providing feasibility and innovative advice. - Deep diving into the outsourcing service industry at global level, benchmarking category, analyzing necessary data to select high quality and cost, optimized vendors. - Manage supplier daily deliverables, establish performance measurement system to increase competition between vendors, secure supply, and deliver efficiency and flexibility.

Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree, with 5 years or above experience in indirect procurement.- Familiar with category management in indirect procurement, master of end-to-end procurement activities, purchase to pay, and manage daily activities as a sourcing manager.- Great business acumen and logic, to organize variance business needs and requests, to effectively implement sourcing strategy and process, define, and manage supplier pool, measurement deliver performance to increase efficiency and control cost.- Proved data analysis and contract management skills. Preferred Qualifications- Excellent negotiation skills, good insight into the market and industry, and can proactively work with businesses for innovation and changes.- Good understanding of procurement systems and tools, be able to drive process improvement.- Independent, proactive, and open to embracing change.- Ability to work under stress.