Procurement Manager, Professional Services, Central London, Pt Remote

Carrington Recruitment Solutions Limited; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrington Recruitment Solutions Limited is seeking a Procurement Manager in Central London for a hybrid role, spending about 50% time in the office. The ideal candidate will lead IT and SaaS procurement, manage vendor relationships, and drive strategic improvements across supplier engagements.

You will use strong leadership and stakeholder management to shape procurement strategy, contract negotiations, and SLA compliance, ensuring effective delivery of products and services.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Category management across categories with IT & Technology procurement and SaaS vendors.
• Excellent understanding of procurement processes and contractual elements such as SLAs.
• Strong vendor life cycle knowledge: sourcing, procurement, vendor management.
• Proven contract management and negotiation skills.
• Exceptional leadership and ability to present and guide procurement vision.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to drive improvements and lead initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement activities and manage relationships with IT/SaaS vendors.
• Develop and present the procurement vision and goals to stakeholders.
• Oversee vendor life cycle from sourcing to performance delivery.

Skills

Category management

IT procurement

Vendor management

SLA knowledge

Contract negotiations

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Strategic planning

Communication

Job description

Procurement Manager, Information Technology, SaaS, SLAs, Central London

Procurement Manager required to work for an exciting Professional Services business based in Central London. This is a hybrid role where you will spend 50% of your time in the Central London offices. Ideally you will have a Professional Services background and you will have solid vendor lifecycle management skills, along with proven leadership skills.

Experience required:

• Significant experience in Category management across a range of categories - with some understanding of IT & Technology procurement and vendors e.g. SaaS.
• An excellent understanding of procurement processes and contractual elements such as SLAs.
• Good understanding of contractual, commercial and operational working relationships with vendors to ensure effective delivery of committed products, services and solutions.
• Very good knowledge of contract management and negotiation.
• Good understanding of the vendor life cycle (sourcing, procurement, vendor management), and how internal roles interact and operate throughout the duration of vendor engagements
• Exceptional leadership skills and presence with the ability to develop and present and/or communicate the Procurement vision and goals, acting as a source of knowledge and guidance
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to drive improvements and take charge of initiatives

salary is dependent upon experience.