Procurement Operations Manager in Stevenage

Energy Jobline ZR; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking a Procurement Operations Manager to lead the operational procurement activity in the Stevenage area. The role is hybrid, Monday–Friday, 45 hours per week, with a day rate of £600 per day (umbrella).

The successful candidate will drive cost avoidance, improve purchasing behaviours and ensure governance over spend and master data. Role involves delivering data-informed insights, supporting bid activity and embedding new suppliers into business processes.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in procurement operations and buying desks.
• Ability to manage supplier performance and compliance with policies.
• Experience driving cost avoidance and catalogue utilisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Buying Desk team and monitor lead time SLAs and KPIs.
• Serve as escalation point for procurement queries.
• Resolve non-standard procurement queries across operational activities.
• Develop, implement and maintain standard operating procedures.
• Enforce compliance with supplier pathways and purchasing activity.
• Deliver against cost avoidance targets and improve purchasing behaviour.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Job description

Job DescriptionWe are currently looking for a Procurement Operations Manager. You will be working in Stevenage. Hybrid working Monday - Friday 45 hours per week Temp Contract - Ongoing Day rate - £600 per day umbrella Job Purpose The primary purpose of this role is to lead the effective delivery of operational procurement activity across the Water division, ensuring robust process control, supplier performance, and compliance with procurement policies and supplier frameworks. The role focuses on driving cost avoidance, improving purchasing behaviours, reducing invoices on hold, and delivering supply chain rationalisation, while maintaining strong governance over P-card spend and master data integrity. It is responsible for producing and leveraging data insights to improve operational performance, supporting bid and mobilisation activity, and embedding new suppliers into business processes.

Main Duties

• Manage the performance of the Buying Desk team as part of wider operational procurement delivery, ensuring adherence to lead time SLAs and quality management KPIs
• Act as an escalation point for procurement-related queries, including those arising from the Buying Desk
• Resolve non-standard procurement queries across operational activities, including those received via the Buying Desk
• Develop, implement, and maintain standard operating procedures for operational procurement activities
• Monitor and enforce compliance with supplier pathways across all purchasing activity
• Deliver against an agreed cost avoidance savings target
• Drive improvements in catalogue utilisation and reduce non-catalogue purchasing activity across the business

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.