Procurement Senior Manager/Director

Teneo; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global advisory firm is seeking a proficient lead Procurement professional who will design and implement a pragmatic procurement strategy. This hybrid role involves both hands-on sourcing activities and developing processes to enhance cost control and supplier management. The successful candidate will have 7+ years of procurement experience, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to work autonomously. Responsibilities include spend analysis, leading sourcing initiatives, and stakeholder engagement. The position offers a competitive salary, 28 days holiday, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

28 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

Annual salary review

Pension with company contribution

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Proven procurement experience of 7+ years with exposure to indirect categories.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills essential.
• Demonstrated success in delivering savings and pragmatic procurement discipline.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Comfortable working autonomously in a greenfield environment.
• Ability to operate as both a strategist and hands-on practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Build a clear picture of current and ongoing supplier spend.
• Lead sourcing activity in high-value categories.
• Introduce preferred supplier arrangements and manage performance.
• Develop simple procurement policies and processes.
• Support in reviewing and negotiating supplier contracts.
• Engage with stakeholders and provide commercial challenge.
• Track and report savings and procurement initiatives.

Skills

Procurement experience

Commercial acumen

Negotiation skills

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Hands-on practitioner

Job description

Location: hybrid, based at one of our UK offices: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, or Newcastle.

The role

As our first lead Procurement professional, you will be responsible for designing and implementing a pragmatic procurement approach across our global operations in support of the firm’s continued growth and ambition. You will combine hands‑on sourcing activity with developing light‑touch processes that improve cost control, compliance, and supplier management. This role will have exposure to senior leadership and is expected to deliver measurable financial impact rapidly, particularly in our largest indirect spend areas.

Responsibilities

• Spend visibility & analysis: Build a clear picture of current and ongoing supplier spend to identify priority categories and track progress.
• Sourcing & negotiations: Lead sourcing activity in high‑value and high‑impact categories as we agree.
• Supplier management: Introduce preferred supplier arrangements, consolidate fragmented spend, and establish supplier performance management.
• Policy & governance: Develop and implement simple procurement policies and processes (e.g. spend thresholds, competitive tendering requirements) whilst remaining agile and without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Contract management: Support the business, working with our Legal Team, in reviewing and negotiating supplier contracts, ensuring best value and risk mitigation.
• Stakeholder engagement: Build relationships with budget holders and provide commercial challenge while enabling the business to succeed.
• Reporting & savings delivery: Track and report savings, compliance, and procurement initiatives to the CFO.

Skills and Experience

Basic requirements

• Proven procurement experience (7 + years) with broad exposure to indirect categories.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated success in delivering savings and introducing pragmatic procurement discipline in organisations with low prior maturity.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and EQ, with the confidence to engage stakeholders and colleagues at all levels across disciplines.
• Comfortable working autonomously in a “greenfield” environment.
• Ability and willingness to operate as both a strategist and a hands‑on practitioner.

Preferred requirements

• Experience of working in a professional services environment.
• Experience operating globally with stakeholders located across multiple geographies.
• Experienced in leading procurement transformation initiatives, transitioning from manual operations to automated systems/workflows.
• Track record of building and developing teams.

What We Can Offer

• Competitive salary (depending on experience)
• 28 days holiday
• Discretionary bonus
• Annual salary review
• Pension (with company contribution: 5% of annual salary)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave
• Private medical insurance
• Group Income protection
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Season ticket loans
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities
• Flexible working with office laptop and phone provided

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand‑alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,700 employees located in 45+ offices around the world.

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