Senior Procurement Business Partner

1st Executive Ltd; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Corporate benefits

Job summary

1st Executive Ltd seeks a Senior Procurement Business Partner in Oxford for indirect procurement leadership. The role covers corporate/professional services, delivering commercial excellence in a fast-paced engineering environment.

The candidate will oversee category management, develop sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, and collaborate with stakeholders to drive value and savings.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in indirect procurement.
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Experience managing supplier contracts and performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee indirect procurement across multiple spend categories.
• Develop sourcing strategies to reduce cost and risk.
• Manage supplier relationships and contracts for value.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver commercial solutions.
• Measure savings and support informed decision-making.
• Promote procurement value across the business.

Skills

Indirect procurement

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Contract management

Analytical skills

Job description

£60000 - £70000 per annum + hybrid working/corporate benefits

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Published:

1 day ago

Expiry date:

2026-10-29

Senior Procurement Business Partner

Salary: upto 70k + benefits

Location: Oxford - hybrid working, 3 days per week in office

We're looking for a professional with indirect Procurement experience for a Senior Procurement Business Partner role (Corporate/Professional services category) to play a key role in delivering commercial excellence across a world-class fast-paced engineering organisation.

If you're ambitious, ready to take ownership, influence key decisions and help drive commercial success, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today for a chat.

What you'll be doing:

• Category Management- Oversee the procurement process across Indirect Procurement
• Leading indirect procurement activity across multiple spend categories within the indirect space (Corporate/Professional services category).
• Developing sourcing strategies that reduce cost, improve supplier performance and manage risk.
• Supplier Relationship Management, building and maintaining strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, negotiating and managing supplier contracts to maximise value.
• Partnering with stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver commercially effective solutions, promoting the value of the Procurement function to the wider business.
• Measure savings and support informed decision-making.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience in indirect procurement
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Experience managing suppliers and commercial contracts.
• A proactive, commercially minded approach with excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities and comfortable working in an evolving/growing procurement function.

You'll partner with stakeholders across corporate category and other business functions, developing sourcing strategies, negotiating high-value contracts, and building strong supplier relationships that deliver measurable value. This is an opportunity to step into a visible, business-facing role where your commercial expertise, negotiation skills and ability to influence will directly shape business performance.

You'll become part of an innovative, collaborative organisation where pace, performance and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do. Alongside a competitive salary and excellent benefits, you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine commercial impact while developing your career in a challenging and rewarding environment.

*** applicants must be based in the UK to commit to hybrid working requirement and hold current/valid UK RTW ***