Senior procurement lead

Breast Cancer Now; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is looking for an experienced procurement manager based in London. The role involves initiating and supporting procurement projects, negotiating with suppliers, and providing best practice guidance. Ideal candidates will have strong procurement experience, especially in leading tenders, and should possess excellent negotiating skills. The position supports a hybrid working model, allowing up to 2 days of remote work per week, alongside competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and supporting tenders for goods and services.
• Sound knowledge of IT system procurement.
• Experience with charity specific contracts is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and support procurement projects.
• Build relationships with contract owners.
• Provide best practice guidance to achieve objectives.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiating skills

Tender management

Supplier relationship management

Education

CIPS qualification or working towards

Job description

About us

We re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you re experiencing breast cancer, we re here.

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

We re looking to recruit an experienced procurement manager to help us achieve best value for money with our spend so that we can invest more in our services that support people with breast cancer. If successful you ll be working as part of the legal and governance team and will have responsibility for both initiating and supporting our procurement projects. You ll be building upon the relationships with contract owners that we ve in place, offering best practice guidance to help them achieve their objectives whilst ensuring that value for money is achieved and risks mitigated. As our charity continues to grow you ll have the opportunity to share your knowledge and develop your procurement experience across a wide and varied range of contracts.

About you

Our successful candidate will have good procurement experience in leading and supporting tenders for goods and services with a sound knowledge of IT system procurement. Experience of charity specific contracts would be an advantage but not essential.

You ll have good negotiating skills being able to lead on supplier commercial negotiations. You should be able to demonstrate where and how you have added value to the procurement process. The ability to help with drafting tender specifications and statements of work is a key requirement for this role. CIPS qualified, or working towards the qualification, would be an advantage but not essential.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 2 days per week at home.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement online. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date

Sunday 16 November 2025 midnight

Interview date

week commencing 24 November 2025

We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you re interested in this opportunity.