Senior Procurement Leader - Remote, 4pm Fridays

Inspired PLC; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Company pension

Life insurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Benefits portal, with a wide range of

4pm finish on Friday

Job summary

Inspired PLC in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Procurement Specialist to lead the Procurement team. This home-based role requires occasional travel to the office. You will oversee end-to-end tendering, supplier negotiation, contract recommendations, and contract placement.

You will own procurement policy, processes, and governance, ensuring audit readiness and driving continuous improvement. You will report to the Head of Procurement & Supplier Management and coach team members to raise

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, tendering, or category management, including leading or coordinating a team.
• Demonstrable experience negotiating supplier contracts, including higher-value or complex agreements.
• People management experience, including setting objectives and developing team capability.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using procurement or contract management systems.
• Experience of energy markets (electricity/gas) and pricing mechanism.
• Confident, professional communicator with strong influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong written skills for reviewing and refining commercial recommendations.
• Track record of driving process improvement across a team.
• Organised, able to manage multiple concurrent tenders and deadlines across the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Procurement team, including Procurement Specialists, setting objectives, allocating workload, and maintaining performance standards.
• Oversee end-to-end tender processes (RFI/RFP/RFQ) across the team, ensuring consistency, compliance, and quality of output.
• Review and approve supplier negotiation outcomes and contract award recommendations prepared by the team, providing guidance on complex or high-value deals.
• Own procurement policy, process, and governance for the team, ensuring audit and compliance requirements are met.
• Monitor and report on team performance, tender pipeline, and contract placement against targets to the Head of Procurement & Supplier Management.
• Work with the supplier management team to elevate and resolve supplier and stakeholder issues that cannot be resolved by team members.
• Coach and develop team members, building tendering, negotiation, and commercial writing capability.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce turnaround times across the team's tendering and contracting activity.
• Liaise with senior internal stakeholders on procurement strategy, market conditions, and contract performance.

Skills

Procurement

Tendering

Category management

Negotiation

People management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Contract management systems

Job description

Inspired PLC in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Procurement Specialist to lead the Procurement team. This home-based role requires occasional travel to the office. You will oversee end-to-end tendering, supplier negotiation, contract recommendations, and contract placement.

You will own procurement policy, processes, and governance, ensuring audit readiness and driving continuous improvement. You will report to the Head of Procurement & Supplier Management and coach team members to raise