Senior Procurement Manager

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Sovereign Network Group (SNG) is recruiting a Senior Procurement Manager to lead strategic spend in Property Services and Building Safety & Compliance. The role combines oversight of a Category team with hands-on sourcing, supplier engagement, and governance to maximise value.

You will report to the Head of Strategic Sourcing and work across the procurement function, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in category management and leading supplier engagement to drive value for money.
• Ability to lead multiple procurement projects and teams.
• Knowledge of contract drafting and regulatory frameworks relevant to procurement.

Responsibilities

• Accountability for strategic spend categories within Property Services and Building Safety & Compliance.
• Lead a team of Category Managers and oversee sourcing activity.
• Deliver end-to-end sourcing in line with Procurement Act 2023 and best practice.
• Drive data integrity and reporting to inform decision making.
• Approve high value PO requisitions and supplier set up within scope.

Skills

Category management

Supplier engagement

Sourcing

Data reporting

Leadership

Contract drafting

Job description

Are you experienced in Procurement and looking for a newchallenge?

We've got a fantasticopportunity to join our Procurement team at SNG (Sovereign Network Group) as

Senior Procurement Manager.

Based from either

Basingstoke or Wembley, you'll combine home and office working to ensure a positive work / life balance. To support close collaboration with the wider procurement team, there will be an expectation to be in the Basingstoke office on a weekly basis.

At SNG, we provide 86,000 homes and invest in communities across London, the South East, South West and East of England, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year.

The Role

Reporting into the Head of Strategic Sourcing, you'll be a key member of the senior leadership team within Procurement. You'll be responsible for the approach and methodology for SNG's procurement activity, demonstrating where procurement can add measurable value and identifying solutions which support the delivery of SNG's corporate goals. This is a hands-on role, responsibilities include:

Accountability for strategic spend categories within our

Property Services and

Building Safety & Compliance business areas

Leading a team of Category Managers - setting, supporting and overseeing category sourcing activity

Supporting multiple complex procurement projects across all areas of spend within your key business areas, ensuring that the procurement team and its service offering is aligned to business needs, delivering optimal quality, financial and risk outcomes

Delivering all end-to-end sourcing activity in accordance with Procurement Act 2023 and in line with commercial best practice

Contributing to transformational workstreams including data integrity and data reporting to maximise the use of data to impact decision making

Line Management of the category team to ensure best in class procurement, offering continuous support, mentorship and encouragement for personal development

Approval responsibility for high value purchase order requisitioning, and new supplier set up applications within scope of the category

What we need from you

You should have previous experience in a similar role within procurement, with significant experience in category management, including a track record in leading supplier engagement and sourcing activities to drive value for money.

We are looking for experience from within

property services / building safety / housing asset management, ideally from a housing background. You'll also need:

To demonstrate a flexible approach and an ability to manage ambiguity with short term tactical / transactional activity versus strategic long-term priorities

A good tool kit of sourcing techniques to identify, develop and deliver solutions

Experience of leading and managing multiple projects

Excellent written and communication skills

Ability to form effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders

Good attention to detail and experience in contract drafting and varying

Leadership skills and a desire to coach and develop a small team

Experience of working under and advising on PCR 2015 and Procurement Act 2023