Senior Strategic Procurement Leader - Hybrid

Michael Page; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Flexible and hybrid working

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is seeking a senior procurement leader to manage a broad portfolio of multi-million-pound sourcing projects, acting as the trusted partner to senior stakeholders across TfGM. You will shape commercial strategies, secure savings, and improve services while reducing risk from complex supplier arrangements.

You will work with a multidisciplinary Commercial Services function spanning procurement, franchise, and supplier relationships, influencing requirements

Qualifications

• Experience developing, critiquing and implementing commodity, category or sourcing strategies and recommending a preferred commercial option.
• Strong knowledge of procurement principles, concepts and techniques, including the preparation of high-quality tender documentation.
• Experience leading complex end-to-end tendering, evaluation, negotiation and contract or framework award activity.
• A record of supplier management, relationship development and performance improvement across the contract lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end procurement and tendering activity through to final commercial arrangement, contract or framework sign-off, including multi-million-pound projects.
• Develop, critique and implement sourcing and commodity strategies based on organisational need, supply-market insight and commercial risk.
• Create complex tender documentation, assess responses and recommend the best-value option while minimising operational and commercial exposure.
• Identify and deliver significant savings, service improvements, cost reduction and whole-life value across a broad portfolio.
• Research alternative routes to market and contracting strategies, using market knowledge to influence senior stakeholders and executive decisions.
• Develop commercial recommendations, sourcing strategies and savings plans for presentation to senior governance groups.
• Build productive supplier relationships and use SLAs, KPIs, negotiation and continuous improvement to enhance contract performance.
• Challenge existing commercial approaches and identify opportunities for collaboration and shared value across TfGM.
• Coach and advise stakeholders involved in procurement, building confidence, compliance and a stronger value-for-money culture.
• Manage a demanding portfolio of priorities and contribute to peer reviews, commercial planning and improvement of procurement processes.

Skills

Commodity strategy

Sourcing strategies

Tender documentation

Supplier management

Stakeholder influencing

Market analysis

Communication skills

Team collaboration

MCIPS

Education

Degree level or equivalent

MCIPS qualification (or willingness to work towards MCIPS)

Job description

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is seeking a senior procurement leader to manage a broad portfolio of multi-million-pound sourcing projects, acting as the trusted partner to senior stakeholders across TfGM. You will shape commercial strategies, secure savings, and improve services while reducing risk from complex supplier arrangements.

You will work with a multidisciplinary Commercial Services function spanning procurement, franchise, and supplier relationships, influencing requirements