Sourcing Lead

Cityfibre; Greater London; Ibrido; GBP 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible benefits

Birthday day off

Private medical insurance

Health cash plans

Career growth opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

CityFibre, based in the UK, is recruiting for a senior procurement lead to manage end-to-end sourcing activities. The role requires steering supplier engagements, negotiations and governance across multiple categories in a fast-paced environment.

Hybrid working is offered, with travel to supplier sites as needed. You’ll bring broad procurement experience, strong stakeholder and supplier management skills, and the ability to deliver structured sourcing events using eSourcing or Source-to-Contract

Competenze

• Broad procurement experience across multiple categories.
• Experience delivering structured sourcing events end-to-end.
• Ability to manage supplier risk and governance.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Knowledge of procurement governance and risk management.

Mansioni

• Lead end-to-end sourcing events from requirement to contract award.
• Manage supplier engagement, evaluations and negotiations.
• Partner with stakeholders to shape sourcing approaches and outcomes.
• Use market insight and supplier data to support decision-making.
• Identify and mitigate sourcing and supplier risks.
• Drive governance, compliance and continuous improvement.

Conoscenze

Procurement experience

Stakeholder management

Sourcing events

Negotiation skills

eSourcing / Source-to-Contract

Strumenti

eSourcing platforms

Contract management tools

Descrizione del lavoro

CityFibre provides wholesale connectivity to multiple business and consumer service providers, local authorities and mobile operators.

Job Description

You'll lead complex sourcing activity from market engagement through to contract award, helping the business secure the right suppliers, manage risk and deliver commercial value across a broad range of categories.

You’ll receive a competitive salary, and a performance related bonus.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Lead end-to-end sourcing events from requirement to contract award
• Manage supplier engagement, evaluations and negotiations
• Partner with stakeholders to shape sourcing approaches and outcomes
• Use market insight and supplier data to support decision-making
• Identify and mitigate sourcing and supplier risks
• Drive governance, compliance and continuous improvement

What you’ll bring to the role

You'll bring broad procurement experience, strong stakeholder and supplier management skills, experience delivering structured sourcing events and the ability to work across multiple categories in a fast-paced environment.

You’ll also have:

• Experience using eSourcing or Source-to-Contract platforms
• Strong supplier management and negotiation skills
• Confident stakeholder engagement and influencing capability
• Knowledge of procurement governance and risk management

Life at CityFibre

Everyone deserves to feel heard, valued and truly included. Working alongside our Employee Communities, we’re committed to creating a workplace where people feel a genuine sense of belonging and pride in what they do. That’s why we’re proud to be a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality, endorsed by WORK180, a Disability Confident Leader, a Care Leaver Friendly Employer, and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.

We’ll support you to thrive inside and outside of work, with opportunities to grow your career and a flexible benefits package that adapts to your life – including generous annual leave (with an extra day off on your birthday), private medical insurance, health cash plans and family‑friendly policies.

Find out more about our culture, communities and benefits on our careers site .

Company Description

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working with a need to travel to supplier sites and CityFibre locations when required.

As the UK’s largest independent full fibre network and wholesale platform of choice, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.

Our network is greener, more reliable and designed for the future. The products we run over it lead the way on speed, value and service - helping businesses to innovate, communities to thrive, and people to live more connected digital lives.

At CityFibre, you’ll be part of something bigger, helping to build a better-connected Britain, together.

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [e-mail]. We want to help!