Strategic Procurement Lead, Operational Services

St. James’s Place; Cirencester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Generous Pension Scheme

Enhanced Parental Leave

Protection Benefits

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

St. James’s Place Cirencester is seeking a Procurement Category Manager - Operational Services to drive strategy and cost savings across Marketing, Travel & Events, Subscriptions, Facilities, Print, Legal, and HR Services.

Hybrid, permanent role. You will lead initiatives, manage supplier relationships and negotiate contracts with strong stakeholder engagement and CIPS background preferred.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in procurement and category management within indirect spend categories.
• Track record negotiating contracts and managing supplier relationships.
• Ability to articulate supplier evaluations to stakeholders.
• Experience developing RFPs and evaluating suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Implement category strategy with Category Lead across multiple spend areas.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings and ROI improvements.
• Engage stakeholders across SJP to drive category initiatives.
• Lead sourcing events including RFIs, RFPs, benchmarking and supplier selection.
• Raise risks and monitor supplier performance.
• Feed into critical metric reporting.

Skills

Procurement

Category Management

Stakeholder Engagement

RFPs & RFIs

Contract Negotiation

Cost Modelling

Supplier Relationships

Communication

Risk Management

Education

CIPS qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

St. James’s Place Cirencester is seeking a Procurement Category Manager - Operational Services to drive strategy and cost savings across Marketing, Travel & Events, Subscriptions, Facilities, Print, Legal, and HR Services.

Hybrid, permanent role. You will lead initiatives, manage supplier relationships and negotiate contracts with strong stakeholder engagement and CIPS background preferred.