Strategic Procurement Leader for Public Sector, SRM & Value

The Crown Estate; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Crown Estate is seeking a Strategic Procurement Manager to shape our procurement roadmap, influence demand early, and design compliant, value-driven sourcing strategies across a multi-site public sector portfolio.

You'll partner with senior stakeholders, build a multi-year enterprise pipeline, manage SRM with strategic suppliers, embed sustainability and social value into contracts, and mentor colleagues to raise the standard of commercial excellence.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience delivering complex end-to-end procurement in a public sector or regulated environment.
• Expertise in UK Public Procurement Regulations and best-practice commercial standards.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking; translate data into practical strategies.
• Ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders.
• Experience developing and mentoring others.
• Exposure to a supplier relationship management programme is an advantage.
• MCIPS is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Owning our Enterprise Pipeline and building a multi-year view of demand, so we spot opportunities before they arise.
• Partnering with stakeholders early to shape requirements, and coaching them through governance.
• Designing tailored sourcing strategies and evaluation criteria that are compliant, commercially sound and built to deliver value.
• Using market insight and supplier engagement to bring innovation, better quality and lower cost.
• Leading relationships with allocated strategic suppliers under our new tiered SRM framework, and managing supply chain risk.
• Embedding sustainability and social value into contracts so they're delivered in practice.
• Using spend analysis to track and report the value procurement delivers.
• Mentoring colleagues and leading change, so our new SRM and contract management frameworks take hold across the business.

Skills

Stakeholder influence

Analytical thinking

Strategic planning

Mentoring others

Supplier relationship management

Public sector procurement

Education

MCIPS desirable

Job description

The Crown Estate is seeking a Strategic Procurement Manager to shape our procurement roadmap, influence demand early, and design compliant, value-driven sourcing strategies across a multi-site public sector portfolio.

You'll partner with senior stakeholders, build a multi-year enterprise pipeline, manage SRM with strategic suppliers, embed sustainability and social value into contracts, and mentor colleagues to raise the standard of commercial excellence.