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Senior Facilities & Procurement Manager
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: UK (London)
Description
Procurement Manager / Senior Facilities Manager & Procurement Manager
London
Hybrid, two days in office
Permanent
We are a fast-growing global reinsurance speciality company servicing the insurance markets of Lloyd's, Europe and North America.
Due to growth, we are looking for our first Senior Facilities & Procurement Manager to establish and lead our procurement function from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to design and implement procurement frameworks, introduce best-in-class supplier governance and drive commercial value across the business.
A key focus of this role will be IT services and technology procurement, ensuring robust supplier management, cost optimisation and governance across critical technology and infrastructure services.
Responsibilities
- Build and implement a fit-for-purpose procurement framework, including policies, controls and governance.
- Conduct spend analysis to identify opportunities, with a particular focus on IT services, infrastructure, and digital suppliers.
- Lead supplier negotiations across key categories, especially IT services (managed services, SaaS, infrastructure, cyber).
- Establish supplier due diligence processes and maintain a central supplier register.
- Manage contract lifecycle (negotiation, renewal, compliance, documentation).
- Drive cost efficiencies and value improvement across the supplier base.
- Partner with IT and senior stakeholders to shape sourcing strategies for technology solutions.
- Evaluate and negotiate contracts with IT vendors, ensuring scalability, security and value.
- Support vendor selection for systems, tools and outsourcing arrangements.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations around third-party technology risk and outsourcing.
- Introduce best practices in IT supplier governance and performance management.
- Support audit, regulatory and board-level reporting on supplier risk and performance.
Facilities & Operational Oversight
- Oversee facilities management across UK and international offices.
- Manage vendors for office services, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.
- Support office projects (relocations, refurbishments and fit-outs).
Candidate requirements
- Right to work in this location
- Proven experience in procurement or supply chain, ideally within financial services, insurance or professional services.
- Strong track record in IT procurement (managed services, SaaS, infrastructure, cloud).
- Experience building or transforming procurement functions.
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
- Knowledge of third-party risk, outsourcing, and regulatory requirements (e.g., FCA/PRA).
- Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across business and IT teams.
- CIPS qualification (or working towards).
- Experience across multiple international jurisdictions.
Benefits
- competitive salary & annual bonus
- health & wellbeing subsidy (GBP 20 per month) (from Day 1)
- generous pension (eligible after probationary period)
- private healthcare from BUPA and a Healthcare Cash Plan from Medicash (from Day 1)
- life assurance (from Day 1)
- income protection (from Day 1)
- 25 days annual leave (from Day 1)
- cycle to work scheme (from Day 1)
- season ticket loan (interest free) (eligible after probationary period)
- electric vehicle scheme (eligible after probationary period)
- EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) (from Day 1)
- learning/study support and reimbursement for professional memberships
- hybrid working
- employee socials and recognition programme
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