Procurement Category Specialist

Company: Talent Drive | B Corp™
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Location: London
Job Description:

Procurement Manager (x2) | £50,000 to £65,000 | Bonus | Healthcare | Pension | Wider package of other benefits | Based in the City of London – 2 days a week | A leading technology services business with offices around the globe

Two very interesting brand new roles working for a Central London based business who have global reach with offices in multiple countries who are building out a function. This role is the next piece of the puzzle where they need someone to come in, take on a range of indirect projects and deliver them at pace/fully end to end, with a view that this role will grow within the business – so ambition to progress is key!

Category areas: Professional Services, HR, IT Marketing, Travel, FM, Utilities and Outsourcing

Role and responsibilities:

  • Create corporate strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
  • Review new and existing contracts to identify and mitigate risks
  • Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
  • Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
  • Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
  • Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
  • Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
  • On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency

Experience and requirements:

  • Proven end to end procurement across a broad range of indirect and corporate categories
  • Strong contracts experience, understanding risk, SLA’s and Contractual terms
  • As well as having some more generalist Indirect category management
  • Private sector procurement experience, ideally working for a global business
  • Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
  • Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
  • A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
  • Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
  • Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
  • MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential

Posted: May 23rd, 2026