Senior Procurement Manager

The Vacancy
What can you expect
This is a high-impact role at the heart of the firm, responsible for shaping procurement strategy, supplier relationships, commercial decision-making, and risk management. You'll work closely with senior leaders across the business, driving value, improving governance, and influencing key operational and strategic outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Procurement Leadership & Governance

• Establish and embed procurement policies, processes, governance frameworks, and approval workflows.

• Maintain contract repositories, renewal schedules, reporting dashboards, and procurement records.

• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical, and procurement standards.

• Drive the adoption of digital tools, analytics, and best-practice procurement processes.

• Develop and deliver the firm's procurement and sourcing strategy in line with business needs and risk appetite.

• Lead sourcing activity across key spend categories, including technology, professional services, and facilities.

• Develop category plans, supplier roadmaps, and strategic account plans.

• Identify opportunities to optimise costs, improve processes, drive innovation, and create commercial value.

• Monitor market developments, supply chain trends, and emerging risks.

• Conduct supplier and market analysis to inform sourcing decisions.

• Support the development and execution of category strategies.

• Manage end-to-end procurement exercises, including RFPs, supplier evaluations, and recommendations.

• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing, service levels, and contractual agreements.

• Partner with legal and business stakeholders to review and finalise contracts.

• Oversee supplier contracts throughout their lifecycle, driving performance, compliance, and continuous improvement.

• Manage supplier issues, non-compliance, disputes, and service recovery plans.

• Implement and manage vendor risk assessment frameworks.

• Review supplier due diligence, including cybersecurity, privacy, AI, sustainability, and regulatory risks.

• Monitor supplier compliance and ensure risks are identified, managed, and mitigated appropriately.

• Build and maintain strong supplier partnerships that deliver value, innovation, and service excellence.

• Monitor supplier performance through SLAs, KPIs, and improvement plans.

• Oversee onboarding and ongoing supplier management activities.

• Encourage innovation and continuous improvement across the supplier base.

• Partner with Business Services teams, lawyers, and senior leadership to align procurement priorities with business objectives.

• Provide commercial insight, procurement expertise, and supplier recommendations to key stakeholders.

• Communicate procurement strategy, performance, and opportunities effectively across the firm.

• Embed ESG, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion considerations into procurement decisions.

• Assess supplier environmental, social, and ethical performance and drive improvements where required.

• Maintain accurate spend, contract, supplier, compliance, and performance data.

• Produce reporting on procurement performance, savings, risk management, and ESG outcomes.

• Support firm-wide sustainability initiatives, including supply chain diversity, emissions reporting, and modern slavery compliance.

• Significant strategic procurement experience, ideally within professional services, legal, or similarly regulated environments. Professional procurement qualifications are desirable.

• Proven success delivering complex sourcing strategies across multiple spend categories.

• Experience establishing or enhancing procurement functions, policies, and governance frameworks.

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to analyse spend, supplier performance, and risk data to inform decision-making.

• Extensive negotiation and contract management experience, with a focus on value creation and supplier optimisation.

• Experience managing supplier risk, compliance, cybersecurity, privacy, AI governance, sustainability, and due diligence requirements.

• Strong understanding of ESG principles and their application within procurement and supplier management.

• Experience managing supplier performance frameworks, including KPIs, SLAs, and continuous improvement programmes.

• Ability to develop procurement reporting, dashboards, analytics, and performance metrics.

• Demonstrated leadership capability, ideally within multi-site or international organisations.

• Outstanding stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at executive level.

• Collaborative and pragmatic approach, with strong communication and relationship-building skills.

• Proactive mindset with a focus on delivering improvements, reducing risk, driving efficiencies, and identifying opportunities for innovation.

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