Procurement Support Manager

Procurement Support Manager

Location: Farnborough

Clearance: Must be eligible for UK Security Clearance; DV clearance may be required depending on programme and customer requirements.

Leidos is seeking a highly organised and detail-focused Procurement Support Manager to support the management and coordination of TLL procurement activity across a secure programme supporting a high-profile government customer. The role will provide structured management coordination and reporting support across procurement activities helping ensure requisitions supplier engagement purchase orders approvals documentation governance records and delivery information are accurate controlled and progressed in line with programme priorities.

This is a delivery-focused support role that combines procurement management stakeholder coordination process discipline and strong attention to detail. The successful candidate will work closely with programme leadership commercial supply chain finance project delivery teams suppliers and customer-facing stakeholders to help maintain procurement control evidence visibility and timely progression across a secure and governed delivery environment.

What will I be doing

* Support the management and coordination of TLL procurement activity across the secure programme ensuring actions approvals documentation and supplier inputs are tracked and progressed.

* Maintain procurement trackers action logs request records supplier engagement logs and reporting information to provide clear visibility of status dependencies risks and blockers.

* Coordinate purchase requisitions purchase order activity goods receipting support invoice query resolution and procurement management in line with programme and Leidos processes.

* Work with programme commercial finance and supply chain colleagues to ensure procurement activity is aligned to delivery priorities budget controls approval routes and governance requirements.

* Support supplier onboarding supplier information requests procurement evidence gathering and document control activities ensuring records are complete accurate and auditable.

* Coordinate procurement meetings prepare agendas capture actions maintain decision logs and follow up with internal teams and suppliers to ensure timely closure.

* Track procurement dependencies across work streams escalating delays missing information or approval blockers to the appropriate programme or functional leads.

* Support reporting on procurement status upcoming commitments aged actions supplier responses delivery milestones and commercial management activities.

* Maintain controlled procurement documentation in approved repositories ensuring version control access requirements and information handling expectations are followed.

* Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement management processes templates trackers and ways of working across the programme.

What does Leidos need from me

* Experience in procurement management supply chain coordination commercial support project management or PMO support within a complex delivery environment.

* Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple requests actions approvals and deadlines across several stakeholders.

* High attention to detail with the ability to maintain accurate records trackers action logs and controlled documentation.

* Good understanding of procurement management processes including requisitions purchase orders supplier information approvals invoice queries and document control.

* Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce clear updates meeting notes action logs and status reports.

* Confident working with internal teams suppliers and functional stakeholders to chase actions resolve queries and maintain delivery momentum.

* Competent user of Microsoft Office tools including Excel Word Outlook PowerPoint and Teams.

* Ability to work in secure governed or controlled environments where process discipline auditability and information handling are important.

* Proactive pragmatic and delivery-focused with the ability to identify gaps escalate blockers and support timely procurement outcomes.

* Experience working on UK government defence secure critical national infrastructure or regulated programmes.

* Experience supporting procurement activity within a programme delivery managed service transition or mobilisation environment.

* Familiarity with supplier onboarding procurement governance commercial approvals finance controls or contract…