Procurement Consulting, Manager

Procurement Consulting Manager

You will be based in London. Our headquarters are in Central London.

We’re building the best consulting firm in the world. To help us achieve that, we’re looking for an exceptional Procurement Consulting Manager with 5–8 years’ experience in procurement strategy, cost transformation, target operating models, and commercial optimisation to join our global team.

You will lead high-impact procurement and cost transformation engagements, helping clients unlock value across sourcing, category management, supplier management, operating model design, digital procurement, and broader enterprise transformation.

As a Manager, you will often be the most senior full-time person on an engagement. This means leading delivery, owning senior client relationships, and being accountable for driving exceptional outcomes.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of procurement and cost transformation engagements, ensuring high-quality outputs within agreed time frames.
• Motivate, coach and develop team members while delegating and coordinating tasks across small, high-performing teams.
• Take full responsibility for engagement delivery, proactively managing risks and resolving issues as they arise.
• Act as the primary day-to-day client lead, maintaining strong relationships and delivery momentum.

• Shape and deliver procurement strategy and transformation programmes.
• Design and implement procurement target operating models, including organisational design, governance, and process optimisation.
• Lead strategic sourcing and category strategy development across direct and indirect spend.
• Drive cost reduction and value creation initiatives, balancing savings with service, risk and sustainability objectives.
• Develop robust business cases for procurement transformation, digital tools, outsourcing and supplier consolidation.
• Improve supplier performance management frameworks and strengthen third-party risk management approaches.
• Support implementation of digital procurement solutions (e.g., source-to-pay, contract lifecycle management, analytics tools).

• Build and maintain senior client relationships, delivering exceptional value through outstanding delivery.
• Facilitate workshops, executive decision-making sessions and cross-functional alignment forums.
• Influence stakeholders across procurement, finance, operations, legal and executive leadership teams.
• Translate complex commercial and operational challenges into clear, actionable insights.

• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and big-picture thinking in solving complex procurement challenges.
• Thrive in ambiguity - rapidly structuring unclear or loosely defined problems into tangible solutions.
• Get up to speed quickly in new categories, industries or spend areas, confidently leading discussions as the expert in the room.
• Identify commercial opportunities and contribute to business development, thought leadership and capability building.

• 5-8 years’ experience in consulting and/or industry procurement roles.
• Experience in one or more of:
  • Procurement strategy
  • Transformational change
  • Target operating model design
  • Operational excellence
  • Strategic sourcing and category management
  • Business case development
  • Outsourcing and supplier strategy
• Strong understanding of end-to-end source-to-pay processes.
• Proven leadership experience managing teams and delivering complex projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops and senior-level discussions.
• Adaptable communication style across different clients, industries and stakeholder groups.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and complexity while maintaining high-quality delivery.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for value creation and continuous improvement.
• Flexible and resilient - able to thrive in a fast-paced consulting environment.

• A confident and engaging personality.
• A passion for commercial problem solving and value delivery.
• Accountability and ownership mindset.
• Self-awareness and commitment to continual improvement.
• The ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Deep-end survival skills - rapidly mastering new categories or industries and leading with authority.