Senior Procurement Manager- Indirects

Senior Procurement Manager – Global Categories – Indirects

£65,000 – £75,000 | West London (hybrid, 3 days/week in-office) | Occasional international travel

Our client is a globally recognised entertainment organisation, operating across major cities worldwide and built around a strong sustainability mission – it holds Net Zero certification and puts ESG at the centre of how it does business. As it scales, the finance function is leading a new cost-control drive and this role sits right at the heart of it.

You’ll take ownership of a portfolio of high-value global contracts – think £20-30m multi-year agreements covering categories like technology, logistics and operations – managing them from tender through to live supplier relationship management. This is a senior, hands-on procurement role reporting into the Procurement Director, with one direct report and real scope to challenge legacy ways of working rather than just administer existing contracts.

• Lead end-to-end tenders across multiple international locations, from scoping through to negotiating best and final offers
• Manage contracts through their full lifecycle – drafting, variations, disputes, final accounts etc.
• Build out supplier relationship management frameworks and run regular performance reviews once contracts are signed
• Partner closely with legal, finance and business stakeholders to keep procurement policy embedded across the organisation
• Drive sustainable procurement practice using an internal supplier verification framework
• Champion digital procurement tools and maintain a live global tracker of activity and risk

• A strong background in indirects procurement – tech category knowledge is a must – and ideally other services experience
• A genuine generalist mindset, comfortable flexing into non-tech categories when the business needs it
• Prior people management experience – dotted line management is acceptable
• Confidence and assertiveness to push back on entrenched habits and legacy supplier relationships – this isn’t a role for a safe pair of hands, they want someone who’ll challenge

• Own a portfolio of genuinely high-value, high-visibility contracts (£20-30m) rather than a fragmented spend category
• Join at the exact moment procurement is being elevated as a strategic priority under a new cost-control mandate – real influence, not just execution
• Work for an organisation where sustainability isn’t a side initiative but core to its identity and licence to operate
• A senior role with a direct report and a clear reporting line into the Procurement Director – genuine scope to shape how the function runs, not just fit into it
• Occasional international travel to some of the world’s most high-profile events, without a relentless travel schedule