Senior Vendor Manager, Workplace Services and Real Estate

Birmingham, London, Milton Keynes, Reading

Business Line

Enabling Functions

Job Type

Permanent / FTC

Date published

17-Aug-2026

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Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) is Deloitte UK's internal, enterprise-wide shared services organisation. The vision for EBS is to drive customer-centric and efficient delivery of business services to the firm through end-to-end process ownership and the application of consistent technology. EBS is expected to grow its scope of services as it enables delivery of the Deloitte ambition.

The Vendor Management team, part of the wider Enterprise Business Solutions function, is responsible for managing Deloitte's third-party suppliers and internal delivery partners, while supporting the wider Vendor Management operating model, governance framework and associated procurement processes.

This role would be ideally suited to someone with a strong track record in Vendor Management, Procurement, category management or shared services delivery.

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte?

It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we arein the world, we
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collaborate for measurable impact
. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

The Senior Vendor Manager acts as a senior category lead and strategic business partner, building relationships with and driving value from Deloitte’s third-party vendors and internal delivery partners across assigned Enterprise Business Solutions categories.

This role reports to the Director of Vendor Management.

The role leads Vendor Management activity for Workplace Services and Real Estate, with primary focus on tiered supplier governance, strategic supplier oversight, contract and commercial assurance, risk management, sourcing support and value delivery across the Workplace Services supplier portfolio.

The Senior Vendor Manager is responsible for setting and maintaining the Vendor Management framework for assigned suppliers, leading quarterly and annual strategic governance, supporting sourcing and contract activity with Core Procurement, and providing assurance over how Workplace Services manages tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers. Workplace Services remains accountable for day-to-day service delivery, budget ownership, invoice validation and operational stakeholder management.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead Vendor Management activity for Workplace Services and Real Estate, setting proportionate supplier governance by tier, risk, spending and operational importance.
• Use market intelligence, benchmarking, supplier insight and performance data to inform sourcing priorities, supplier segmentation, commercial decisions and value opportunities.
• Working with Workplace Services, Core Procurement, Finance, Legal, Risk and Compliance to shape sourcing strategies, support sourcing execution and ensure commercial, risk and governance requirements are clear.
• Own strategic supplier governance for assigned suppliers, including QBRs, annual strategy meetings, performance frameworks, reporting, action tracking, escalations and value delivery.
• Maintain contract and supplier lifecycle discipline, including…