Procurement Client Partner

Join us as a Procurement Client Partner – Strategic Projects. In this role, you will join a high‑performing procurement team, working across a broad portfolio of strategic initiatives including acquisition activity, major change programmes, and cost optimisation efforts. You will operate across the team with flexibility, supporting priority engagements and driving delivery across multiple work streams in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.

You will play a key role in leading and supporting procurement‑led programmes, bringing strong sourcing or Third‑Party Risk Management expertise, while partnering with senior stakeholders across the business. The role requires the ability to navigate complexity, influence at senior levels, and contribute to the delivery of transformation outcomes across procurement and wider business initiatives.

This is a varied role with no single category ownership, requiring someone adaptable, proactive, and comfortable operating across multiple priorities and ambiguous environments.

Procurement at Barclays operates across 40+ countries and five business units, managing a supply base of approximately £6bn. The function plays a critical role in delivering commercial value, supporting business priorities and shaping supplier strategies across the organisation, providing exposure to a diverse mix of strategic sourcing, business partnering and high-profile commercial activity.

To be successful as a Procurement Client Partner – Strategic Projects, you should have:

• Strong experience in procurement, with a focus on sourcing and/or Third‑Party Risk Management.
• Proven experience delivering or supporting programmes and projects, including programme or portfolio management activity.
• Strong change management capability, contributing to transformation initiatives across complex organisations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders and drive alignment across procurement domains.
• A self‑starter mindset, with the ability to operate independently and manage priorities across multiple work streams.

Some other highly valued skills and experience include:

• Experience in mergers, acquisitions, or major commercial activity (M&A/MMA).
• Exposure to transformation programmes, particularly within procurement or cost optimisation initiatives.
• Experience working in a regulated or financial services environment.
• Strong adaptability, with a learning mindset and the ability to thrive in roles with variety and ambiguity.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

This role can be based in Northampton or Radbroke.

To partner with key stakeholders and forums to oversee Procurement service delivery, provide advice and develop procurement strategy to meet both the needs of the business and Procurement.

• Development & implementation of the wider Procurement strategy in collaboration with stakeholders and Procurement domains.
• Implementation of the procurement strategy aligned to the bank’s objectives and relevant regulators, through the prioritisation and use of Procurement resources.
• Provide expertise on Procurement policies and procedures, third party risk, sourcing strategy and supplier relations to business stakeholders through education.
• Act as a point of escalation for Procurement service and delivery issues for business stakeholders.
• Act as the primary interface for Procurement with senior stakeholders in the business, developing & utilising relationships and influence to deliver improvements in key indicators and objectives.
• Identification of & where applicable, delivery of opportunities for business cost savings, client experience, service improvement & Procurement efficiency.
• Voice of the business with Procurement domains, developing and utilising relationships & influence to impact Procurement service delivery.
• Provide insights and actionable intelligence to business stakeholders to support business decision making to improve the commercial &…