Procurement Manager

Job reference 333233
Procurement Manager
Competitive salary, plus £4,000 car allowance, healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time

This is a hybrid position requiring 2-3 days per week in the office. You can choose to be based at one of our locations: London (Farringdon), or Chesterfield (Future Walk).

Join the Procurement team at the heart of Royal Mail, a £7.8 billion organisation, with a clear mandate to identify opportunities for cost reduction and turn them into tangible, sustainable results.

Working across a diverse and complex supplier landscape, you'll use market insight, commercial expertise and close stakeholder collaboration to design and deliver tactical and strategic interventions that protect value and drive efficiency across one of the UK's most recognisable brands.

Are you an experienced procurement professional with a strong track record of delivering commercial value through end-to-end sourcing, negotiation and contract management? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking a Procurement Manager to join our Corporate Services team, leading a key category in HR Services.

This is an exciting opportunity for procurement a professional who enjoy working at pace, challenging existing approaches, and partnering with stakeholders to identify and realise cost-reduction opportunities across complex, high-value spend areas.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for developing and delivering category-level sourcing strategies that reduce cost, manage risk and improve value for money. You will lead complex, high-value sourcing activity, applying strong market knowledge and commercial judgement to influence outcomes and support the organisation's wider strategic objectives.

You will also:

• Identify and prioritise cost-reduction opportunities and convert them into actionable sourcing and negotiation strategies.
• Develop and deliver compliant sourcing plans, tenders and negotiations within agreed governance and timelines.
• Lead end-to-end tendering for large, strategic contracts, ensuring benefits are delivered and sustained.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand needs, challenge demand and align procurement with organisational priorities.
• Support category strategy development and collaborate across procurement to maximise insight and value.
• Maintain accurate commercial records and generate insights that support value delivery, performance management and risk mitigation.
• Serve as a commercial escalation point, using expert judgement to resolve complex contractual, commercial and supplier issues.
• Own your personal development, support others' growth and model leadership behaviours and company values.

About You

We're looking for a confident, commercially focused procurement professional who brings credibility, curiosity and a collaborative mindset. You'll be comfortable operating in a complex environment, using data, market knowledge and stakeholder relationships to identify opportunities and deliver results.

You will have:

• CIPS-qualified or working towards accreditation.
• Proven experience creating and delivering sourcing strategies that reduce costs and increase value.
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to influence, challenge, and secure buy-in.
• Able to manage multiple projects while meeting tight deadlines.
• Practical experience in programme and change management, including embedding new processes.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, particularly with complex contractual and commercial issues.
• Advanced negotiation skills, confident operating at senior levels.

Extra Benefits
• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we'd love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

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Closing Date: Wednesday 4th February. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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