Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

Location: Bolton
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Type: Full-time, Permanent

The Opportunity

We're working with a highly established and rapidly growing organisation operating across a large, multi-site environment, and they're looking to appoint an experienced Procurement Manager to play a key role in their continued growth.This is an opportunity to join a business with a genuinely meaningful purpose, where the work you do has a direct impact on the services and environments they provide across their extensive network of sites.
This isn't simply a transactional procurement position. You'll have the opportunity to lead and develop the procurement function, work closely with senior stakeholders and take ownership of strategic procurement activity across a broad range of categories. Reporting directly to the Commercial Director, you'll have genuine visibility and influence across the organisation.

What You'll Be Doing

As Procurement Manager, you'll lead procurement activity across a diverse and evolving organisation, ensuring the business achieves the best possible combination of value, quality, compliance and commercial performance.
Your responsibilities will include:

Leading and coordinating procurement exercises across multiple categories
Managing and developing the procurement team
Developing strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
Leading procurement activity for new site openings
Sourcing equipment, energy, vehicles and operational resources
Managing supplier performance and ensuring agreed service levels are achieved
Conducting supplier due diligence covering compliance, sustainability and quality
Managing supplier databases and contract registers
Leading tenders, price reviews and supplier onboarding
Negotiating contracts and commercial terms to deliver value for money
Working closely with Finance, Property, IT and operational teams to forecast requirements
Taking responsibility for fleet procurement, including new vehicle orders, de-fleeting and vehicle reallocation
Producing procurement reports and using data to identify commercial opportunities
Managing supplier complaints and disputes
Ensuring procurement activity complies with internal policies and relevant regulations
Identifying and delivering opportunities for cost efficiencies and continuous improvement

What We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced procurement professional who combines strong commercial judgement with excellent stakeholder management skills.
You'll ideally have:

Proven experience in a procurement management role
Experience operating across a complex, multi-site organisation
Strong strategic sourcing and supplier management experience
A proven track record of negotiating contracts and delivering cost efficiencies
Experience managing tenders and procurement exercises from start to finish
Strong understanding of procurement governance, compliance and supplier due diligence
Excellent commercial and negotiation skills
Strong analytical and reporting capability
Experience managing, developing or mentoring a procurement team
The ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience with procurement systems and relevant compliance frameworks
Experience within education, healthcare, care, facilities management, property, infrastructure, retail, hospitality or another complex multi-site environment would be particularly relevant.

A recognised procurement qualification such as MCIPS would be advantageous but is not essential where the candidate can demonstrate the required level of commercial experience.

Why Join?

This is an excellent opportunity for a procurement professional who wants more than a standard category or purchasing position. You'll be joining a large, well-established organisation with ambitious growth plans, where procurement has a genuine influence on the wider business.

You'll have:

A senior position with direct exposure to the Commercial Director
Responsibility for a broad and varied procurement portfolio
The opportunity to shape and develop the procurement function
A genuine leadership remit
Significant stakeholder exposure across the organisation
The chance to influence supplier strategy, commercial performance and cost efficiencies
A hybrid working environment
The opportunity to make a tangible difference within an organisation with a strong social purpose
If you're an experienced Procurement Manager looking for a role where you can take ownership, influence strategy and make a measurable commercial impact, we'd be very interested in speaking with you.

About UK Staffing Group

UK Staffing Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy focused on connecting talented professionals with organisations where they can build successful, long-term careers.
We take the time to understand both our candidates and clients, ensuring that every introduction is based on genuine suitability rather than simply matching keywords on a CV.

Equal Opportunities
UK Staffing Group is committed to equal opportunities and diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or background
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed