At a glance
The Senior Manager Procurement and Workplace Management is positioned in the UK Finance Department and has a reporting line to the Chief Financial Officer, UK.
Your job
The Senior Manager is responsible for leading the function which comprises procurement and workplace management activities. The role combines strategic leadership with operational oversight, driving supplier performance, managing third‑party risk, and optimising workplace services to enable efficiency, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and implement functional strategy and annual plan aligned to UK and Group priorities.
- Act as a strategic adviser to the UK leadership team on procurement, outsourcing and third party risk management
- Build and maintain strong executive relationships to influence business decision making
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and cost optimisation across the function
Procurement
- Lead all procurement activity across the UK, ensuring best value across cost, quality, and service
- Develop and maintain a robust supplier ecosystem, driving performance and accountability
- Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of procurement processes
- Ensure consistent adoption of procurement best practices across the UK
- Implement global procurement solutions developed in close cooperation with the central procurement department in the Netherlands
- Lead complex commercial negotiations and contract management
Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Services
- Provides strategic oversight of UK offices and workplace environments
- Ensure delivery of safe, compliant, and efficient workplace services (facilities, catering, reception, AV, etc.)
- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and physical security policies and regulations
- Ensures effective Business Continuity and incident management frameworks and capability
- Lead workplace strategy, including office planning, hybrid working, and office moves
Risk Management
- Provide support with the UK’s Third Party Risk Management Framework (TPRM)
- Membership of the UK’s Outsourcing Committee to ensure adherence to PRA and SS21/22 guidelines
- Identify and mitigate procurement-related risks, ensuring compliance with regulatory and legal requirements.
- Maintain robust governance, controls, and reporting across supplier and outsourcing activities
- Own and oversee Business Continuity Management (BCM) capabilities for UK Corporate Real Estate & Services, ensuring alignment with UK regulatory expectations and the bank’s operational resilience framework through governance, testing and readiness of business continuity an recovery plans across suppliers and workplace services
Financial Management & Cost Optimisation
- Own the Corporate Real Estate & Services budget in the UK
- Deliver measurable cost efficiencies and value creation initiatives
- Drive commercial discipline across supplier spend and procurement activity
Stakeholder Management
- Build strong, trusted relationships with UK business leaders and functional stakeholders
- Ensure alignment between procurement strategy and business priorities
- Collaborate with the Group Procurement function to ensure consistency and leverage scale
Your profile
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent professional experience)
- Solid experience in procurement, supplier management, or corporate services leadership roles
- Strong understanding of PRA regulatory expectations, including outsourcing and third party
- Professional Qualifications and/or experience in procurements e.g. CIPS desirable
- Good working knowledge of key Health and Safety legislation as it relates to ABN AMRO
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to operate at executive level and influence senior stakeholders
- Strong commercial acumen and negotiation capability
- Proven ability to work well under pressure and towards multiple deadlines, demonstrating a practical approach
- Experience leading teams and driving change in a regulated environment
What we offer
Joining ABN AMRO means working on meaningful projects. Projects that have an impact on our clients. Working with a wide range of people with different backgrounds, opinions and ideas. In the UK, in the Netherlands or elsewhere in our international network. We offer an environment where you will be challenged on a daily basis - professionally as well as on a personal level - so that you can grow to become the professional you want to be.
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Senior Manager Procurement and Workplace Management employer: ABN AMRO Bank
ABN AMRO is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture, where the Country HR Director plays a pivotal role in shaping the HR strategy to align with the bank's ambitious goals. Employees benefit from meaningful projects that have a real impact, alongside opportunities for personal and professional growth within a supportive international network. The collaborative environment encourages diverse perspectives, ensuring that every team member can thrive and contribute to the bank's success.
