Procurement & Commercial - Senior Consultant or Manager in London

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most.

Our Procurement & Commercial practice are looking for an experienced Senior Consultant or Manager to join the team. Our Procurement and Commercial team partner with leading public and private sector organisations to solve complex procurement and commercial challenges - spanning strategy, transformation, digital procurement, and sustainable value delivery. Our work cuts across sectors including energy, utilities, government, and products & services.

Our focus is on helping clients deliver meaningful, sustainable cost optimisation while building modern, resilient procurement functions that can adapt to an increasingly volatile and fast‑moving environment. Our ambition is to become the most trusted strategic procurement and commercial consulting team in the market, and we are on a mission to drive cutting‑edge thinking into our clients, leveraging the best insight from across the market to deliver value at pace.

What you will be doing

• Lead or deliver complex procurement and transformation programmes, with clear links to broader business strategy and performance.
• Build trusted relationships with senior clients, acting as a credible and valued advisor.
• Develop high‑quality, insight‑led deliverables that help clients make better and faster decisions.
• Work within cross‑functional teams to bring together expertise from across Baringa, ensuring the best outcomes for clients.
• Apply digital and data‑led approaches, including advanced analytics and procurement technologies, to enhance delivery and impact.
• Support and contribute to business development activities—identifying opportunities, shaping proposals, and strengthening key client relationships.
• Play an active role in developing our propositions, thought leadership, and go‑to‑market strategy.
• Contribute to building an inclusive, high‑performing team, including supporting coaching and people initiatives.

Your skills and experience

We’re looking for individuals with strong consulting capability and experience delivering strategic procurement in complex environments—either within a consultancy or in an internal consulting, transformation, or procurement function in industry. You’ll ideally bring experience across several of the following areas:

• Procurement transformation and operating model design.
• Cost optimisation, value creation, and financial analysis.
• Category management, strategic sourcing, and complex procurement delivery.
• Supplier relationship management and contract management.
• Technology and digital procurement, including software, AI, and digital infrastructure.
• ESG and sustainable procurement initiatives.
• Delivery within large, multi‑stakeholder, and high‑value environments.

Alongside this, you’ll demonstrate:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• A proactive, problem‑solving mindset and comfort working in ambiguous or evolving environments.
• Commercial awareness and an interest in contributing to business growth.
• A collaborative approach, with a desire to support both client outcomes and team development.

What a career at Baringa will give you

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work‑life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition, a 5‑Year Recharge benefit gives all employees an extra 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: a hybrid working policy and more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: 3 days every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that matter most.
• Wellbeing Fund: an annual People Fund to support individuals in managing their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: all employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

Using business as a force for good, we maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI‑verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time, and supporting registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.