STRATEGIC SOURCING MANAGER – PRESTIOUS ARM OF GOVERNMENT, 6 MONTHS INITIALLY. MILTON KEYNES / LONDON BASED.
£600 PER DAY INSIDE IR35 / UMBRELLA. OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED!
Job Purpose
The Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for delivering sourcing strategies for complex, medium to high-value procurements. This role operates in close collaboration with Strategic Category Managers, Supplier Managers, and senior stakeholders to optimise value, manage risk, and ensure compliance within a regulated procurement environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead sourcing delivery for high-value and business-critical procurement projects (typically £300m£500m annual spend influence).
- Develop and implement end-to-end sourcing strategies aligned to integrated category plans.
- Act as the lead negotiator, securing commercial benefits and cost savings, ensuring validation and alignment with finance objectives.
- Collaborate with stakeholders at senior level (Head of/Director level) to shape sourcing pipelines and ensure strategic alignment.
- Challenge business demand and drive aggregation opportunities to maximise value and efficiency.
- Ensure sourcing activities meet all regulatory, legislative, and governance requirements (e.g. public procurement compliance).
- Provide expert sourcing advice, introducing innovation and best practice to deliver competitive advantage.
- Conduct market analysis and supplier benchmarking to optimise Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
- Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships to support transition from sourcing into supplier management.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of sourcing professionals, fostering capability growth and high performance.
Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- Degree educated or equivalent experience.
- MCIPS qualified or equivalent professional accreditation.
- Significant sourcing/procurement experience of working in government roles, and ideally within complex environments (infrastructure or engineering)
- Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings and commercial benefits.
- Strong people management and leadership experience.
Advanced negotiation and dispute resolution skills.
- Experience working in cross-functional, stakeholder-heavy environments.
- Strong influencing skills with the ability to navigate complex organisational structures.
- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capability.
- Commercially focused with a value-driven approach.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the UK rail industry and public procurement regulations.
Key Competencies
- Strategic thinking and delivery
- Commercial acumen
- Stakeholder management and influencing
- Leadership and team development
- Innovation and continuous improvement
- Risk management and governance
Salary: £600/day Great Role
Job Type: Contract
Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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