Sourcing & Contract Manager - Tech Platforms in Weybridge

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Develop and execute sustainable category sourcing strategies for the region/function that align with global and local procurement priorities.
• Act as a champion for strategic sourcing, ensuring that procurement initiatives deliver long-term value and meet organizational needs.
• Lead category management for key spend areas, applying data-driven insights, market intelligence, and advanced procurement techniques to maximize value and minimize risk.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with senior business stakeholders, ensuring procurement is involved early in the sourcing process.
• Lead complex negotiations with suppliers to secure favorable terms and manage pricing strategies.
• Oversee supplier performance management across key categories, ensuring suppliers consistently meet performance, quality, and cost requirements.
• Ensure all procurement activities adhere to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and ethical standards.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the procurement function, ensuring alignment with annual targets.

Requirements:

• 5–8 years’ experience in Procurement or Strategic Sourcing, with a strong focus on global IT categories including Infrastructure, Networks, Hardware, Cloud, Enterprise Platforms, and End-User Technology.
• Proven success in strategic sourcing, category management, and negotiating complex, high-value IT contracts.
• Strong understanding of supplier and commercial risk management, including cybersecurity, compliance, and financial stability.
• Experience supporting large-scale IT programmes and delivering measurable cost savings, TCO reduction, and procurement value.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across IT, Finance, Legal, and business functions.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute global category strategies, drive procurement standardisation, and support supplier consolidation initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage end-to-end sourcing, contract lifecycle management, and supplier performance, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and standards.
• Deliver commercial value through cost optimisation across CAPEX and OPEX while supporting strategic supplier partnerships.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and align procurement activities to business priorities.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate supplier, contractual, and commercial risks.
• Drive procurement process improvement, standardisation, and collaboration across the wider procurement team to achieve category and business objectives.

Skills to succeed in the role:

• Adaptability
• Category Strategy
• Contract Management
• Cost Management
• Empathy
• Experimentation
• Market Analysis
• Procurement Strategies
• Procurement Systems
• Responsible Sourcing
• Risk Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Supplier Management
• Supplier Performance Management (PM)
• Taking Ownership
• Teamwork
• Understand Customers

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential.