Senior Procurement Business Partner - Category Lead
Lead on activities across FM, cleaning, waste, security services, safety-critical systems and wider operational contracts. You'll act as a trusted partner to operational, engineering, and safety teams.
Description
As a Senior Procurement Business Partner- Category Lead- you will lead procurement activity across core operations, supporting the sourcing and management of services and systems. It spans the full procurement life cycle, with accountability for commercial delivery, supplier performance and stakeholder engagement. You will lead on FM, MRO, cleaning, repairs and or operational procurement's.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end procurement activity: market engagement, sourcing strategy, tendering, evaluation, contracting and supplier management
- Partner with operational and service leaders to identify needs, build sourcing strategies and deliver procurement plans
- Procure and manage services critical to safe and efficient operations
- Support sourcing of regulated services such as security
- Lead projects involving innovation and automation
- Develop and maintain the procurement pipeline for operations, aligned to risk, resilience and efficiency goals
- Lead supplier negotiations, contract award and the setup of performance-based contract frameworks
- Analyse operational performance data to inform sourcing decisions and contract renewals
- Deliver detailed reporting on procurement progress, commercial performance and supplier KPIs
- Ensure contractual compliance, risk management and continuous improvement in supplier performance
- Build strong relationships with ELT/SLT to align procurement strategies with organisational goals
- Provide commercial support and spend insights to head office functions
Profile
- Procurement experience within FM, cleaning, facilities, soft/hard services, or operational categories
- Experience in sourcing operational services within aviation, transport, logistics, or critical infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to manage end-to-end procurement and supplier relationships in complex environments
- Strong knowledge of contract performance management and service-based KPIs
- Skilled in managing full procurement lifecycle and delivering business value through supplier engagement
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at ELT/SLT level
- Strategic thinking with commercial acumen and strong negotiation capability
- Ideally MCIPS qualified
Job Offer
- Competitive salary
- An opportunity to make an impact and help sharpen the role while managing a small team
- A role where you can see the real‑world impact of your decisions across the UK
- Opportunity to influence critical operational services and drive long‑term improvements
- A supportive procurement team that values innovation, collaboration and professional development
