Procurement Manager in London

Location: Bruce Kenrick House, 2 Killick Street, London N1 9FL

Salary: £57,271 to £63,635 per annum for 35 hours per week.

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NHG Procurement is undergoing a significant transformation as we respond to the new Procurement Act and continue to mature our approach to delivering robust, value-led procurement solutions. Our ambition is to provide best-in-class procurement services that fully support the end-to-end lifecycle of contracts and deliver measurable outcomes for the organisation.

As a Procurement Manager (Level 3), you will take a leading role in managing complex and high-value procurement activity across a broad range of hard and soft categories, supporting an annual spend in excess of £700m. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, shaping sourcing strategies, driving compliance, and ensuring procurement delivers value, innovation, and risk mitigation.

This role is ideal for an experienced procurement professional who thrives on challenge, enjoys influencing at pace, and is motivated by the opportunity to help shape a modern, high-performing procurement function. Joining NHG at this stage means becoming a key contributor to our transformation journey and helping define how procurement operates now and into the future.

What you'll do

• Deliver responsive, professional, and compliant procurement solutions that meet the needs of NHG's business areas.
• Manage a portfolio of complex procurements from planning through to contract award, ensuring best practice and value for money.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to understand requirements and develop sourcing strategies that align with corporate objectives.
• Negotiate commercial terms with suppliers, ensuring risk is managed effectively and outcomes are sustainable.
• Maintain and update the NHG Contracts Register, supporting contract management activity and supplier performance reviews.
• Provide accurate and insightful reports to senior leaders on procurement activity and emerging market trends.
• Ensure all procurement processes adhere to internal governance, financial regulations, and statutory requirements.
• Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration across procurement and business partnering functions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Procurement Forward Plan in line with corporate and financial goals.
• Support divisional teams with commercial analysis, supplier appraisals, and contract management.
• Drive procurement excellence and consistency across NHG by embedding best practice and supporting training initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure positive, value-driven outcomes.
• Keep abreast of legislative, market, and policy developments to ensure NHG remains compliant and forward-thinking.

The ideal candidate

• MCIPS qualified or working towards full qualification.
• Strong understanding of procurement law, policy, and best practice relevant to a Registered Provider.
• Experience managing multiple complex procurements and building effective stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to balance compliance, commerciality, and customer focus.
• Hybrid arrangements - at least two days a week in an office. On other days, working from home may be possible, depending on the work and the interaction required.

What's in it for you?

Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply).
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply).
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan.
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary.

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit our website.

Selection Process

• Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now!
• Step 2: Successful candidates will be invited to interview and assessment.

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.