Global Sourcing & Supplier Manager in London

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Global Sourcing and Supplier Manager to join our Global team.

Team and Role Purpose

The vision of Save the Children’s Supply Chain is to ensure that children can access quality goods and services at all times to help them survive, learn, and be protected. Our mission is to provide goods and services at the right time, quality, and cost, enabling impactful, safe, and sustainable program delivery for children. The Procurement function includes over 500 colleagues across more than 50 countries, managing over 15,000 suppliers and sourcing goods and services worth over $400 million annually. After staff salaries, this is Save the Children’s largest area of expenditure, playing a critical role in enabling our programmes and advocacy work to deliver impact for children.

We are committed to delivering:

• Compliant and efficient procurement
• A focus on sustainability and service excellence

This is supported by:

• Sector-leading policies and procedures
• A pioneering supplier sustainability initiative
• An award-winning Source-to-Pay technology platform

Strategic Sourcing Team

The Strategic Sourcing Team is a core part of Procurement, responsible for shaping and implementing sourcing strategies across all office locations. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading above-country sourcing to ensure the right global supply solutions are in place
• Managing suppliers to maximize value for money
• Implementing category strategies for locally sourced goods and services
• Supporting local procurement teams through training, capacity building, and ad hoc guidance
• Ensuring procurement policies, procedures, and tools are current, relevant, and well understood

The Global Sourcing and Supplier Manager is responsible for enabling the Strategic Sourcing Team to achieve its objectives as detailed above. They will complete a variety of activities and hold multiple responsibilities as per the strategy/priorities, candidate’s interests and current portfolio of sourcing demand and capability initiatives.

Reports To: Senior Manager, Global Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management

Work Pattern: Remote with flexible working options available

Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location.

Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment.

International Travel: up to 5%

Remit: Global

Principal Accountabilities

• Lead and own designated categories of spend, driving strategy, planning, and execution to maximize impact and value.
• Manage global supplier relationships within assigned categories, ensuring high performance, compliance, and cost efficiency.
• Deliver global sourcing initiatives and provide strategic support to Country Offices, ensuring best value and contribution to global financial targets.
• Champion and implement project-based initiatives to simplify, innovate, and enhance procurement processes across the organization.
• Strengthen the skills and capabilities of colleagues through coaching, training, and hands‑on support.
• Prepare, analyze, and interpret procurement and sourcing data, delivering clear insights and recommendations through well‑structured presentations (e.g., PowerPoint).
• Oversee high‑value, country‑led procurement to ensure adherence to policy, optimal value for money, and risk mitigation.
• Drive the adoption and effective use of ProSave (Save the Children’s SAP Ariba Source‑to‑Pay system) to standardize and optimize procurement operations.

Experience and Skills

• Clear desire and motivation to work in the not-for-profit sector
• Significant experience in Category Management, with a strong track record of delivering value through strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Sourcing (multiple multi-million-dollar processes completed with evidence of successful implementation – e.g. financial benefits, stakeholder feedback etc.)
• Experience of Procurement Operations / Buying activities
• Knowledge of using e-procurement systems (SAP Ariba is desirable)
• Analytical skills and critical thinking / problem solving skills
• Project management
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills (to a senior level)
• Experience of working in a large international organisation (Non‑Profit)/ Private Sector
• Knowledge of specific categories of spend specific to the role (e.g. IT, Pharmaceuticals, CVA, NFI’s, Fleet)
• Experience of leading training programmes / activity on complex procurement matters or categories.
• French, Spanish or Arabic language fluency

Education and Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain management or similar.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.