At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead procurement efforts ensuring compliance with Telecoms Security Act and support business decision-making.
- Company: Join VodafoneThree, a leading telecom company with a focus on innovation and security.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, up to 28 days off, bonuses, and personalised benefits.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while collaborating with senior leaders.
- Qualifications: Strong communication skills and experience in stakeholder engagement and problem-solving.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
- Vodafone
- Three: Procurement Lead (8 month FTC)
Location: London (other working locations considered e. g., Manchester, Newbury). Hybrid working.
Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Job Description
As Procurement Lead you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the Telecoms Security Act in accordance with Vodafone Three policies and work closely with the Senior Manager Procurement – Networks and the VPC to provide expert advice and guidance.
You will provide creative challenge and thought leadership to influence and support business decision making.
- Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Ensure all supplier contracts, renewals and variations include TSA‑aligned security, resilience and reporting clauses.
- Support preparation and management of evidence packs for external audits, regulatory submissions and governance forums.
- Support end‑to‑end compliance with TSA reporting obligations.
- Support the update of TSA‑related procurement policies, standards, processes and supplier assurance frameworks.
- Contribute to broader security and resilience programmes within the organisation.
- Execute and deliver on delivery plan including interaction with senior stakeholders across Vodafone Three including the Regulatory, Legal and Security teams to identify, manage and mitigate risks to ensure delivery.
Qualifications
- Stakeholder influence: confident engaging senior leaders, legal teams, security teams and suppliers.
- Collaboration: works effectively across functions in a matrix environment.
- Communication: clear, concise communicator able to simplify technical and regulatory detail.
- Problem‑solving: finds practical, risk‑balanced solutions while maintaining regulatory integrity.
- Engagement and relationship building abilities (both internally and externally and, to all seniority levels).
Naturally accessible.
Able to communicate complex challenges in simple terms.
- Experience of working within teams to develop complex, business‑wide category and supplier strategies.
- Experience of senior stakeholder level business partnering.
Benefits
We offer competitive pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, and paid time for charity work.
Personalised benefits include discounts, vouchers, a pension plan.
We provide learning tools and supportive parental leave policies.
Need to know
We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment journey, please contact the recruitment team.
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