Procurement Manager

We’re looking for a Procurement Manager to lead high-value, complex procurement activity and support the development of category management strategies across the organisation. You will act as a trusted commercial advisor, ensuring compliance with procurement legislation, delivering value-for-money outcomes, and building strong relationships with stakeholders and suppliers. This is a key role within our procurement function, supporting strategic sourcing, market engagement, risk management and contract delivery. You will play a vital part in strengthening our procurement capability and driving best practice across the Group. What you’ll do: * Lead and manage high-value (above-threshold) procurement projects in line with agreed category and procurement strategies, overseeing market engagement, option appraisals, evaluations, negotiations and contract execution. * Support Procurement Business Partners with the development and implementation of category strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives, legislation and best practice. * Provide expert advice, challenge and guidance on Procurement Policy, the Public Contracts Regulations and all relevant legislation to ensure compliance across the Group. * Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders at all levels, fostering a joined-up approach to the procurement of goods, services and works. * Maintain an accurate forward plan of contracts, ensuring visibility of upcoming requirements and future activity. * Promote a culture of integrity, ethics and compliance, ensuring controls are robust, risks are managed, and policies are understood and adhered to. * Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement processes, documentation, commercial assurance and risk mitigation. What you’ll bring: * Experience delivering category, procurement and/or contract management strategies with measurable cashable and non-cashable benefits. * Strong background working as a procurement professional in a large, complex organisation. * Significant experience delivering procurement projects using structured methodologies such as PRINCE2, meeting required time, cost and quality parameters. * Experience of leading public procurement procedures with knowledge of both PCR15 and PA23. * Expert understanding of procurement systems, legislation, policy, guidance and best practice across multiple categories of spend. * Ability to interpret and work with commercial contract terms and conditions. * Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build strong networks and work collaboratively. * Strong communication skills (written, verbal and presentation), supported by sound IT capability (Microsoft Office and procurement systems). * Relevant professional qualification(s), such as CIPS Level 5 (or working towards). Why Join Us? At Peabody, we are guided by our values: Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. You will join a team committed to inclusion, innovation, and meaningful impact. What We Offer * 30 days’ annual holiday, plus bank holidays * two additional paid volunteering days each year * flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal * 4 x salary life assurance * up to 10% pension contribution Please read before applying: If this sounds like we are right for you and you’d love to be part of Peabody, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply now by submitting an anonymised CV and a short statement explaining why you’re the perfect fit for this role. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Closing date: 8th December 2025 at midnight. PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer