UK Procurement Governance and Performance – Procurement Manager Improvement

Overview

In this role you will lead the project management and delivery of a new Contract Life Cycle Management tool for Procurement UK. You will coordinate across procurement, legal operations and technical deployment teams to ensure the tool meets business needs and improves contracting workflows. You will develop requirements, map current structures, and create training materials while supporting broader governance and change initiatives. A meaningful opportunity to shape procurement excellence within a defence-focused organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• Company bonus up to 2,500
• Pension contributions up to 14%
• Overtime opportunities
• Flexi Leave up to 15 days
• Flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave provisions for maternity/adoption/shared parental leave

Responsibilities

• Lead the selection and implementation of the CLM tool for Procurement UK
• Manage stakeholder expectations and align cross-functional teams (procurement, legal operations, technical deployment)
• Develop procurement requirements and evaluate supplier proposals
• Review solutions to ensure alignment with procurement realities and workflows
• Map existing contracting structures to address bottlenecks in deployment
• Create user guides and training for rollout
• Support broader change management, compliance and functional improvement initiatives

Key requirements

• Experience in a commercial, procurement or supply chain role, ideally in a regulated sector
• Understanding of commercial contract structures, legal operations, risk management and contract negotiation lifecycle
• Results-oriented with track record of delivering projects
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication skills and structured presentation of concepts
• Independent researcher able to map current workflows and identify improvements
• Experience creating training playbooks or user guides from scratch
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; SAP knowledge beneficial
• Willingness to travel to the UK and non-UK sites
• Security clearance: BPSS checks after offer
• Flexibility for hybrid on-site work (2-3 days)

• Stakeholder management
• Proactivity
• Clear communication
• Analytical mindset
• Microsoft Office
• SAP (beneficial)

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