Senior Procurement Manager

A well-known public sector organisation are currently seeking an experienced Senior Procurement Manager to lead key savings initiatives and deliver medium-complexity procurement projects across a diverse portfolio.

• Role: Senior Procurement Manager
• Duration: 12-month contract
• Pay: Up to £500 p/day (Inside IR35 via Umbrella)
• Location: London (2 days onsite)

This role this role combines 50% Savings Delivery & Commercial Optimisation and 50% End-to-End Procurement Project Management.

You'll drive tangible savings, shape commercial strategies, and manage a range of projects, predominantly within ICT, technical services, and cross-category areas.

Special Projects Delivery:

• Lead end-to-end procurement for a set of medium to high-profile projects
• Oversee or peer review support for cross category procurements.
• Manage SAP contract management activities, ensuring compliance and accurate documentation.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and technical teams to deliver compliant, value-driven outcomes.
• Navigate complex commercial, regulatory, and governance requirements within a public sector environment.

Savings & Commercial Delivery

• Support departmental savings targets through negotiation, commercial challenge, and opportunity identification across categories.
• Align savings delivery with Finance Business Partners (FBP) and report progress to the Head of Procurement - Technology, Collaboration & complex Transactions.
• Support in developing category strategies in partnership with the Heads of Procurement.
• Support in developing contract management plans for key strategic projects.

This is not a people-management role, but you will benefit from strong support from the wider permanent procurement team.

Key Requirements:

• Strong background in public sector procurement, ideally with PA23 experience.
• Broad, full lifecycle end-to-end procurement expertise across multiple categories (ICT experience helpful).
• Proven track record delivering complex, multi-stakeholder procurements.
• Skilled negotiator with experience driving savings and commercial value.
• Understanding of savings levers (cashable, non-cashable, CapEx, OpEx).
• Comfortable managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.

The role is ideal for someone who operates confidently and autonomously, is commercially astute, navigates public-sector governance with ease and collaborates well with technical and finance teams.

If you're an experienced Procurement Manager, local to London and looking for an impactful role, !