Procurement Manager

Are you an experienced procurement or commercial professional looking for your next challenge? A leading organisation within the facilities management and property services sector is seeking a Senior Partner Manager to join its growing commercial team.

This is a home-based role, with travel across England, offering the opportunity to shape supplier strategy, strengthen commercial partnerships and drive operational performance across a complex national portfolio. If you have a strong background in services procurement and supplier relationship management, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

The Role As the Senior Partner Manager , you'll:

• Manage the end-to-end relationship with strategic service providers, ensuring suppliers are effectively sourced, onboarded, developed and managed.
• Develop strong partnerships with suppliers, operational teams and commercial stakeholders to deliver outstanding service performance.
• Oversee supplier performance against contractual KPIs, SLAs and quality standards, implementing improvement plans where required.
• Lead supplier governance activities, ensuring compliance with commercial agreements and contract obligations.
• Support procurement strategies, supplier sourcing activities, tender evaluations and contract negotiations.
• Drive commercial performance by identifying efficiencies, reducing risk and delivering value for money across the supply chain.
• Contribute to supplier framework development, contract management processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyse supplier performance data and provide commercial insight to support informed business decisions.
• Work closely with sustainability and operational teams to improve service delivery and support wider environmental objectives.
• Travel across the UK to build strong supplier relationships and support a nationally distributed contract portfolio.

You To be successful in the role of Senior Partner Manager , you'll bring:

• Proven experience in services procurement , commercial management or supplier relationship management.
• Experience procuring services is essential . Candidates with a procurement background focused solely on goods or products will not be considered.
• Strong knowledge of supplier management, commercial governance, contract performance and supply chain best practice.
• Experience managing service contracts within Facilities Management, Property Services, Construction, Engineering or another service-led environment .
• Strong commercial awareness with experience supporting tender processes, supplier evaluations and contract negotiations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting supplier performance data and implementing improvements.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and procurement or contract management systems.
• A proactive, organised and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable:

• A qualification in Procurement, Commercial Management, Supply Chain or Facilities Management (or working towards one).
• Experience within defence, regulated industries or large-scale FM contracts.

What's in it for you?

Join a leading facilities management organisation that values collaboration, continuous improvement and commercial excellence. You'll have the opportunity to influence supplier strategy across a nationally significant portfolio while enjoying genuine career development and flexible home-based working.

You'll receive:

• Salary of up to £62,000
• £3,600 car allowance .
• Home-based role with travel across England.
• 25 days annual leave.
• 6% matched pension contribution.
• Single private medical cover.
• Life assurance (2x annual salary).
• Ongoing training and professional development.
• The opportunity to work on high-profile national contracts within a supportive and collaborative team.