Job Description
Global Senior Procurement Specialist
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Location: London / Hybrid / 6-12 FTC / Perm
Sector: High-growth, innovation-led life sciences / advanced manufacturing
The Opportunity
The business is undergoing significant transformation across its global operations, investing heavily in its supply chain, capabilities, and procurement maturity. This role sits at the heart of that journey — offering real scope to shape strategy, influence stakeholders, and build a best-in-class procurement function within a fast-evolving environment.
You’ll have the opportunity to shape procurement capability, processes, and strategy, all within a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your input will directly influence outcomes.
If you’re motivated by growth, change, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact, this role offers a genuine platform to do so.
The Role
As Global Senior Procurement Specialist, you will take ownership of key procurement activities across global spend areas, driving both operational excellence and strategic value creation.
You’ll play a critical role in ensuring supply continuity, cost optimisation, and supplier performance, while helping to embed stronger processes, governance, and ways of working as the organisation scales.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain strong, strategic relationships with critical suppliers, positioning procurement as a true business partner
Manage commodity pricing, identify and onboard new suppliers, and negotiate commercially strong, future-proof agreements
Perform detailed cost analysis and benchmarking, ensuring competitive positioning and informed decision-making
Deliver sustainable cost savings by reducing total cost of ownership through negotiation, value analysis, and process improvement
Lead and evolve supplier-managed inventory (SMI) models, working closely with Supply Chain to manage risk, improve resilience, and standardise approaches globally
Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and external vendors, while taking a leadership role in guiding and upskilling regional procurement teams on best practice
Lead and support end-to-end tender activity, including tender design, evaluation, negotiation, and contract award
Support supplier approval processes, ensuring the right partners are selected to support both current operations and future growth
Identify priority areas for improvement based on material criticality, value, and volume, proactively reducing supply risk and driving efficiency
Support the implementation and execution of category strategies, contracts, and procurement initiatives
Contribute to and support cross-functional working groups, helping shape strategic direction xwwtmva and governance across categories
Develop and continuously improve procurement SOPs, tools, and processes to support a scaling organisation
Ensure procurement master data integrity within ERP systems, maintaining accuracy across supplier and pricing information
Requirements
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate analysis into real business value
Experience using PowerBI
Experience working with global suppliers and managing complex contracts
Ability to operate in a fast-paced, transforming environment, bringing structure while embracing change
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge at multiple levels
A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and transformation
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