Sainsbury's
Senior Procurement Manager - Property PS & Soft FM
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This role can be contractually based from any of our Store Support Centres in
London, Coventry or Manchester, however the majority of your time will be spent visiting stores or suppliers across the UK (typically once a fortnight), with the rest of your time working remotely.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Senior Procurement Manager looking after FM soft services, Head Office FM, Estates & Property Professional Services, means becoming a valued leader within a dynamic and innovative organisation that is committed to driving exceptional results and delivering value to our customers. With a focus on strategic sourcing, complex negotiations, and relationship management, you will have the opportunity to showcase your expertise, influence business strategy at a senior level, and lead impactful projects that contribute to the overall success of our procurement function. At Sainsbury's, you will be part of a collaborative team that encourages continuous learning, growth, and development, where your leadership skills and commercial acumen will be instrumental in shaping the future of our procurement operations.
What you'll do
You’ll take end-to-end ownership of the commercial and sourcing strategy for your categories, along with 1 direct report, creating clear and compelling category plans that provide a fit-for-purpose, people-focussed supply chain. These are highly business-critical areas of spend, where supplier performance directly impacts our ability to maintain safe, compliant and well-run environments for colleagues and customers. You’ll lead large-scale, complex projects and senior supplier relationships, ensuring strong commercial rigour, accountability and risk management across categories where minimum health and safety standards must be upheld and human rights considerations, including working conditions, are an important part of responsible sourcing. You’ll also play a key role in ensuring we have the right suppliers on board — partners who align to Sainsbury’s values and help us deliver meaningful social value through our supply chain. With change constantly happening across these categories, you’ll need to manage reputational risk carefully and make sure the decisions we take deliver the right outcomes for the business, our colleagues, our customers and the people providing these services.
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You’re a resilient & ambitious strategic procurement professional with a proven track record of operating at a senior level, demonstrating exceptional leadership behaviours and delivering change at scale. A self-starter and dynamic leader, you bring the confidence to set direction, take ownership and act as a change agent across complex categories and stakeholder groups. You are values-focused and aligned to Sainsbury’s values, with the empathy needed to lead human-provided services. Your ability to build strong relationships, communicate clearly, keep pace in a constantly changing environment and drive responsible business change, sets you apart as a trusted source of insight and solutions within the procurement function. Retail sector experience and previous line management experience would be advantageous.
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Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience developing and delivering end-to-end category and sourcing strategies.
- Evidence of managing strategic supplier relationships, including commercial negotiations.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and contribute to business strategy, providing commercial insight, challenge and recommendations to support decision-making.
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