ALOIS UK
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Milton Keynes
£550 – £600/day
Posted about 22 hours ago
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Strategic Sourcing Manager
Contract Length: 6 Months – later to extend
Location: Milton Keynes, UK
Working Model: 60% office attendance required (Thursday mandatory in Milton Keynes, other two office days can be in London, Birmingham, or another office)
IR35: Inside IR35
Pay Rate: £550-600/day Umbrella
Headcount: 1
Region: South East
Hours Per Week: 37
Hours Per Day: 7.4
Timesheet Frequency: Weekly
Start Day of Week: Saturday
Job Description
- Manage, develop, and maintain strategies and create and implement agreed sourcing plans.
- Combine market-specific data analysis with big picture considerations to advise on future market changes.
- Identify the type of supplies or services that are required and identify potentially suitable suppliers and market.
- Understand demand by forecasting and planning requirements with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Develop options for a business case, including articulating associated benefits and producing supporting arguments for the preferred option.
- Advise and provide professional guidance throughout the sourcing process, considering and evaluating a range of sourcing models.
- Provide a procurement service to the department which delivers demonstrable value for money, and compliant goods and services contracts as part of a team of procurement professionals.
- Understand and be accountable for sourcing compliance and frameworks.
- Select appropriate project or programme management to underpin business requirements.
- Identify opportunities to develop collaborative partnerships with suppliers.
- Lead and guide others in negotiation relating to commercial activity.
Additional Role Information
- Client office presence required on Thursdays.
- Two additional office days can be worked from another local Client office.
- Public sector experience essential.
- Line management experience essential.
Team Structure
- 2 Sourcing Managers overseeing a team of circa 20 people.
- Team split across two direct reporting lines.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing teams delivering sourcing and tender activities.
- Overseeing and running tender events.
- Ensuring adherence to timelines and procurement processes.
- Managing end-to-end tender activity.
- Handling ad hoc tasks from a management perspective.
- Supporting reporting and providing updates.
- Participating in interviews.
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Governance & Compliance
- No delegated financial authority, but responsible for assurance.
- Writing procurement regulations and reports.
- Reviewing and checking documentation for accuracy and compliance.
- Providing assurance across procurement processes.
Stakeholder Interaction
- Working closely with:
- Supplier Management
- Assurance Teams
- Governance Teams
- Guiding the team on policy and procedure.
Key Requirements
- Strong public sector procurement experience (essential to guide policy/procedure).
- Ability to hit the ground running.
- Experience operating alongside another Sourcing Manager.
- Understanding of governance, assurance, and compliance frameworks.
Technical / Domain Requirements
- PA23 training required.
- Experience running tenders within this framework (desirable).
- Focus more on category strategy and governance than hands-on sourcing execution.
Role Focus
- Strategic category and procurement oversight.
- Ensuring all documentation, assurances, and artefacts are compliant and accurate.
- Strong governance-led role rather than supplier engagement.
Key Exclusions
- No direct supplier engagement expected.
Job Purpose
The Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for delivering sourcing strategies for complex, medium to high-value procurements. This role operates in close collaboration with Strategic Category Managers, Supplier Managers, and senior stakeholders to optimise value, manage risk, and ensure compliance within a regulated procurement environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead sourcing delivery for high-value and business-critical procurement projects (typically £300m–£500m annual spend influence).
- Develop and implement end-to-end sourcing strategies aligned to integrated category plans.
- Act as the lead negotiator, securing commercial benefits and cost savings, ensuring validation and alignment with finance objectives.
- Collaborate with stakeholders at senior level (Head of/Director level) to shape sourcing pipelines and ensure strategic alignment.
- Challenge business demand and drive aggregation opportunities to maximise value and efficiency.
- Ensure sourcing activities meet all regulatory, legislative, and governance requirements (e.g. OJEU/public procurement compliance).
- Provide expert sourcing advice, introducing innovation and best practice to deliver competitive advantage.
- Conduct market analysis and supplier benchmarking to optimise Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
- Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships to support transition from sourcing into supplier management.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of sourcing professionals, fostering capability growth and high performance.
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Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- Degree educated (or equivalent experience).
- MCIPS qualified or equivalent professional accreditation.
- Significant sourcing/procurement experience within complex environments (ideally infrastructure or engineering).
- Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings and commercial benefits.
- Strong people management and leadership experience.
- Advanced negotiation and dispute resolution skills.
- Experience working in cross-functional, stakeholder-heavy environments.
- Strong influencing skills with the ability to navigate complex organisational structures.
- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capability.
- Commercially focused with a value-driven approach.
Key Competencies
- Strategic thinking and delivery
- Commercial acumen
- Stakeholder management and influencing
- Leadership and team development
- Innovation and continuous improvement
- Risk management and governance
Additional Requirements
- May require management of employees.
- May require compliance with safety and regulatory standards depending on assignment.
- Awareness of health & safety responsibilities within the role.
Top 3 Evaluation Criteria
- Managing a team.
- Regulatory experience.
- Organisation can hit the ground running. Very reactive so need to be resilient and reorganise day if needed.
Must-Have Requirements
- Public sector experience.
- Line management experience.
- Regulatory/Governance experience.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and reactive environment.
- MCIPS qualification preferred.
- PA23 training preferred.
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Skills
Strategic Sourcing
Public Sector Procurement
Line Management
Category Strategy
Governance & Compliance
Tender Management
Stakeholder Management
Negotiation
Market Analysis
Risk Management
Commercial Acumen
Total Cost of Ownership
Project Management
Financial Assurance
Contract Management
Influencing Skills