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SENIOR MANAGER – PROCUREMENT

Jewish Care · House, NM · 3 days ago
Supply ChainFull-time

About the role

Shape the future of procurement at one of the UK's leading health and social care charities. At Jewish Care, every purchase has a purpose. We support over 12,000 people every week through our care homes, community centres, mental health services, social work, retirement living and family support services.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and delivery of Jewish Care's procurement strategy, ensuring procurement becomes a trusted strategic partner across the organisation.
  • Develop and implement our three-year procurement strategy aligned to organisational priorities.
  • Lead strategic sourcing and category management across both operational and capital expenditure.
  • Drive commercial value, measurable savings and continuous improvement across all areas of spend.
  • Build strong supplier partnerships while ensuring robust contract management and performance monitoring.
  • Develop procurement policies, governance frameworks and controls that support compliance and reduce organisational risk.
  • Use data, market insight and supplier intelligence to inform sourcing decisions and improve commercial outcomes.
  • Lead and develop a specialist procurement team, creating a high-performing, customer-focused culture.
  • Partner with senior leaders across the organisation to strengthen procurement capability and embed best practice.

Requirements

  • You'll be an experienced procurement leader who combines strategic thinking with a hands-on approach to delivering results.
  • You'll Bring MCIPS qualification (essential).
  • You'll have a Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
  • You'll have significant senior procurement experience across a broad range of direct and indirect spend categories.
  • You'll have a proven track record of delivering measurable commercial savings and value.
  • You'll have experience leading strategic sourcing, category management and supplier relationship programmes.
  • You'll have strong knowledge of procurement governance, contract management and risk management.
  • You'll have excellent commercial judgement, negotiation and influencing skills.
  • You'll have experience working with senior stakeholders and executive leadership teams.
  • You'll have the ability to build relationships, lead change and inspire confidence across a complex organisation.
  • Experience within healthcare, social care, hospitality or another service-led environment would be advantageous.

Qualifications

  • You'll bring MCIPS qualification (essential).
  • You'll have a Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.

Skills

  • Strategic thinking and hands-on approach to delivering results.
  • Proven track record of delivering measurable commercial savings and value.
  • Strong knowledge of procurement governance, contract management and risk management.
  • Excellent commercial judgement, negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Experience working with senior stakeholders and executive leadership teams.
  • The ability to build relationships, lead change and inspire confidence across a complex organisation.

Benefits

In return, we offer a competitive benefits package, including:

  • 20 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with length of service.
  • Employer pension contribution.
  • Life Assurance.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Blue Light Card and retail discounts.
  • Excellent learning and development opportunities.
  • The opportunity to shape a newly established procurement function within a respected and values-led organisation.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.

Jewish Care

This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact in an organisation where commercial decisions directly support the delivery of exceptional care and community services. You'll be joining a collaborative leadership team committed to innovation, continuous improvement and delivering the very best outcomes for the people we support.

Why join Jewish Care?

We offer a rewarding career alongside a competitive benefits package, including:

  • 20 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with length of service.
  • Employer pension contribution.
  • Life Assurance.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Blue Light Card and retail discounts.
  • Excellent learning and development opportunities.
  • The opportunity to shape a newly established procurement function within a respected and values-led organisation.

Ready to make a difference?

If you're an experienced procurement leader who is passionate about delivering commercial excellence while supporting a meaningful cause, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help us build a procurement function that delivers lasting value for our organisation, our colleagues and the communities we serve.

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