Senior Facilities & Procurement Manager

Senior Facilities & Procurement Manager

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK (London)

Description

We are a fast-growing global reinsurance specialty company servicing the insurance markets of Lloyd's, Europe and North America.

Due to growth, we are looking for our first Senior Facilities & Procurement Manager to establish and lead our procurement function from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to design and implement procurement frameworks, introduce best in class supplier governance and drive commercial value across the business.

A key focus of this role will be IT services and technology procurement, ensuring robust supplier management, cost optimisation and governance across critical technology and infrastructure services.

Responsibilities

• Build and implement a fit for purpose procurement framework, including policies, controls and governance.
• Conduct spend analysis to identify opportunities, with a particular focus on IT services, infrastructure, and digital suppliers.
• Lead supplier negotiations across key categories, especially IT services (managed services, SaaS, infrastructure, cyber).
• Establish supplier due diligence processes and maintain a central supplier register.
• Manage contract lifecycle (negotiation, renewal, compliance, documentation).
• Drive cost efficiencies and value improvement across the supplier base.
• Partner with IT and senior stakeholders to shape sourcing strategies for technology solutions.
• Evaluate and negotiate contracts with IT vendors, ensuring scalability, security and value.
• Support vendor selection for systems, tools and outsourcing arrangements.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations around third party technology risk and outsourcing.
• Introduce best practices in IT supplier governance and performance management.
• Support audit, regulatory and board level reporting on supplier risk and performance.
• Oversee facilities management across UK and international offices.
• Manage vendors for office services, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.
• Support office projects (relocations, refurbishments and fit outs).

Candidate requirements

• Right to work in this location.
• Proven experience in procurement or supply chain, ideally within financial services, insurance or professional services.
• Strong track record in IT procurement (managed services, SaaS, infrastructure, cloud).
• Experience building or transforming procurement functions.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of third party risk, outsourcing and regulatory requirements (e.g., FCA/PRA).
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across business and IT teams.
• CIPS qualification (or working towards).
• Experience across multiple international jurisdictions.

Benefits

• Competitive salary & annual bonus
• Health & wellbeing subsidy
• Generous pension (eligible after probation)
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• 25 days annual leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan (eligible after probation)
• Electric vehicle scheme (eligible after probation)
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Learning/study support and reimbursement for professional memberships
• Hybrid working
• Employee socials and recognition programme