Senior Manager - Business Services Procurement - 12-month FTC

Senior Manager - Business Services Procurement - 12-month FTC

We're looking for an experienced and driven Senior Procurement Manager to join our team on a 12-month fixed term contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key leadership role, driving operational excellence, leading high performing teams, and delivering strategic business services that support organisational performance.

This role operates at pace in a complex environment, partnering with senior stakeholders to shape and deliver high quality, efficient, and customer focused services.

We operate on a team led hybrid approach with at least one day a week in the Coventry or Manchester office. Regular travel across both sites will be required.

Benefits

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)
• Private medical insurance

About you

As Senior Manager you will lead Business Services delivery, drive operational excellence and support strategic priorities. You thrive in a fast paced environment, bring strong leadership capability, and confidently work with senior stakeholders to deliver high quality, customer focused outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Provide senior level procurement leadership across multiple category areas.
• Manage and develop high performing teams.
• Identify and deliver strategic initiatives and operational improvements via a Category Management approach.
• Stay up to date with market drivers, bringing unique opportunity insights through external networks and independent research.
• Influence senior stakeholders and manage relationships at a senior level.
• Deliver results in complex, fast paced environments.

Qualifications

• Proven senior level procurement experience across multiple categories.
• Strong leadership skills and experience managing high performing teams.
• Experience delivering strategic initiatives and operational improvements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influence at senior level.

Desirable experience

• Leading large scale change or transformation programmes.
• Experience working in complex or regulated environments, particularly financial services.
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Working hours

Full Time - 35 hours per week.

Equality and diversity

Coventry Building Society is committed to equality, race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and celebrates diversity. We are a Disability Confident and Committed Employer and provide interview or assessment for disabled applicants who meet our minimum criteria.

Location

Coventry-Binley Business Park, hybrid with occasional site visits to Manchester.

Contact

Recruitment team will contact shortlisted candidates directly. High volume applications limit individual feedback.