Sourcing Manager - Contract/£646 per day inside IR35/Milton Keynes

Sourcing Manager - Contract
Contract Length: 6 months with a view to extending
Location: Milton Keynes

3 days per week in the office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Candidate: - £646 umbrella

MUST have previous Rail experience

We are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Senior Sourcing Manager to lead complex, high-value sourcing activity across diverse spend categories. This is a strategic role responsible for delivering significant commercial and contractual value across multi-million-pound opportunities within a highly regulated environment.

You will work collaboratively with senior stakeholders to shape and deliver sourcing strategies that drive measurable savings, innovation, and long-term value.

The Role

As a Senior Sourcing Manager, you will:

• Lead end-to-end sourcing activity from business requirement through to contract signature for multi-million-pound, medium-risk opportunities.

• Implement approved category strategies and deliver against an ambitious savings pipeline.

• Apply structured sourcing frameworks within regulated procurement environments, ensuring full compliance with governance, legislative, and risk requirements.

• Act as a lead negotiator on complex commercial arrangements, securing savings and additional value beyond agreed targets.

• Develop innovative sourcing solutions and commercial models to address complex business challenges.

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to maximise group-wide commercial value through effective demand management and influencing strategies.

• Ensure seamless transition from sourcing execution into supplier management to optimise contractual and relationship value.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, demand planning, and customer satisfaction measurement to enhance the overall procurement experience.

• Strengthen external market sourcing practices, including total cost of ownership analysis and commercial modelling, to support best-in-class capability development.

About You

You will be a strategic procurement professional with:

• Degree-level education in Business, Economics, or equivalent professional experience.

• Significant sourcing experience with a demonstrable track record of delivering substantial savings across complex spend categories.

• Strong commercial acumen, including knowledge of contract law and financial management.

• Proven expertise in negotiation and dispute resolution at senior stakeholder level.

• Experience operating within regulated procurement environments.

• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to influence at executive level.

• A politically astute approach with advanced direct and indirect influencing capability.

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex sourcing challenges and develop innovative commercial solutions.

• A completer-finisher mindset with strong delivery focus.

• Relevant professional accreditation (eg CIPS) or equivalent.