Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
The Procurement function at Financial Times operates group-wide as part of the Global Finance team, delivering transparent and effective procurement across the FT Group. The Procurement Manager will be based in London and play a key role in managing procurement activities across priority business areas including the Commercial Client Group (CCG), Product & Technology (P&T), and Reader Revenue Group (RRG). This role has a strong focus on marketing procurement, requiring experience in sourcing and managing agencies and consultancy providers in creative, media, social media, and digital marketing. Experience with events-related procurement such as venues, hotels, AV, and production services is advantageous.

The successful candidate will be commercially curious, forward-thinking, and comfortable leveraging technology and AI-enabled tools to enhance procurement efficiency, market analysis, sourcing, and contract management. The role involves leading end-to-end procurement processes, developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and collaborating closely with stakeholders and Finance teams to ensure value delivery and governance.

This position is expected to start in January 2027 and supports a hybrid working model requiring onsite presence approximately 50% of the time, subject to role requirements and review.

Experience
- Proven procurement experience in marketing procurement and professional services
- Strong experience sourcing and managing marketing agencies, consultancy providers, or related suppliers
- Experience supporting procurement activity for events-related categories such as venues, hotels, AV, and production services is desirable
- Experience working within a matrixed or global organisation is advantageous

About you
- Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders up to Director level
- Commercially astute with strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret spend data and market insights to support decision-making
- Strong communication and presentation skills, able to translate complex information into clear recommendations
- Forward-thinking and interested in procurement innovation, including AI-enabled tools and digital procurement practices
- Comfortable using procurement systems and sourcing tools such as Coupa or similar platforms

Qualifications
- Relevant procurement qualifications or equivalent experience preferred but not mandatory