Location
The Crown Estate, London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
At The Crown Estate, our purpose is to create lasting and shared prosperity for the nation by managing land, property and the seabed across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Procurement plays a key role in achieving this. As a Strategic Procurement Manager, you will treat procurement as a catalyst for value, innovation and sustainable growth. This influential role involves shaping our procurement roadmap, engaging early to influence demand, and designing competitive procedures tailored to each requirement. You will act as a trusted commercial partner to senior stakeholders, challenging assumptions and demonstrating what the market can deliver. Additionally, you will help set the standard for commercial excellence across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include owning our Enterprise Pipeline to build a multi-year view of demand, partnering with stakeholders early to shape requirements and guide them through governance, designing compliant and commercially sound sourcing strategies and evaluation criteria, and using market insight and supplier engagement to drive innovation, quality and cost-efficiency. You will lead relationships with strategic suppliers under our tiered SRM framework, manage supply chain risk, embed sustainability and social value into contracts, track procurement value through spend analysis, and mentor colleagues to embed new SRM and contract management frameworks across the business.

Experience
Substantial hands-on experience delivering complex, end-to-end procurement in a public sector or regulated environment. Expertise in UK Public Procurement Regulations and best-practice commercial standards. Exposure to a supplier relationship management programme is an advantage.

About you
Strong analytical and strategic thinker, able to turn data and market insight into practical strategies. Confident in influencing, challenging and partnering with senior stakeholders. Proven track record of developing and mentoring others.

Qualifications
MCIPS qualification is desirable but not essential.