Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
The Procurement Manager will take a proactive role in benefits identification – utilizing business and market knowledge to build a pipeline of procurement activity that delivers commercial and service benefits to operational teams. Acting as a business partner to onsite teams across more than 150 properties within the UK&I portfolio, this role owns and delivers agreed strategic and national sourcing initiatives while providing guidance and support for tactical sourcing and contracting activities undertaken by operational teams. The role supports the effective operation of existing properties and procurement activity for new developments and acquisitions.

Key responsibilities include engaging local stakeholders to demonstrate procurement value, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and procedures, managing supplier engagement, and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the local supply chain and market. The role involves end-to-end procurement processes such as sourcing strategy creation, supplier identification, tender documentation, commercial negotiations, and contract lifecycle management via Greystar’s CLM platform, Luminance.

Additional duties include supporting supplier onboarding and due diligence, compiling contract summaries, managing supplier performance and escalation, reporting on spend and vendor performance, maintaining accurate records, supporting procurement policy development, and collaborating with the European procurement team on regional sourcing and supply chain ESG initiatives.

Experience
- Minimum 5 years procurement experience, preferably in Real Estate, Facilities Management, Hospitality, or related industries
- At least 3 years in a Procurement or Category Manager role with sourcing experience across multiple operational categories including Hard Services (e.g. Repairs & Maintenance) and Soft Services (e.g. cleaning, manned guarding)
- Knowledge of the UK&I supply market with strong supplier relationships
- Experience negotiating contracts under English law
- Experience using procurement technology and finance systems such as CLM platforms
- European sourcing experience and PowerBI skills are beneficial but not essential

About you
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and exercise good judgment under pressure
- Positive team player, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare and confidently present materials to senior stakeholders
- Proactive in reporting workload status and project updates tailored to stakeholder needs
- Results-driven with the ability to create detailed plans and deliver projects on time
- Discreet and able to handle sensitive information
- Self-starter capable of working independently and collaboratively within a busy, fast-paced environment

Qualifications
- University degree in business, engineering, or related field
- MCIPS qualification preferred or currently studying for it, but not essential
- Fluent in English; a second European language is beneficial but not essential
- IT literate with proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook at an intermediate level