Job reference 339479
Procurement Manager
Competitive salary, plus £4,000 car allowance, healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time
This is a hybrid position requiring 4 days per week in the office. You can choose to be based at one of our locations: London (Farringdon), or Chesterfield (Future Walk).
Join a team at the heart of a multi-billion-pound national organisation, supporting one of the UK's most recognisable brands. As part of the Fleet Category team, you will develop and deliver sourcing strategies that drive value, manage risk, and support the UK's largest commercial fleet.
We are looking for an experienced procurement professional with a strong background in strategic sourcing, supplier management, and commercial delivery.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the business during a period of transformation, helping shape procurement strategies across fleet operations while exploring emerging markets and technologies, including electric vehicles in emerging markets.
About the Role
Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, you will lead procurement activity across a portfolio of fleet-related contracts and services, ensuring value for money and effective risk management.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading sourcing activities, tenders, negotiations, and contract value delivery.
- Managing end-to-end procurement projects across fleet categories.
- Building strong stakeholder relationships and aligning procurement activity to business priorities.
- Supporting category strategy development to drive value, innovation, and risk reduction.
- Providing commercial insight to improve contract performance and manage risk.
- Resolving contractual and commercial issues through effective negotiation.
- Working collaboratively across procurement teams and supporting continuous improvement.
About You
You are a commercially focused procurement professional with strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
You will have:
- Experience developing and implementing sourcing strategies, ideally within fleet, automotive, transport, logistics, or operational categories.
- A track record of delivering value through strategic sourcing and procurement best practice.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence at all levels.
- Experience managing multiple procurement projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong commercial acumen and contract management experience.
- Experience developing and delivering category strategies.
This is an opportunity to make a real impact in a high-profile category, delivering value, innovation, and sustainable outcomes for a critical area of the business.
Extra Benefits
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
- Available only to perm employees
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.
Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.
We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.
Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.
We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.
We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/
Closing Date: 28th July 2026. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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