Procurement Consultant
Posted 1 day ago by The Executives in Sport Group
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Summary: A leading sports and entertainment venue is looking for a Procurement Consultant to enhance its procurement strategy across a global portfolio. This senior role involves setting direction, delivering value, and influencing top-level decisions while fostering supplier partnerships and driving commercial value. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating a proactive procurement function aligned with the organization's strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Set and deliver a global procurement strategy that supports business performance and growth
- Put clear policies and consistent ways of working in place across the organisation
- Lead, support, and develop a high-performing procurement team
- Analyse spend and supplier data to identify sustainable cost savings and better value
- Build strong supplier relationships, with clear expectations and performance measures
- Advise senior leaders with clear insight to support confident decision-making
- Strengthen procurement processes, compliance, and risk management across the group
- Track market developments and turn insight into practical recommendations
Key Skills:
- Senior procurement leadership experience within a complex organisation operating across multiple locations
- Strong negotiation skills and a track record of improving supplier performance and value
- Evidence of delivering measurable cost savings and long-term improvements
- Clear communicator who can influence senior stakeholders and build trust across the business
- Confident people leader with experience building and motivating high-performing teams
- Professional procurement qualifications are desirable
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
A leading sports and entertainment venue is seeking a Procurement Consultant to shape and elevate its procurement approach across a high-profile international portfolio. This is a senior, visible role for someone who wants to set direction, deliver measurable value, and influence decisions at the top of the business - in an environment where pace, partnerships, and performance matter. As Procurement Consultant , you will strengthen how the organisation sources goods and services, builds supplier partnerships, and drives long-term commercial value. You will be trusted to bring structure, pace and commercial confidence to procurement - creating a function that is proactive, insight-led and aligned to the organisation’s strategic goals.
The impact you’ll make
- Set and deliver a global procurement strategy that supports business performance and growth
- Put clear policies and consistent ways of working in place across the organisation
- Lead, support, and develop a high-performing procurement team
- Analyse spend and supplier data to identify sustainable cost savings and better value
- Build strong supplier relationships, with clear expectations and performance measures
- Advise senior leaders with clear insight to support confident decision-making
- Strengthen procurement processes, compliance, and risk management across the group
- Track market developments and turn insight into practical recommendations
Your skills and experience
- Senior procurement leadership experience within a complex organisation operating across multiple locations
- Strong negotiation skills and a track record of improving supplier performance and value
- Evidence of delivering measurable cost savings and long-term improvements
- Clear communicator who can influence senior stakeholders and build trust across the business
- Confident people leader with experience building and motivating high-performing teams
- Professional procurement qualifications are desirable
If you are ready to step into a high-impact leadership role within global sport, click the apply button to submit your application . Please note that due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide specific feedback on unsuccessful applications.