Procurement Manager
| Posting date: | 26 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £62,580 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2025 |
| Location: | Peterborough, Eastern England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Longhurst Group Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
At Amplius, we’re on a mission to deliver homes that make a difference. As a fresh and forward-focused social housing provider, we prioritise tenant safety, sustainability, and smart property investment.
In our Procurement role, you’ll be leading sourcing projects and managing the sourcing pipeline while embedding best-practice procurement processes. You’ll support the Head of Procurement in implementing contract management strategies, driving cost savings, enhancing supplier performance, and promoting social value, while coaching and mentoring the procurement team to align processes with operational needs.
Location: Hybrid, minimum of 1 day p/week in our Peterborough or Boston office and responsibility to travel to meet suppliers and stakeholders face to face as required to meet business needs.
Salary: Up to £62,580 per year
Contract: Permanent
Your week: 36.25 hours p/week (9am – 5.15pm Monday to Friday, with 1-hour lunch)
Snapshot of your role
This is what your day will look like as our Procurement Manager:
The Procurement Manager will lead procurement activity and project manage the end-to-end procurement process. Typically, these will be strategic, high risk and high value sourcing events or contracts that deliver key goods and services for Amplius.
Lead procurement activity for £150 million non-pay spend.
Direct and indirect procurement – Facilities Management (FM), Capex, IT & Professional Services
Line management and leadership of a small category team.
Supporting contract management activity.
Your toolkit for success
To thrive in our Procurement Manager role, you’ll need:
Expert knowledge of public procurement legislation and experience of working within a regulated procurement environment.
Ability to create sourcing/procurement strategies based on evidence and data analysis.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Able to work across multiple projects/contracts/categories.
Why join Amplius?
There are loads of things that make Amplius a great place to be - every colleague has the chance to grow with us, make a real difference to our customers lives and ultimately be the most authentic version of themselves:
Grow with us
Your development matters to us. With tailored training programs, ongoing feedback, and career progression pathways, we support you to advance as far as you want to go.
Make a real impact
Our mission is rooted in service and community. Your work will contribute directly to improving the lives of people in the communities we serve.
Environmental and social impact
We’re dedicated to sustainability and social responsibility, taking real steps to protect our planet and foster inclusivity.
Perks of working at Amplius
28 day’s annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to carry over allowance and purchase more.
Pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10%, plus life cover of three times your annual salary
Paid professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role
Employee Assistance Programme offering free wellbeing tools, free flu jabs and more
Health cash plan giving cash back for everyday health checks such as optical and dental
Cycle to Work and Electric Car Lease schemes
High street, holiday and gym membership discounts
Plus lots more once you join!
The important stuff
We’re dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible. Reasonable adjustments will be provided upon request for all candidates.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities.
We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK to join Amplius. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.
Have any questions? Contact the Amplius Recruitment Team and we’ll be in touch to support you with any questions, queries or conundrums!
In our Procurement role, you’ll be leading sourcing projects and managing the sourcing pipeline while embedding best-practice procurement processes. You’ll support the Head of Procurement in implementing contract management strategies, driving cost savings, enhancing supplier performance, and promoting social value, while coaching and mentoring the procurement team to align processes with operational needs.
Location: Hybrid, minimum of 1 day p/week in our Peterborough or Boston office and responsibility to travel to meet suppliers and stakeholders face to face as required to meet business needs.
Salary: Up to £62,580 per year
Contract: Permanent
Your week: 36.25 hours p/week (9am – 5.15pm Monday to Friday, with 1-hour lunch)
Snapshot of your role
This is what your day will look like as our Procurement Manager:
The Procurement Manager will lead procurement activity and project manage the end-to-end procurement process. Typically, these will be strategic, high risk and high value sourcing events or contracts that deliver key goods and services for Amplius.
Lead procurement activity for £150 million non-pay spend.
Direct and indirect procurement – Facilities Management (FM), Capex, IT & Professional Services
Line management and leadership of a small category team.
Supporting contract management activity.
Your toolkit for success
To thrive in our Procurement Manager role, you’ll need:
Expert knowledge of public procurement legislation and experience of working within a regulated procurement environment.
Ability to create sourcing/procurement strategies based on evidence and data analysis.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Able to work across multiple projects/contracts/categories.
Why join Amplius?
There are loads of things that make Amplius a great place to be - every colleague has the chance to grow with us, make a real difference to our customers lives and ultimately be the most authentic version of themselves:
Grow with us
Your development matters to us. With tailored training programs, ongoing feedback, and career progression pathways, we support you to advance as far as you want to go.
Make a real impact
Our mission is rooted in service and community. Your work will contribute directly to improving the lives of people in the communities we serve.
Environmental and social impact
We’re dedicated to sustainability and social responsibility, taking real steps to protect our planet and foster inclusivity.
Perks of working at Amplius
28 day’s annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to carry over allowance and purchase more.
Pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10%, plus life cover of three times your annual salary
Paid professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role
Employee Assistance Programme offering free wellbeing tools, free flu jabs and more
Health cash plan giving cash back for everyday health checks such as optical and dental
Cycle to Work and Electric Car Lease schemes
High street, holiday and gym membership discounts
Plus lots more once you join!
The important stuff
We’re dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible. Reasonable adjustments will be provided upon request for all candidates.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities.
We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK to join Amplius. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.
Have any questions? Contact the Amplius Recruitment Team and we’ll be in touch to support you with any questions, queries or conundrums!
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