Procurement Manager - IT
| Posting date: | 05 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45000-55000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 March 2026 |
| Location: | London or Newcastle, EC4M 7RB |
| Company: | Mott MacDonald |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 13324-43950780 |
Summary
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
Location/s: London or Newcastle, UKRecruiter contact: Nikki George
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
Overview of the role
We are seeking an accomplished Procurement Manager – IT to lead and elevate our strategic IT procurement function. This pivotal role is responsible for managing a team of Category Managers – IT and a Category Buyer, fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment that champions innovation and excellence. As the key driver of our IT procurement strategy, you will oversee high-value, complex procurement projects, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and positioning our team as a recognised centre of excellence.
Reporting directly to the Regional Procurement Manager, you will act as a trusted advisor, influencing senior leaders and driving the continuous improvement of procurement practices across the business. In addition to your advisory capacity, you will collaborate closely with other Procurement and Purchasing Managers to identify and implement strategic process enhancements and strengthen governance frameworks. By working together, you will ensure that best practices are consistently applied, compliance is maintained, and the procurement function evolves to meet the organisation’s changing needs. Your leadership will help foster a culture of excellence and accountability, positioning the procurement team as a centre of excellence within the business.
Key responsibilities and duties include:
- Team Leadership: Inspire, mentor, and develop Category Managers and a Category Buyer, shaping a best-in-class IT procurement team renowned for strategic thinking and exceptional results
- Strategic Procurement: Lead significant, high-value IT procurements, employing advanced negotiation skills to secure optimal commercial outcomes and risk mitigation for the business
- Stakeholder Management: Forge strong, influential partnerships with internal stakeholders, including senior executives to ensure procurement objectives are fully aligned with broader business priorities. Serve as the primary contact on IT procurement matters, providing expert guidance and leveraging your proven experience to influence at the highest level
- Process Improvement: Drive strategic improvements in procurement processes, championing best practices and delivering measurable enhancements in efficiency, compliance, and value generation
- Category Planning: Lead the creation of robust annual category plans, ensuring each plan supports business objectives and underpins the long-term procurement strategy
- Supplier Relationships: Establish and maintain trusted partnerships with key suppliers, ensuring consistent delivery of quality, innovation, and cost-effectiveness
- Market Analysis: Conduct in-depth market intelligence to anticipate industry trends, emerging technologies, and risks, informing proactive procurement strategies
- Compliance: Guarantee all procurement activity meets internal policies, legal obligations, and the highest ethical standards
- Collaboration: Work closely with fellow Procurement Managers to embed a culture of excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the wider procurement function
Candidate specification
Essential:
- Proven track record of leading successful IT procurement teams within complex, fast-paced environments
- Extensive experience managing high-value IT procurement projects, demonstrating advanced negotiation and commercial skills
- Demonstrable ability to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing decision-making at executive level
- In-depth understanding of procurement best practices, compliance requirements, and industry standards
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in market intelligence and category planning to inform strategic decisions
- Hands-on experience in improving procurement processes and driving continuous improvement initiatives
Desirable:
- Experience working in multinational organisations or across multiple geographies
- Professional procurement qualifications (e.g., MCIPS or equivalent)
- Exposure to emerging technologies and digital procurement tools
- Demonstrated success in supplier relationship management, delivering innovation and value
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and embedding knowledge sharing practices
Personal attributes:
- Inspirational leader with a passion for developing and empowering others
- Strategic thinker, able to anticipate market trends and proactively shape procurement strategy
- Exceptional communicator, capable of influencing and engaging stakeholders at all levels
- Results-oriented, with a relentless drive for excellence and measurable outcomes
- Resilient and adaptable, thriving in dynamic and challenging environments
- Ethically minded, committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity and compliance
- Collaborative team player who fosters a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Financial wellbeing
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
Employee Ownership
- Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
- Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
- As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
- Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
- For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.
Health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
Lifestyle
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
Location/s: London or Newcastle, UKRecruiter contact: Nikki George
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
Overview of the role
We are seeking an accomplished Procurement Manager – IT to lead and elevate our strategic IT procurement function. This pivotal role is responsible for managing a team of Category Managers – IT and a Category Buyer, fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment that champions innovation and excellence. As the key driver of our IT procurement strategy, you will oversee high-value, complex procurement projects, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and positioning our team as a recognised centre of excellence.
Reporting directly to the Regional Procurement Manager, you will act as a trusted advisor, influencing senior leaders and driving the continuous improvement of procurement practices across the business. In addition to your advisory capacity, you will collaborate closely with other Procurement and Purchasing Managers to identify and implement strategic process enhancements and strengthen governance frameworks. By working together, you will ensure that best practices are consistently applied, compliance is maintained, and the procurement function evolves to meet the organisation’s changing needs. Your leadership will help foster a culture of excellence and accountability, positioning the procurement team as a centre of excellence within the business.
Key responsibilities and duties include:
- Team Leadership: Inspire, mentor, and develop Category Managers and a Category Buyer, shaping a best-in-class IT procurement team renowned for strategic thinking and exceptional results
- Strategic Procurement: Lead significant, high-value IT procurements, employing advanced negotiation skills to secure optimal commercial outcomes and risk mitigation for the business
- Stakeholder Management: Forge strong, influential partnerships with internal stakeholders, including senior executives to ensure procurement objectives are fully aligned with broader business priorities. Serve as the primary contact on IT procurement matters, providing expert guidance and leveraging your proven experience to influence at the highest level
- Process Improvement: Drive strategic improvements in procurement processes, championing best practices and delivering measurable enhancements in efficiency, compliance, and value generation
- Category Planning: Lead the creation of robust annual category plans, ensuring each plan supports business objectives and underpins the long-term procurement strategy
- Supplier Relationships: Establish and maintain trusted partnerships with key suppliers, ensuring consistent delivery of quality, innovation, and cost-effectiveness
- Market Analysis: Conduct in-depth market intelligence to anticipate industry trends, emerging technologies, and risks, informing proactive procurement strategies
- Compliance: Guarantee all procurement activity meets internal policies, legal obligations, and the highest ethical standards
- Collaboration: Work closely with fellow Procurement Managers to embed a culture of excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the wider procurement function
Candidate specification
Essential:
- Proven track record of leading successful IT procurement teams within complex, fast-paced environments
- Extensive experience managing high-value IT procurement projects, demonstrating advanced negotiation and commercial skills
- Demonstrable ability to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing decision-making at executive level
- In-depth understanding of procurement best practices, compliance requirements, and industry standards
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in market intelligence and category planning to inform strategic decisions
- Hands-on experience in improving procurement processes and driving continuous improvement initiatives
Desirable:
- Experience working in multinational organisations or across multiple geographies
- Professional procurement qualifications (e.g., MCIPS or equivalent)
- Exposure to emerging technologies and digital procurement tools
- Demonstrated success in supplier relationship management, delivering innovation and value
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and embedding knowledge sharing practices
Personal attributes:
- Inspirational leader with a passion for developing and empowering others
- Strategic thinker, able to anticipate market trends and proactively shape procurement strategy
- Exceptional communicator, capable of influencing and engaging stakeholders at all levels
- Results-oriented, with a relentless drive for excellence and measurable outcomes
- Resilient and adaptable, thriving in dynamic and challenging environments
- Ethically minded, committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity and compliance
- Collaborative team player who fosters a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Financial wellbeing
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
Employee Ownership
- Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
- Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
- As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
- Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
- For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.
Health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
Lifestyle
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.
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