Senior Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager

London Manchester Oxford

90000 to 95000 Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme

Monday Friday 37.5 hours per week hybrid)

Our perks

• 25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years service) plus bank holidays to take time to recharge and do something you love.
• Private Medical via vitality with reward schemes paid for you and your family.
• Health cash plan via health shield for employees and children claiming money back for dental optical etc
• Pension Oodle will contribute 5 of your salary into your pension pot to help you save for the future.
• Free breakfast drinks and fruit in the office you can help yourself to cereals toast fizzy drinks and lots of fruit.
• Employee discounts discounts you can access anywhere anytime for all major shops.
• 1 day volunteer day per year an opportunity to give back to the community each year.
• Mental health care 6 free counselling sessions via our EAP (Employee Assistance Programme).
• Paid sick leave enhanced company sick pay.
• Enhanced family leave we provide enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers.

Oodle who are we

Our mission is to be the UKs simplest way to find and finance a great value used car. We want to put car buyers back in control and make the car buying experience as simple straightforward and joyful as possible as car buyers deserve oodles of car buying confidence!

We are a team of 450 people located in Manchester Oxford and London. Over the past 6 years weve supported 10000s of customers on their car buying journey and know 2025 is shaping up to be another exciting year!

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Procurement Manager to maintain embed and continuously improve our established thirdparty supplier framework. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance across the business holding thirdparty suppliers to account and driving value through effective supplier management. This role requires strong collaboration with Senior Leadership Team (SLT) members and key stakeholders to ensure procurement best practices are integrated throughout the organisation.

What youll be getting up to:

• Maintain embed and enhance the existing thirdparty supplier framework across the business.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and processes promoting a culture of accountability and best practice.
• Manage and hold thirdparty suppliers accountable for performance quality cost and contract obligations.
• Develop strong working relationships with SLT members and key stakeholders to align procurement activities with strategic business objectives.
• Monitor supplier performance through regular reviews KPIs and service level agreements (SLAs).
• Identify and mitigate risks and ensure business continuity and resilience.
• Lead contract negotiations renewals and supplier onboarding processes.
• Provide strategic advice on procurement matters to support decisionmaking at the executive level.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the procurement function.

Youll be a great fit if:

• Proven experience in a senior procurement role ideally within financial services
• Strong background in supplier management contract negotiation and procurement compliance.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage at all levels including the SLT.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with a datadriven approach to decisionmaking.
• Experienced in driving value through a total cost of ownership approach.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Key Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking
• Leadership and Influence skills
• Negotiation and Contract Management
• Risk Management
• Continuous Improvement

Hiring Process

• Preliminary Interview 30 mins)
• Face to Face Interview 1 hr)
• Stakeholder Interview 1 hr)

Our Values

Our values are our personal brand and lay the foundation of what we care about the most. They provide us with guidance so we can work towards the same goals. They are our DNA and are kept at the forefront of our Oodlers mind when making business decisions.

• Embrace being human empathy and diversity make us stronger.
• Strive for awesome its awesome when we do better every day.
• Everyones a builder were in this together and we win as a team.
• Bravely honest were honest with ourselves and everyone else.
• Think customer theyre at the heart of everything we do.

To find out more about our culture and what happens at Oodle check out our LinkedIn and Instagram.

Oodle is proud to be an inclusive workplace and we recognise diversity of experience thoughts and backgrounds leads to better customer outcomes and an environment where our colleagues can thrive. We have several DEI networks which are made up of our Oodlers who strive to make positive impacts to our cultures.

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