Senior Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager

HM Land Registry

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 28th July 2025

Details Reference number: 415878

Salary: £44,081

(Croydon £48,124)

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade: Senior Executive Officer

Contract type: Permanent

Business area: HMLR - Finance and Business Services - Commercial Group

Type of role:Commercial, Finance, Procurement and Contracts Management

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available: 1

Location

Croydon, London (region), CR0 2AQ : Leicester, East Midlands (England), LE3 5DR : Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ

About the job Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Commercial Group as a Senior Procurement Manager. In this role, you will deliver professional commercial and contract advice and play a key part in ensuring that procurement activities throughout HM Land Registry are undertaken in accordance with the appropriate legislation, procurement regulations and prevailing Government guidelines and best practice.

You will gain exposure to driving transformation across the organisation and be at the forefront of the Commercial Group supporting this by helping to shape and develop commercial capability. We will support your continuous professional training and on-going investment in learning and development.

Job description

HM Land Registry is focused on providing a more digitally enabled and customer-focused future for its Land Registration activities and becoming a more digital data-driven registration business. These strategic changes will impact on current business operations as well as the future operating model for HM Land Registry.

The scope of the tenders can be high profile and significant in value, and you'll have the opportunity to network with other government commercial teams.

Main Duties:

• Lead and manage part of the Commercial Group, ensuring compliance with HMLR's commercial obligations and in accordance with its objectives; plan and prioritise commercial activity within the Team, providing and completing appropriate Management Information to support the commercial agenda.
• Engage with suppliers in the marketplace, across a variety of stages within the procurement process (including pre-market engagement, pre and post contract award) to ensure a competitive landscape and supply chain.
• Work with teams across HMLR to develop specifications, evaluation criteria, terms and conditions as part of the bidders' pack. Manage the procurement processes, to ensure activities are undertaken in accordance with the appropriate legislation, procurement regulations and prevailing Government (Crown Commercial Service) guidelines and best practice.
• Develop commercial practices and processes and ensure commercial risk controls are in place; make informed commercial decisions and recommendations, understanding the impact of these upon the business as a whole.
• Communicate openly and effectively with stakeholders of all levels from across the business, translating complex commercial decisions into relatable concepts to promote understanding of wider business needs and securing buy-in.
• Engage with key stakeholders across HMLR to provide professional commercial advice and ensure that effective and efficient commercial activity delivers the best value for HMLR; deliver commercial engagements in a manner which engenders a good understanding of commercial responsibility and gives an enhanced customer service.
• Use their credible experience and expertise to influence and advise senior stakeholders with commercial activities.
• Understand priority and benefits of different actions and activities to consider how to achieve cost effective outcomes.
• Plan and manage own and team's workload to meet deadlines; understand priorities and be responsible for delivery.
• Pre-empt problems/ issues, and take ownership when they occur seeking advice on proposed solutions.

Please note that due to the nature of the role you will be required to work full time. There will also be a requirement for occasional travel to other HM Land Registry Offices, which will include overnight stay(s).

Person specification

Essential Technical Skills:

• Hold or be working towards (if not already held) a full professional qualification in procurement and supply at MCIPS (Professional Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent.
• Proficient in MS Excel

Essential Experience:

• Experience of procuring goods and / or services and contract management in a similar environment
• Experience of delivering high quality and practical procurement related advice, guidance (policies, procedures and templates) and management information
• Strong customer focus with the ability to make robust decisions as and when required
• Strong communicator with effective presentation and written communication skills
• Must be able to introduce or adapt to change in line with emerging business drivers
• Excellent planning and organising skills including ability to prioritise workload
• Experience of presenting commercial and business-related training content
• Experience in coaching and developing colleagues and stakeholders in Commercial best practice, in order to increase commercial capability within the organisation
• Has effective and influential communication skills (verbal and written), in particular, the ability to both understand and translate "technical jargon"
• Ability to lead a Team to drive performance and engagement

Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

For more information about the role, please see the attached Candidate Pack.

Qualifications

Hold or be working towards (if not already held) a full professional qualification in procurement and supply at MCIPS (Professional Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Hold or be working towards (if not already held) a full professional qualification in procurement and supply at MCIPS (Professional Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent • Proficient in MS Excel

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,081, HM Land Registry contributes £12,770 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.