Procurement Manager - Cyber Security

Senior Procurement Manager – Cyber Security

Hertfordshire (3 days per week)

£75,000–£90,000 + 20% Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Talent Drive are partnering with one of the UK's leading consumer businesses to recruit a Senior Procurement Manager – Cyber Security into their established Technology Procurement function.

This is a high-profile opportunity to take ownership of a business-critical Cyber Security & Engineering Enablement portfolio within a complex, multi-billion-pound organisation. You will act as the primary commercial partner to senior Technology and Security stakeholders, shaping category strategy, leading major sourcing activity and managing strategic technology suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the procurement and category strategy across Cyber Security & Engineering Enablement.
• Deliver complex, high value technology sourcing projects from strategy through negotiation, contracting and award.
• Lead major commercial negotiations and enterprise-wide cost optimisation initiatives.
• Own strategic supplier relationships, driving performance, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior Technology, Security and Engineering stakeholders to support strategic technology roadmaps.
• Use market intelligence, benchmarking, TCO modelling and commercial analytics to identify opportunities and optimise contracts.
• Lead executive-level supplier reviews, governance forums and contractual escalations.
• Manage and develop Procurement Managers, providing leadership across complex negotiations and category activity.

About You

• Significant Technology Procurement experience gained within a large, complex organisation.
• Strong experience across Cyber Security procurement and/or closely aligned technology categories.
• Proven track record of leading complex, high-value technology sourcing and negotiations.
• Strong commercial understanding of technology contracts, supplier models and cost optimisation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the credibility to influence senior Technology and Security leaders.
• Experience developing category strategies and multi-year technology procurement plans.
• Strong supplier relationship management and commercial negotiation capability.
• Leadership experience, including managing and developing high-performing procurement professionals.

What's on Offer

• £80,000–£90,000 basic salary
• 20% annual bonus
• Excellent benefits package
• Hybrid working – typically 3 days per week in Hertfordshire
• Flexibility to work from the London office when required
• Opportunity to own a strategically critical and rapidly evolving technology category

Join one of the UK's most respected procurement functions in a role offering significant senior stakeholder exposure, ownership of a critical Cyber Security portfolio and genuine career progression opportunities.