Procurement Manager

About this role

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week) Salary: £41,814 - £48,893 per annum Closing Date: Monday 09 November 2026 Interviews will be held w/c 16 November 2026 Please note, we may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications. About us Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Procurement Manager to join our Procurement team based in London.

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037 . Together with our partners, we support over 15,000 young people each year. To ensure our colleagues can focus their time on delivery, the Procurement Team provides a complete commercial procurement function to all Centrepoint Directorates and are accountable for the implementation of best practice procurement strategies delivering best value for money whilst ensuring regulatory compliance of goods and services supplied.

What you’ll be doing… Managing the sourcing and establishment of new suppliers and liaising with existing suppliers to ensure that best value market leading goods and services, commensurate with the needs of the organisation, are procured, retained and/or replaced as required. Leading professional and transparent tender and award processes across Centrepoint, ensuring all compliance and risk issues are addressed in the process.

Managing regular contract reviews and negotiations with strategic suppliers and leading those with all other key suppliers. Monitoring all spend and costs to ensure focus of Procurement principles on key spend areas to maximise actual savings. What you’ll need… Passion to deliver best practice in the Not-for-Profit Sector Good listening and analysis skills to provide our needs with best value solutions Ability to lead and develop others CIPS Level 6 or an appropriate degree and/or experience Why join Centrepoint? In return for your efforts, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including: 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).