{"id":2167078,"url":"https://alion.io/job/costa-procurement-manager-technology","title":"Procurement Manager - Technology","company":{"id":1788225,"name":"Costa Coffee","domain":"costa.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/costa-co-uk","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Dayforce","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":88,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.667,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":19,"computed_at":"2026-10-12T06:55:09Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["St Albans, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":28000,"max_usd":62000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":392},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-08T22:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-09","last_verified_at":"2026-10-13T00:12:52Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered. \nAs Procurement Manager for Technology, you’ll lead the end-to-end procurement and commercial management of Costa’s enterprise technology portfolio, spanning software and SaaS, hardware, managed services and professional services. Acting as a trusted commercial partner, you’ll work with senior stakeholders to shape sourcing strategies, lead complex negotiations and manage strategic suppliers throughout the contract lifecycle. You’ll use market insight and commercial expertise to deliver value, optimise costs and ensure contractual, operational and supplier risks are effectively managed, while supporting Costa’s wider business, technology and sustainability ambitions.\nOur teams make a difference. Whether that’s working on new tech for the perfect pour, helping our teams grow, creating award-winning campaigns, crunching the numbers, or developing the latest exciting menu item; together, we stir up success. \nWe may be a global brand, but we haven’t forgotten our roots. That’s where the Costa Foundation and our fantastic community agenda come in. Whatever your role, you can help us change lives in coffee growing communities and help your local community too. \nWe also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, our apprenticeship scheme, and development programmes. At Costa, you can go beyond the day-to-day. \nAnd as a Procurement Manager, there’s never been a better time to join. \nSo, why Costa? \nWe didn’t become a global coffee brand by sitting back. When you work here, you join a community that values passion, progression and integrity, with some pretty brilliant perks to sweeten the deal: \nOwn a piece of Costa’s success by becoming a share owner in Coca-Cola with our Share Investment Plan (SIP) \nAn annual discretionary bonus scheme, based on business results and individual contribution.\nA smart pension that saves you money on tax and national insurance, and matches your contributions up to 10% \nThe Costa Financial Support Fund, supporting team members who find themselves in unexpected financial pressure \n50% discount in all Costa-owned stores, and 25% off in other participating stores \nPrivate medical cover thanks to our Private Healthcare scheme \nAnd that’s not all. Explore even more of our perks here: https://bit.ly/costaperks \nWe’re passionate about being a great place to work, where you can bring your unique self into our mix. We firmly support diversity, equity and inclusion, and continue to work with our teams to shape the future of our culture and values: Disciplined to Deliver, Passion for Progress, Win with Warmth, Courage to Challenge and Trusted Team Players. \nWhat you’ll do: \nBeing a Procurement Manager, Technology is about so much more than sourcing hardware, software and services. It’s your chance to shape Costa’s technology future, deliver commercial value, build strategic supplier partnerships and support the digital solutions that help our business thrive. Which means you’ll be:\nDevelop and deliver sourcing strategies across software, SaaS, hardware, managed services and professional services, aligned with Costa’s business and technology priorities.\nLead end-to-end procurement activity, including market engagement, competitive sourcing, supplier selection, negotiation, contracting and renewals.\nAct as a trusted commercial partner to senior stakeholders, providing market insight and procurement expertise to shape requirements, business cases and investment decisions.\nDeliver measurable commercial value through savings, cost avoidance, Total Cost of Ownership modelling and effective management of contractual and supplier risk.\nManage strategic technology suppliers throughout the contract lifecycle, driving performance, innovation, compliance and continuous improvement through effective supplier governance. \nWho you are: \nIt’s your unique ingredients we’re interested in: \nStrong technology procurement experience within a complex, fast-paced environment, covering areas such as software, SaaS, hardware, managed services and professional services – ideally a multi-site retail environment.\nProven expertise in technology sourcing and category management, including complex, high value supplier negotiations and international sourcing.\nExcellent commercial acumen and analytical skills, with experience evaluating supplier proposals, pricing structures and Total Cost of Ownership models.\nStrong understanding of technology contracts, with experience negotiating agreements such as MSAs, SOWs, SaaS agreements and service schedules.\nConfident stakeholder and supplier management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, constructively challenge requirements and communicate clear commercial recommendations.\nWhere you’ll work:\nRight now, our Support Centre teams work flexibly, blending home working with in-person time whenever it matters most – whether that’s a team moment, a creative session, or simply coming together to share ideas.\nWe’re excited to be moving into a new home for our brand in St Albans in January 2027 – an inspiring space from which our Support Centre teams will work three days a week to connect and collaborate in-person to bring our bold ambition to life.\nFor any reasonable adjustments and general queries, please get in touch with the Talent Acquisition Team.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5558,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain","Creative Agencies","Branding"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-09T10:32:49Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":88,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.877,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-12T06:55:09Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/costa-procurement-manager-technology","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/costa-procurement-manager-technology.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T03:13:37Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4944,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1788225},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1788225"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcosta-procurement-manager-technology"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcosta-procurement-manager-technology"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcosta-procurement-manager-technology"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/costa-procurement-manager-technology\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcosta-procurement-manager-technology"}]}