{"id":3055031,"url":"https://alion.io/job/the-portfolio-group-indirect-procurement-manager","title":"Indirect Procurement Manager","company":{"id":2630175,"name":"The Portfolio Group","domain":"theportfoliogroup.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/theportfoliogroup","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":true,"employer_type":"agency","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":197,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["London, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":60000,"max":65000,"currency":"GBP","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":87008},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-30T15:42:17Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-30","last_verified_at":"2026-10-22T07:41:48Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":88,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":88},"description":"Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our London based media client to recruit for an Indirect Procurement Manager.\nThe role:\nMy client is looking for an experienced Procurement Manager to take ownership of key indirect categories including Marketing, Sales, Travel, Human Resources, Facilities Management and Financial services.\nRole responsibilities:\nDefine and implement robust category strategies\nLead end-to-end sourcing projects and commercial/contractual negotiations\nProactively monitor, manage, and negotiate contracts across the contract lifecycle to meet stakeholder requirements.\nIdentify savings opportunities\nBuild and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with senior internal stakeholders.\nManage key vendor relationships\nImprove the efficiency of supplier onboarding and contract risk management.\nImplement continuous improvement initiatives and drive supplier-led innovation across your categories.\nSkills and experience:\nStrong background in end-to-end indirect category management, with a track record of running complex sourcing projects and managing large contracts.\nProven history of delivering significant, measurable cost savings and commercial value.\nA proactive self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and comfortably balances strategic thinking with hands-on tactical delivery.\nA sharp eye for process improvement, both across broader business operations and within the Procurement function itself.\nExceptional stakeholder management and negotiation skills.\nCIPS qualification would be desirable\n51718DH\n INDPRO\nThe Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.","description_format":"text","description_chars":1651,"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":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T03:21:50Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":4,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":0.9,"p_active":0.168,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":87,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:94","agency","stale_co","urgency","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":87008,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/the-portfolio-group-indirect-procurement-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/the-portfolio-group-indirect-procurement-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T20:52:17Z","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":28094,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"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":2630175},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2630175"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fthe-portfolio-group-indirect-procurement-manager"},{"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%2Fthe-portfolio-group-indirect-procurement-manager"},{"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%2Fthe-portfolio-group-indirect-procurement-manager"},{"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/the-portfolio-group-indirect-procurement-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fthe-portfolio-group-indirect-procurement-manager"}]}