Senior Manager Procurement Excellence

Burberry; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury fashion brand in Leeds is seeking a Procurement Excellence Lead to develop and execute strategies that enhance procurement capabilities and ensure best practices. The role involves leading procurement transformation projects, driving continuous improvement, and managing a team to support strategic objectives. The ideal candidate should have prior experience in a procurement excellence role, excellent analytical abilities, and strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Procurement Excellence role with a record of continuous improvement.
• Analytical with attention to detail and ability to troubleshoot complex procurement issues.
• Understanding of procurement principles, governance, and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute procurement excellence strategies.
• Implement process improvements and automation in procurement.
• Lead strategic transformation projects in procurement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Experience in Procurement Excellence

Tools

SAP Ariba

Data visualisation tools

Job description

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSE

To lead the design, lead procurement transformation and delivery of procurement excellence strategies that optimise performance, enhance capability, and ensure best-in-class standards across the procurement function to increase spend under management. The role supports the organisation in achieving strategic, commercial, and sustainability objectives through continuous improvement and innovation in procurement practices, systems and policies from Source to Pay.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute the procurement excellence strategy to drive best-in-class procurement practices with ownership of all procurement excellence initiatives, driving the transformation of the procurement function from Source to Pay,
• Identify and implement process improvements, standardisation initiatives, and automation opportunities across the procurement lifecycle.
• Lead or support strategic transformation projects within procurement, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.
• Drive strategic enhancements across the Purchase Requisition to Payment (PR to Pay) lifecycle, ensuring streamlined operations, increased compliance, and measurable gains. Lead continuous improvement to deliver robust cost governance and financial transparency across the organisation and report on progress.
• Ensure processes are documented and appropriately communicated to internal and external stakeholders. These are to be adapted for on-line and off line audiences and be appropriately engaging to ensure compliance.
• Champion procurement compliance, embedding robust governance frameworks and achieving alignment with policies, procedures, and risk controls.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to promote engagement, transparency, and understanding of procurement processes and value delivery.
• Support the development of procurement capability through training, knowledge-sharing, and mentoring within the procurement team.
• Manage direct reports and provide continuous training and development to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of the Procurement Operations team.
• Monitor, measure, and report on procurement KPIs, identifying areas for improvement and delivering data-driven insights.
• Lead the ongoing management and refinement of the Procurement Spend Cube, delivering insightful, data-driven reports and trend analysis to the procurement team with actionable intelligence to drive informed decision-making to support the development of category strategies, and enable continuous improvement across spend categories.
• Respond to adhoc queries and analysis as required, prioritising work effectively to ensure that these queries are responded to on a timely basis.
• Promote and embed sustainable and socially responsible procurement practices, including social value, ESG, and diverse supplier initiatives.

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Previous experience of Procurement Excellence position with the ability to demonstrate continued improvement within the procurement function.
• Analytical with great attention to detail and an ability to troubleshoot complex problems, identify process issues and ensure accuracy and compliance to procurement processes.
• Knowledge and understanding of procurement principles, governance, compliance, risk management and best practice through the Source to Pay cycle.
• Proficiency of procurement technologies (e.g., SAP Ariba) and data visualisation tools is a plus.
• Using information to create reports for different Users and being able to communicate effectively.
• Demonstrate good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks efficiently.
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to demonstrate previous experience of senior stakeholder engagement.
• Requires good understanding of IT procurement systems and processes.