Senior Procurement Manager

ALSTOM Gruppe; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to act as the key link between the procurement team and site operations. This role involves overseeing tender preparation, managing supplier performance in quality, cost, and delivery, and ensuring smooth collaboration across teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in commodity management and strong leadership skills in multicultural environments. This position offers a dynamic work environment and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Dynamic working environment

Comprehensive social coverage

Flexible benefits

Up to 52 weeks full maternity/adoption pay

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in commodity management.
• Ability to manage multicultural teams effectively.
• Strong technical knowledge and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key link between the procurement team and site operations.
• Oversee tender preparation and procurement cost commitments.
• Monitor and improve supplier performance in terms of quality, cost, and delivery.
• Manage supplier local QCD performances and resolve major issues.

Skills

Extensive experience in commodity management

Established Procurement leader with comprehensive industry insight

Strong management experience of multicultural teams

Strong technical knowledge of the commodity and supplier market

Willingness to travel

Internal and external influencing skills

Ability to challenge

Results oriented

Negotiation and strategic vision

Job description

Senior Procurement Manager

Date: 7 Jan 2026

Company: Alstom

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 21/01/2026

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

As a Senior Procurement Manager, you will act as the key link between the procurement team and site operations, ensuring smooth collaboration. They oversee tender preparation by managing procurement cost commitments and play a critical role in project execution by monitoring and improving supplier performance in terms of quality, cost, and delivery (QCD).

We’ll look to you for:

• Bring Procurement expertise to support local buyer team
• Applies & support Alstom Transport Procurement rules, process & tools
• Challenge global sourcing - Commodity Manager (CM) and Commodity Director (CD) to secure project execution and profitability in escalation phase
• Drive continuous improvement within whole local buyer team through APSYS Procurement
• Manage Supplier Local QCD performances
• Perform regular (min. Monthly) supplier QCD performance, solves major issues and secure objectives achievement
• Support local team to face commercial and contractual negotiation during project execution phase
• Challenge site stakeholders (engineering, supply chain, quality...) to secure project execution and profitability
• Track procurement performance in project and issue action plan in case of deviation
• Analyses risks and sets appropriate mitigation plan
• Formalise and share return on experience on main issues
• Support supply chain to monitor and secure raw material inventory and OTIF objectives
• Support quality on Non-Conformities Report (NCR) treatment and improvement, Cost of Non-Quality (CONQ) S1 management
• Support accounting department to align on invoice accounting and payable days
• Manage, motivate and continuously develop his team in a multicultural interface to improve competencies
• Close link with Global Procurement ((CM), Domain Director (DD)) to deploy Global strategies and have synergies
• Management of its cost center, ensure the adequate sizing of his/her organisation according to the business needs

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Extensive experience in commodity management
• Established Procurement leader with comprehensive industry insight
• Strong management experience of multicultural teams
• Strong technical knowledge of the commodity and supplier market expert in the commodity
• Willingness to travel
• Internal and external influencing skills
• Ability to challenge
• Results oriented
• Negotiation and strategic vision

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Equal opportunity statement:

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.