Strategic Sourcing Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

7/17/2025

As a Strategic Sourcing Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in our dynamic procurement team, supporting the ongoing development and performance of your own team, while leading the Corporate category within our department.

Cygnet Health Care have been providing a national network of high quality specialist mental health services for more than 35 years. We are proud to support individuals with mental health needs, learning disabilities and autism in a variety of residential, hospital and community based settings.

With us, you’ll work in a vibrant, supportive culture tailored to help you thrive.

You’ll join a professional and supportive team with a clear focus on delivering excellence and value across the business. With Cygnet, your procurement expertise will directly support better outcomes for vulnerable people.

So if you’re an organised, inquisitive & collaborative leader, we want to hear from you.

Your day-to-day…

• Lead a team of 3 Strategic Buyers responsible for categories including: Care, Digital Services, and Soft Facilities Management.
• Work with and mentor your team to Analyse, prepare business cases and implement procurement led improvements.
• Support your team to assist key stakeholders in contract management of suppliers.
• Encourage and support your team to Improve supplier performance. Actively manage suppliers and cost base.
• Work closely with the senior management team to manage budgets and the direction of the department.
• Manage your own Corporate Category responsible for areas including but not limited to: Insurance, Legal, Training, Business Travel & Accommodation, Contracts & Policies.
• Ensure all group policies & procedures are adhered to.
  
  

You are…

• An experienced Procurement professional, ideally with a background of indirect procurement.
• A team leader with the ability to coach and mentor a small team.
• A strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and a proven ability to deliver value and innovation through procurement.
• Able to drive strategic change, prepare business cases and improve supplier performance
• Skilled in contract negotiation, supplier management and sourcing strategy, with a clear understanding of the full procurement lifecycle.
• Highly analytical, able to interpret data to drive procurement decisions, influence stakeholders and monitor supplier performance.
• An excellent communicator, confident in engaging with senior stakeholders. Operational colleagues and external suppliers.
• A self-starter, comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a fast paced, purpose driven organisation.
• Highly detail-oriented & an expert on sourcing & buying indirect on a large-scale
• Solution-minded, flexible in thinking & willing to learn.
  
  

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• Strong career progression opportunities in a growing business
• Expert supervision & support
• Employee referral scheme
• Pension scheme
• ’Cycle to work’ scheme & employee discount savings.
  
  

Please note, successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

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