Advert Close date: 19th November 2026
At The Crown Estate, our purpose is to create lasting and shared prosperity for the nation. We manage land, property and the seabed across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and procurement helps make that happen. We're looking for a Strategic Procurement Manager to help us treat procurement as a catalyst for value, innovation and sustainable growth.
This is an influential role. You'll shape our procurement roadmap, get involved early to influence demand, and design competitive procedures that fit each requirement. You'll be a trusted commercial partner to senior stakeholders, challenging assumptions and showing the business what the market can deliver. You'll also help set the standard for commercial excellence across the organisation.
What you'll be doing:
Owning our Enterprise Pipeline and building a multi-year view of demand, so we spot opportunities before they arise
Partnering with stakeholders early to shape requirements, and coaching them through governance
Designing tailored sourcing strategies and evaluation criteria that are compliant, commercially sound and built to deliver value
Using market insight and supplier engagement to bring innovation, better quality and lower cost
Leading relationships with allocated strategic suppliers under our new tiered SRM framework, and managing supply chain risk
Embedding sustainability and social value into contracts so they're delivered in practice
Using spend analysis to track and report the value procurement delivers
Mentoring colleagues and leading change, so our new SRM and contract management frameworks take hold across the business
What we're looking for
Substantial hands-on experience of delivering complex, end-to-end procurement in a public sector or regulated environment
Expertise in UK Public Procurement Regulations and best-practice commercial standards
Strong analytical and strategic thinking, turning data and market insight into practical strategies
The confidence to influence, challenge and partner with senior stakeholders
A track record of developing and mentoring others
Exposure to a supplier relationship management programme is an advantage
MCIPS is desirable
Why join us
You'll work with a group of experts on a portfolio unlike any other, from central London's best places to work and shop to the Windsor Estate and the UK's offshore wind sector.
As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.
If you would like to know more, we invite you to an information webinar hosted by the hiring manager and Director of Procurement & SRM, Dr. Beverley Jandziol. This will take place on Wednesday 11th November at 2.30pm. Please join using the link below:
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3489660459597328?p=2zZQObaf1hMKvXqBfe
You will join this call anonymously, and TCE will only use your details in an administrative capacity to facilitate the webinar, after which your data will be deleted. There will be no voice or video functionality for attendees on this call, but options for questions in an anonymous chat box.
Disability Disclaimer:
We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.
If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us directly, or at [email protected]
Please note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Skills Required
- Substantial hands-on experience delivering complex, end-to-end procurement in a public sector or regulated environment
- Expertise in UK Public Procurement Regulations and best-practice commercial standards
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking, using data and market insight to develop practical strategies
- Confidence influencing, challenging, and partnering with senior stakeholders
- Track record of developing and mentoring others
- Exposure to a supplier relationship management programme
- MCIPS qualification
What We Do
The Crown Estate is an independent commercial business created by Act of Parliament that manages a diverse portfolio of UK land, urban centres, and the seabed. Its mission is to create lasting and shared prosperity for the nation by supporting the UK's transition to a low-carbon, energy-secure future, protecting and restoring nature, and contributing to inclusive growth through improved access to new homes and infrastructure.
