Job Description

Procurement Manager

Do you have a passion for strategic procurement and a drive to deliver real operational impact? Are you looking for a role where you can lead a high performing team and shape the future of procurement across a major UK organisation? Do you want the opportunity to influence group‑wide processes, build strong supplier partnerships, and play a key role in driving continuous improvement?

Your Role

As Procurement Manager at Peel Ports Group, you’ll take on a key leadership role at the centre of a dynamic, fast‑paced organisation. You’ll lead Purchasing and Inventory teams, work closely with Engineering, Operations, Finance, IT and more, and help shape Group‑wide procurement strategy. From MRO category management to strengthening supplier relationships and optimising purchase‑to‑pay processes, you’ll play a vital role in keeping operations running smoothly across UK sites.

You’ll also drive continuous improvement across procurement, ensuring strong governance, effective risk management, and maximum commercial value. Whether developing category plans, overseeing the centralised buying desk, improving inventory controls, your work will directly support operational uptime and long‑term success. If you thrive on collaboration, challenge and meaningful impact, this role offers the scope and progression you’re looking for.

What You'll Bring

As Procurement Manager you will have,

• Strategic Procurement Expertise: Ability to develop and implement effective category plans, and procurement processes to achieve cost savings and operational efficiency.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Strong skills in building and maintaining productive supplier partnerships, including negotiating contracts and managing supplier performance.
• Leadership and Team Management: Proven experience in managing teams and fostering collaboration across departments to achieve procurement and business goals.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to align procurement activities with stakeholder needs and business strategies.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Proficiency in analyzing spend data, generating reports, and using insights to drive decision-making and process improvements.
• Process Improvement and Change Management: Capability to lead process and system changes, improving procurement workflows while ensuring adoption and compliance across teams.
• Risk and Contract Management: Skilled in managing contracts and mitigating commercial risks through effective planning, monitoring, and supplier agreements.
• Ideally hold MCIPS status, or be working towards this

Who Are We?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, our business contains several Statutory Harbour Authorities (SHAs) and as such operate within a Regulated environment. We continue to commit substantial capital investment across our operations to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What We Can Offer You

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us, which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 10%
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers
• Commitment to learning and personal development
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our employee assistance programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience, we are seeking, and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!