Procurement Support Manager
Location: Farnborough
Clearance: Must be eligible for UK Security Clearance; DV clearance may be required depending on programme and customer requirements.
Leidos is seeking a highly organised and detail-focused Procurement Support Manager to support the management and coordination of TLL procurement activity across a secure programme supporting a high-profile government customer. The role will provide structured management, coordination and reporting support across procurement activities, helping ensure requisitions, supplier engagement, purchase orders, approvals, documentation, governance records and delivery information are accurate, controlled and progressed in line with programme priorities.
This is a delivery-focused support role that combines procurement management, stakeholder coordination, process discipline and strong attention to detail. The successful candidate will work closely with programme leadership, commercial, supply chain, finance, project delivery teams, suppliers and customer-facing stakeholders to help maintain procurement control, evidence, visibility and timely progression across a secure and governed delivery environment.
What will I be doing?
* Support the management and coordination of TLL procurement activity across the secure programme, ensuring actions, approvals, documentation and supplier inputs are tracked and progressed.
* Maintain procurement trackers, action logs, request records, supplier engagement logs and reporting information to provide clear visibility of status, dependencies, risks and blockers.
* Coordinate purchase requisitions, purchase order activity, goods receipting support, invoice query resolution and procurement management in line with programme and Leidos processes.
* Work with programme, commercial, finance and supply chain colleagues to ensure procurement activity is aligned to delivery priorities, budget controls, approval routes and governance requirements.
* Support supplier onboarding, supplier information requests, procurement evidence gathering and document control activities, ensuring records are complete, accurate and auditable.
* Coordinate procurement meetings, prepare agendas, capture actions, maintain decision logs and follow up with internal teams and suppliers to ensure timely closure.
* Track procurement dependencies across workstreams, escalating delays, missing information or approval blockers to the appropriate programme or functional leads.
* Support reporting on procurement status, upcoming commitments, aged actions, supplier responses, delivery milestones and commercial management activities.
* Maintain controlled procurement documentation in approved repositories, ensuring version control, access requirements and information handling expectations are followed.
* Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement management processes, templates, trackers and ways of working across the programme.
What does Leidos need from me?
* Experience in procurement management, supply chain coordination, commercial support, project management or PMO support within a complex delivery environment.
* Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple requests, actions, approvals and deadlines across several stakeholders.
* High attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accurate records, trackers, action logs and controlled documentation.
* Good understanding of procurement management processes, including requisitions, purchase orders, supplier information, approvals, invoice queries and document control.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear updates, meeting notes, action logs and status reports.
* Confident working with internal teams, suppliers and functional stakeholders to chase actions, resolve queries and maintain delivery momentum.
* Competent user of Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Teams.
* Ability to work in secure, governed or controlled environments where process discipline, auditability and information handling are important.
* Proactive, pragmatic and delivery-focused, with the ability to identify gaps, escalate blockers and support timely procurement outcomes.
* Experience working on UK government, defence, secure, critical national infrastructure or regulated programmes.
* Experience supporting procurement activity within a programme delivery, managed service, transition or mobilisation environment.
* Familiarity with supplier onboarding, procurement governance, commercial approvals, finance controls or contract management.
* Experience using enterprise systems or collaboration tools such as SharePoint, Teams, ServiceNow, Jira, SAP, Oracle, Workday or equivalent.
* Awareness of public sector procurement principles, supplier management, commercial governance or supply chain compliance.
* Working knowledge of information security, controlled documents, secure programme ways of working or security clearance environments.
Personal Attributes
* Structured, organised and methodical, with strong attention to detail.
* Collaborative and confident working across programme, commercial, finance, supply chain and supplier teams.
* Proactive and resilient, able to chase actions, maintain momentum and escalate issues constructively.
* Calm under pressure and comfortable operating in secure, governed and time-critical environments.
* Committed to accuracy, transparency, process discipline and continuous improvement.
What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-Time
Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
Who We Are:
Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
What Makes Us Different:
Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
£41,300.00-£53,000.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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