Procurement Manager

Are you ready to take ownership of a circa £50m procurement portfolio? Do you thrive in a role where you lead end‑to‑end procurement cycles, building strong supplier partnerships, collaborate internally, and ensure operations stay moving with timely, high‑quality business performance? If so, we at GXO have an opportunity for you!

Join us as our Procurement Manager, based in our central Procurement team in Northampton. This is a pivotal leadership opportunity within our team, to develop and support all Procurement activity related to a defined portfolio.

This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:00. This is a hybrid opportunity, based in our Lancaster House - Northampton.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary circa of £50,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes £505 pcm car allowance , a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead procurement strategies for a defined portfolio, managing circa £50m annual spend while ensuring compliance with company, legal, and industry standards
• Partner with technical, solutions, regional, and legal stakeholders to influence, optimise investment decisions, and drive preferred‑supplier compliance
• Manage the full procurement lifecycle—market analysis, tendering, competitive bidding, negotiation, contracting, supplier performance, and delivery
• Build strong supplier relationships to ensure quality, innovation, reliability and efficency
• Maintain accurate procurement records and reporting, support ad‑hoc business needs, and uphold all Health & Safety procedures in daily operations

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Strong procurement knowledge, with understanding full end‑to‑end strategy development and execution, (beneficial to have multi‑site 3PL environment experience)
• Excellent commercial acumen, ability to work within client contract constraints (including open‑book). and familiarity with JCT/NEC contracting
• Proven ability to build and maintain strategic supplier partnerships, integrate ESG/sustainability principles into sourcing decisions, and drive innovation and resilience
• Highly skilled communicator with outstanding negotiation and presentation skills, strong influencing ability across all levels
• Strong organisational capability with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines consistently, and travel as required

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GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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