Contract – Real Estate and Office Services Procurement Senior Manager

Deloitte LLP

Job title: Contract – Real Estate and Office Services Procurement Senior Manager

Target Start Date: ASAP January 2026

Location: London / Hyrbid working

Rate: Competitive, inside IR35

Working with the Deloitte Associate (Contractor) Programme means we can offer you the opportunity to work on a variation of industry and client related projects. Our aim is to retain the best talent and so when your project end date nears our team of Talent Community Advisors will be working with you to look at alternative projects within the firm that suit your experience should you wish to continue with Deloitte.

About the Role Key Responsibilities

• Global leadership for one or more master category strategies for the Real Estate and Office Services industries
• Leadership of key strategic relationships in both the EMEA region and globally
• Recruit, supervise and professionally develop other Procurement team members
• Independently source and negotiate contracts while simultaneously guiding other team members
• Advise Procurement leadership on key trends and strategic decisions
• Ability to collaborate across the Deloitte Member firms and within Global Procurement
• Manage categories proactively based on internal/external trends and data and be able to communicate effectively to enable informed decisions by leadership
• Manage spend and activity data from multiple sources ensuring high accuracy and timely delivery to identify trends, gaps and opportunities
• Monitor supplier performance based on metrics and update on internal/external trends
• Ability to respond to inquiries from leadership and stakeholders with accuracy and timeliness
• Assess new opportunities for continuous improvement through new technologies and process enhancements
• Assist global category leadership in managing supplier and internal customer relationships to improve internal client satisfaction

Skills Set

• Relationship building, influencing, and collaboration skills
• Experience in managing teams
• Ability to engage with senior executives to influence decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Persuasive and convincing communication skills (e.g., proposals, reports, plans) to secure commitment from business leaders
• Strong knowledge of standard Category Execution process
• Strong understanding of common sourcing templates, tools, and methodologies
• Deep knowledge of the Master Category Strategy approach
• Ability to interpret member firm needs and commercial strategies as input into the category strategy

Other Qualifications

• Working independently in an unstructured environment; developing structure and clarity around the ambiguous by taking a concept and developing ideas/about solutions to achieve progress
• Being self directed in identifying what has to get done and in doing it with minimal direction
• Using good judgment about when to ask for direction and when to act independently
• Navigating through complex collaborative initiatives
• Understanding, documenting, and improving business processes
• Organization, task planning and setting/meeting deadlines
• Working under tight time constraints, juggling multiple priorities
• Interacting with internal clients and stakeholders at both junior and senior levels of the organization

IR35

As a means of managing tax, commercial and reputational risks, Deloitte prohibits the use of Associates through Personal Service Companies (‘PSCs’). All Associates must contract under PAYE arrangements through a Deloitte approved ‘Employment Company’ (aka ‘umbrella company.’)