Procurement and Commercial Lead

  • Lorien
  • Reading, Berkshire
  • Sep 04, 2025
Contractor Accounting

Job Description

Procurement and Commercial Lead

Reading - Hybrid Working

6 Month Contract

Inside IR35

Lorien is currently recruiting for a Procurement and Commercial Lead to join our client on a 6 month initial contract, inside IR35.

In this role, you will lead a procurement and commercial team within a large IT change programme. The role holder will lead a team of procurement and commercial professionals, managing a complex supplier ecosystem, to ensure the programme delivers on time and to budget.

What you will do in this role is:

  • Put in place procurement and commercial contracting strategies and governance to manage the supplier ecosystem
  • Lead the commercial engagement with up to 10 key supply chain partners
  • Demonstrate we are receiving value for money from the supply chain

The skills required in order to be successful in the position:

  • Have lead the procurement activity within a large IT change programme
  • Are a self starter, well organised and think several steps ahead
  • Can deploy optimum contracting approaches based on requirements and where there are multiple dependencies
  • Lead SRM engagements and implement supplier scorecards
  • Can develop procurement strategies

Should this position be of interest please submit your CV and I will be in contact as required.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.