Senior Manager, Procurement Excellence

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSE

As the Senior Manager, Procurement Excellence at Burberry, you will drive the transformation of our procurement function towards best-in-class performance. You’ll ovrssee procurement excellence by identifying process gaps, delivering continuous improvement, and shaping strategies that enhance capability, governance, compliance, and innovation. This role plays a key part in advancing procurement maturity and supporting the organisation’s strategic, commercial, and sustainability goals across the full Source-to-Pay lifecycle.

This Senior Manager, Procurement Excellence role is offered on a full time, permanent basis and will be based in our Queen Street, Leeds office for a minimum of 3 days per week.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the development and execution of procurement excellence strategies to achieve best-in-class Source-to-Pay performance
• Drive process improvement, standardisation, and automation across the procurement lifecycle
• Lead or support strategic procurement transformation projects, ensuring timely, on-budget delivery
• Oversee S2P/P2P process enhancements, cost governance, and financial transparency initiatives
• Embed strong governance frameworks and promote procurement policy compliance and risk controls
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance understanding, engagement, and transparency in procurement activities
• Build procurement capability through training, mentoring, and continuous team development
• Monitor and report on procurement KPIs, providing insights to support data-driven decision-making
• Manage and evolve the Procurement Spend Cube to support category strategies and continuous improvement
• Champion sustainable and socially responsible procurement, including ESG and supplier diversity initiatives

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Previous experience of Procurement Excellence position with the ability to demonstrate continued improvement within the procurement function
• Analytical with great attention to detail and an ability to troubleshoot complex problems, identify process issues and ensure accuracy and compliance to procurement processes
• Knowledge and understanding of procurement principles, governance, compliance, risk management and best practice through the Source to Pay cycle
• Proficiency of procurement technologies (e.g., SAP Ariba, Oracle,) and data visualisation tools is a plus
• Using information to create reports for different users and being able to communicate effectively
• Demonstrate good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks efficiently
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to demonstrate previous experience of senior stakeholder engagement
• Able to remain calm and work independently and effectively under pressure
• Previous role within a large, listed, multinational company is a plus
• Requires good understanding of IT systems and processes

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.