Procurement Manager

Overview

Procurement Manager in the British Council's Global Procurement team, reporting to a Senior Procurement Manager. The role supports the implementation of a sourcing plan and delivers procurement projects within the cluster, with stakeholder engagement within the cluster or globally.

What you'll do

• Apply core technical and professional knowledge and best practice to resolve non-standard issues in the provision of functional support.
• Conduct analysis using a range of standard methodologies across multiple datasets to provide evidence-based recommendations and business advice.
• Deploy relevant systems, technologies and approaches to support high-quality services and advice.
• Present complex information clearly, tailored to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build an in-depth understanding of internal customers' operational context, opportunities and challenges.
• Proactively seek internal customer and stakeholder feedback to monitor satisfaction and make improvements.
• Identify procedural improvements within established policies and determine the appropriate mechanisms for implementing them.
• Make technical recommendations to resolve specific issues and offer ideas that contribute to wider solutions.
• Explain to customers and colleagues the need for compliance with agreed corporate procedures and collate compliance data.
• Participate in a team to support implementation of corporate or regional change projects.
• Provide proactive professional advice and support to internal customers to keep local business practices high quality, effective and compliant.
• Complete an annual cycle of formally recognised Continuing Professional Development.
• Use information resources and professional networks to maintain up-to-date knowledge of external policy, practice and regulation.
• Plan and manage the budget for the area of activity, conducting monthly and year-end reporting on income, expenditure, profitability and risk.
• Show an understanding of value for money and cost effectiveness in advice and service support.
• Develop good working relationships with colleagues throughout the British Council and in the relevant functional discipline.
• Build a network of external suppliers, providers and contacts to support service provision and knowledge exchange.
• Plan and prioritise own work to deliver diverse responsibilities and internal customer deliverables over a monthly to quarterly horizon.
• May be formal line manager to a small team of para-professionals and responsible for their annual work plans and deliverables.
• Share intelligence and ideas with senior managers on how the functional specialism could improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

What you'll need

• Extensive experience working in a similar role at a similar level managing procurement projects or procurement teams.
• Good understanding of procurement project delivery, including Supplier Relationship Management.
• In-depth understanding of procurement processes and complex competitive bidding.
• Team management experience along with stakeholder engagement.
• Supports process principles in ambiguity, knows team limits, supports colleagues with due diligence and prioritisation, takes responsibility for unanticipated tasks, manages progress, and applies judgment in a commercial context.
• Understands legal and operational risks.
• Experience leading and managing effective negotiations.
• Knows at which stage to involve managers.
• Ability to effectively work on a few standard initiatives at a time.
• Can effectively use and manage other procurement resources.
• Understands and has used a variety of pricing models and tools.
• Strategic Sourcing: sourcing processes and pricing models.
• Procurement Systems: familiarity with all controls operational within the process.
• Business Understanding: good across business.
• Creativity: asks questions within the business.
• Innovation: seeks diverse thinking.
• Sharing: eager to share personal knowledge.
• Written and verbal proficiency in English is required.

Nice to have

• Extensive experience with Strategic Sourcing with managing stakeholders' teams, or experience in managing procurement teams or categories.

Details

• Location: Bangladesh (Local Location).
• Employment type: Indefinite contract.
• Salary: 208,062 monthly gross; British Council Pay Band 7.
• Number of positions: 1.
• Candidates must have the pre-existing legal right to work in Bangladesh; no mobility, relocation or visa sponsorship is provided.
• Hybrid working may be available, subject to line management approval and service provision, and can be explored at interview.
• All applications must be submitted in English.
• Application deadline: 16 November 2026.