Procurement
Sourcing Manager
Job ID: 010143
Location: Leeds, UK, LS1 8EQ
Job type: Permanent - Full Time
Salary: Up to £55,000 Dependent on Experience + Bonus & Benefits
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We’re looking for 2 x Sourcing Managers to lead strategic sourcing activity across IT/ Technology and Indirect categories here at YBS. You’ll deliver highquality commercial outcomes, strengthen supplier relationships, and ensure full compliance with procurement and regulatory standards.
This is a hybrid role, a mix of working from home plus time in our central Leeds & Bradford offices.
About the role
As Sourcing Manager, you will -
Lead sourcing projects that deliver value, reduce risk, and align with YBS policies and strategy
Partner with stakeholders to identify efficiencies using market insight and benchmarking
Provide commercial and contractual expertise across supplier onboarding, risk assessments, performance issues, benchmarking and rate card reviews
Conduct contract reviews to ensure strong commercial controls and risk management
Manage Procurement engagement requirements, ensuring clarity on total cost of ownership (TCO) and adherence to thirdparty risk policies
Support contract governance, ensuring accurate storage, summaries and compliance with signing mandates
About you
You'll have a proven track record as a Sourcing Manager/ Procurement Manager/ Category Manager. What will you bring to the role?
Strategic sourcing or category management experience
Strong understanding of supplier risk, FS regulations thirdparty risk management, and supplier markets
Confident stakeholder engagement and strong negotiation skills
Experience across IT and/ or Indirect categories (e.g. Hardware, Software, Marketing, HR, Operations, Property, Digital)
Proven ability to deliver procurement savings and commercial benefits.
Knowledge of FS industry is desirable
Our Head Office teams are known as Enabling Functions. They're open, innovative, collaborative and always focused on doing what’s right.
And they’re here to support our colleagues by providing a range of high quality, head office services, including marketing. Whatever team you join, you’ll discover that it’s a welcoming, supportive and inclusive place to be, with all the flexibility you need to make work a rewarding part of your life.
About Our Benefits
Everyone’s different. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits and rewards that we think you’ll love – whatever’s important to you, and whatever stage of life you’re at. Such as…
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Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)
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On target bonus of 7% (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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Life assurance at 6 times your salary
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25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)
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Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket
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Wellbeing resources and tools
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Retail and Leisure discounts
Learning & Development
Everyone can build a career path they love here. And that’s because we offer a wide range of programmes, opportunities and more to help you learn, grow, and develop – and reach your full potential.
These include...
- Personal Growth Toolkits - a range of materials that help you discover your strengths, identify your goals, and your next steps.
- Secondment and Stretch opportunities – helping you gain experience in different areas of our business and new ways of working.
- Learning Champion Network – opportunities to work outside of your immediate area and build new skills.
- Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications – a range of brilliant apprenticeships and programmes available to everyone.
- REACH Diverse Leadership Programme – helping our Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse leaders progress into senior leadership roles.
Our Colleague Networks & Groups
Our Vision is to be a leading organisation that embraces diversity, champions equity, and creates an inclusive environment where all individuals regardless of their background or identity feel valued, empowered and supported.
Our Colleague Networks and Groups are designed to amplify the voices of diverse groups and provide a structured route to effect real change. They provide a safe space and use colleague feedback to support the progression of our DEI Strategy. Our eight networks and groups are:
Our ways of working and flexibility
We know there’s no single right way of working that fits everyone. That’s why we’re not trying to find one. Instead, we’re doing everything we can to make sure that when we’re working flexibly, together and apart, we’re working at our best. We help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.
We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.
Find out more about our Ways of WorkingCommunity and Charity
Ever since we started back in 1864, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people keep their savings safe. And helping everyone have a place to call home. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.
We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.
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