Manager – Procurement & Value Creation (UK)

Position

As a Manager, you will lead complex procurement and value creation engagements, manage client relationships, and develop high-performing consulting teams. You will take ownership for delivering measurable savings and sustainable transformation for clients, while contributing to the growth and direction of the UK practice.

This role suits an experienced consultant who enjoys responsibility, thrives in client-facing leadership positions, and is motivated by building something long-term.

Your mission

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage end-to-end procurement transformation and cost improvement programmes
• Own senior client relationships and act as a trusted advisor
• Lead, develop, and coach consulting teams on client engagements
• Design and implement procurement operating models, including organisation design and digital tools
• Oversee key supplier negotiations and value delivery
• Manage multiple stakeholders across client organisations
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, fact-based outputs and sustainable results
• Support business development through proposal work and client development
• Contribute to practice development and methodology enhancement
• Actively develop future leaders within the team

Your profile

Your Experience (Essential)

• Project leadership experience within a recognised UK consultancy
• Proven delivery of value optimisation or transformation programmes in procurement
• Strong category knowledge across direct and/or indirect spend

Your Profile

You are an ambitious consulting professional with a strong track record in procurement and transformation, and the potential to progress towards partnership.

Ideally, you bring

• An excellent degree
• At least five years’ experience in management consultancy
• Demonstrable delivery of procurement outcomes across multiple categories
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent client management and relationship-building capabilities
• Experience leading and developing consulting teams
• Confidence operating in complex, high-pressure environments
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Fluency in English, with another European language as an advantage
• Motivation to help shape and grow a leading UK procurement consultancy

What do we offer you?

Working Arrangements & Benefits

Our teams operate in a hybrid working model and are often based on-site with clients. You should therefore be willing to travel. The primary office location is London, near Chancery Lane tube station.

We offer

• Challenging projects with leading UK and European clients
• A high-performance, entrepreneurial environment
• Ongoing training and leadership development
• Structured mentoring
• A collaborative and supportive culture
• Employee events and company retreats
• Clear progression towards senior leadership based on performance
• Competitive salary with performance-related bonus
• Pension, travel, medical, and dental insurance

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About us

H&Z Management Consulting stands for consulting with brain, heart, and hand. With this unique consulting approach, H&Z ensures sustainable results for international corporations and leading mid-sized companies. Our core areas of expertise are Procurement, Strategy & Performance, Sustainability, and Transformation—fields in which H&Z has been repeatedly recognized as a Hidden Champion among top management consultancies.

H&Z Management Consulting is headquartered in Munich and has additional offices in Cologne, Hamburg, and London. We are part of the H&Z Group, a network of eight companies and initiatives with over 800 consultants at 19 locations. In addition, H&Z is also part of the Transformation Alliance - an association of international consulting firms with more than 1,500 employees worldwide.

H&Z is a great place to work, as demonstrated by our numerous awards, such as the Great Place to Work Awards. At H&Z, team cohesion and flat hierarchies are an integral part of our culture. Alongside extensive benefits, we offer excellent and personalized development opportunities as well as an exciting work environment within a motivated and family-like team.