Procurement Manager

Location:  Hybrid - 3 days at VHQ, Crawley

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Closing Date:  31st August 2026 

We review applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we’re harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.

In a nutshell

 Procurement plays a vital role in helping Virgin Atlantic make smart commercial decisions that deliver value, reduce risk and support the long-term success of our business. As Procurement Manager, you'll lead strategic sourcing activities across your category, working closely with stakeholders to secure the goods and services our business needs while delivering the best possible commercial outcomes.

You'll build trusted relationships across the business, shape category strategies, negotiate complex commercial agreements and help embed best practice procurement. Working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, you'll balance commercial thinking with strong governance, ensuring contracts, suppliers and purchasing decisions support both our immediate priorities and our long-term strategy.

Day to day

• Partnering with stakeholders across the business to understand requirements, develop category strategies and deliver commercially robust sourcing solutions 
• Leading end-to-end procurement activity, including tenders, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations and contract award, ensuring the best value and appropriate risk management 
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, working independently to produce high-quality agreements while partnering with Legal on more complex matters where required 
• Managing supplier relationships, monitoring performance and identifying opportunities to improve service, reduce costs and deliver greater long-term value 
• Using market intelligence, spend analysis and procurement technology to inform decision-making, drive continuous improvement and optimise purchasing activity 
• Championing responsible procurement, governance and sustainability, ensuring compliance with Virgin Atlantic purchasing standards and supporting the wider business to build procurement capability 

About you

A commercially minded procurement professional, you'll enjoy building relationships, negotiating complex agreements and influencing stakeholders to deliver the best outcomes for the business. You'll combine strong commercial judgement with a collaborative approach and the confidence to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

• Proven experience delivering strategic procurement or sourcing activities, with the ability to negotiate complex commercial agreements and build strong supplier partnerships 
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, with the confidence to independently develop, review and manage commercial contracts while balancing commercial opportunity and risk 
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to build credibility across Finance, Legal, Technology and operational teams while constructively challenging where appropriate 
• Strong analytical and organisational skills, comfortable interpreting spend and market data, managing multiple priorities and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement 
• Degree educated (or equivalent experience) and CIPS qualified (desirable), or working towards a professional procurement qualification

Experience within Engineering, aerospace or another technical procurement environment would be highly desirable, but isn't essential. What matters most is your ability to think commercially, build trusted relationships and deliver procurement solutions that create lasting value for Virgin Atlantic.

If you're looking for a role where you can combine commercial expertise, strategic thinking and collaborative leadership to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you. 

Be yourself – Our differences make us stronger

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, ([email protected]) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.