Position: Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Employer: Constellia

Location: Newcastle OR Sunderland – Constellia works with our partners, post training, on a hybrid model, 3 days a week in our office.  

Salary: £55,000 per annum + benefits package

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Established in 2007, Constellia is one of Britain’s fastest-growing private companies (ranked in Sunday Times 100 2024, 2025 and 2026), and a leading Neutral Vendor Managed Service Provider in the UK. As a newly established Employee-Owned Trust (EOT), Constellia have big plans to continue their growth, hence the need to recruit additional procurement professionals into their business.

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Constellia manage over £400 million of spend across 200+ public and private sector organisations and are the UK’s only Neutral Vendor to enable public sector and utility clients’ access to the procurement of Goods, Works, Services and Technology. Constellia have a diverse and dynamic marketplace enlists over 3,000 pre-approved suppliers, providing clients access to 400+ subcategories of spend.

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Constellia act as a Neutral Vendor, operating as a conduit between contracting authorities and prequalified suppliers, providing a fast and compliant marketing route via Neutral Vendor Frameworks.

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If you have influential engagement skills, experience of delivering sourcing strategies and comfortable working within a fast-paced environment please get in touch with Luis Covell to discuss – 07584 353 015 / 0113 212 4615 / luis.covell@castlefieldrecruitment.com

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Responsibilities

• Deliver complex, high-value projects through end-to-end procurement activity ensuring procurement decisions are aligned to clients’ strategic goals

• Deliver expert advice on routes to market, contracting and tendering vehicles and specification development

• Conduct detailed spend analysis by collecting, cleansing, and categorising client expenditure data to identify cost‑saving opportunities, inform sourcing strategies, and support evidence‑based decision‑making across key categories

• Conduct market research to identify potential suppliers, evaluate market trends and leverage market intelligence

• Effectively engage and negotiate favourable terms to ensure cost reduction, quality, reliability, and innovation with our clients and suppliers, alongside our legal team

• Effectively engage and negotiate favourable terms to ensure cost reduction, quality, reliability, and innovation with our clients and suppliers, alongside our legal team

• Identify, evaluate, establish and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring supplier performance is monitored through robust contract management practice

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Technical Requirements

• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills

• Strong understanding of Public Contracts Regulations and the New Procurement Act

• Proven experience of working in a Contracting Authority environment and / or with Public Sector Clients

• Previous experience in a strategic sourcing or procurement role

• Experience of spend analysis and strategy development and contract terms and commercials

• Experience of sustainability and social value in procurement

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Personal Specification

• Strategic and analytical thinker

• Client focused and strong negotiator

• Effective communication skills (verbal and written)

• A positive and ‘can do attitude’

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Benefits

• Study support towards achieving MCIPS status

• BUPA Healthcare plan, available from day one

• NEST pension scheme, available from day one

• Buy Annual Leave Scheme (post 6 months probationary period)

• Enhanced maternity & paternity leave arrangements

• Paid volunteer time

• Employee Referral Bonus Scheme

• Company events

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Constellia are working in partnership with Castlefield Recruitment to source this position.

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For further information on applying, contacts for an informal discussion or access to the candidate pack please follow the link below:

https://www.microsite-castlefieldrecruitment.com/constellia/

Please note that direct approaches and speculative CV's will be directed to Castlefield Recruitment to be included in the recruitment process.

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