Procurement Manager (Maternity Cover)

As we evolve into Social Wellness Clubs, we are creating spaces and experiences that support every aspect of our members’ physical, mental, nutritional and social wellbeing. By bringing together expert guidance, genuine community, personalised experiences and innovative technology, we make wellness feel accessible, welcoming and easy to navigate. Virgin Active is committed to recruiting the finest people who share our passion for creating exceptional experiences and delivering world-class service every day. We are looking for Procurement Manager to join our Finance Team.

Role Type: Maternity Cover - Full Time

Hours: 40

The Procurement Manager is responsible for leading and delivering effective procurement across Virgin Active, ensuring we source high-quality goods and services that represent best value while protecting our premium brand standards. This role plays a key part in supporting our evolution into a leading Social Wellness Club by building strong supplier partnerships, driving commercial efficiencies, and enabling the seamless delivery of products and services that underpin an exceptional member experience.

The Role

• Develop and deliver procurement strategies aligned to business objectives and premium brand standards.
• Lead sourcing across gym equipment, facilities services, maintenance, and engineering categories.
• Drive value through cost optimisation, total cost of ownership analysis, and supplier consolidation.
• Identify, onboard, and manage suppliers to meet quality, sustainability, performance, and compliance standards.
• Negotiate commercial terms, contracts, and SLAs, managing supplier performance and continuous improvement.
• Procure planned and reactive maintenance, engineering support, and specialist contractors.
• Support capital projects including refurbishments, new openings, and equipment upgrades.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Finance, Facilities, and Clubs to support budgets, governance and scalable procurement processes.

Experience

• Proven experience (5+ years) in a Procurement Manager or Senior Procurement role, ideally within multi-site operations.
• Strong background procuring gym equipment, facilities, maintenance, HR, engineering, and general operational services.
• Demonstrated expertise in supplier contract management and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Experience managing technology-related contracts and working closely with legal counsel.
• Solid understanding of third-party risk management, quality assurance, and product warranties.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with confidence influencing at all levels.
• Strong analytical capability, including spend analysis, cost control, and value optimisation.
• Knowledge of UK supplier markets and procurement best practice; CIPS qualification (or working towards) desirable.

Our Perks

• 25 days (excluding bank holidays) annual leave, plus a Celebration Day – and we want you take them
• Access to Scottish Widows Pension with us matching contributions up 5%
• Complimentary Virgin Active membership for you and a buddy. You can also get free membership for your children too, ability to take advantage of our Club V.
• Private Dental and Healthcare Insurance – your physical health is important, and we want you to have the access to healthcare should you require it.
• Life Assurance 4x your salary – which we hope you will not need.
• We want you to love Virgin Active like we do, so you get discounts across Virgin active – everything from guest passes to 50% off PT sessions.
• You will join Virgin Family - where not only can you communicate with your colleagues across Virgin Group, but also many discounts (including Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Holidays and Virgin Media/O2)
• Maintaining a healthy diet while at work can be hard, so we offer all our team members 20% off food and drink at our KAUAI branches located in clubs.
• Managing finances can be difficult, so we offer access to Salary Finance. They can support you with loans and savings plans, as well as help you become a personal finance expert.
• Mental health is a cornerstone of wellbeing. Our BUPA employer assistance programme is there when you need a helping hand with 4 free counselling sessions.
• We know finding a new home to rent can be stressful. We partner with Dexters who offer complimentary corporate letting services – meaning no tenant charges.
• Access to ePoints, offering loads of online discounts to retailers.
• Always wanted to take that yoga course? Well VA offer discount on all their Academy courses, trained by the very best instructors.