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About the Role

The Indirects Procurement Manager is a pivotal, company-wide role responsible for the end-to-end management, mapping, and optimization of Field’s corporate and operational indirect expenditure. You will build a robust indirect procurement function from scratch, acting as a crucial commercial business partner to global HR, Finance, Legal, IT, and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a comprehensive audit of all company-wide indirect expenses across UK and European entities to build Field’s first unified global indirect spend matrix.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate vendor pools across international lines to leverage portfolio volumes for bulk discounts.
• Build simple, accessible procurement templates and buying guidelines.
• Partner with HR to tender and manage global benefits packages, insurance policies, international recruitment frameworks, and relocation or contingent labor services.
• Support Finance by auditing and negotiating corporate financial tools, tax advisory contracts, and audit services.
• Map, centralize, and rationalize all software subscriptions across departments.
• Work alongside technical and IT teams to negotiate complex software licenses, cloud infrastructure, hardware procurement, and global telecommunications contracts.
• Manage facilities contracts, office leases, health and safety providers, and corporate travel programs across all localized European hubs.
• Design and execute standard RFP/RFQ processes for global indirect services.
• Draft and negotiate commercial schedules, Statements of Work (SOWs), Master Services Agreements (MSAs), and SLA terms directly.
• Ensure vendor contract terms protect Field’s data security, intellectual property, and regulatory alignment across international jurisdictions.

Requirements

• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in indirect procurement or commercial management within a fast-paced scale-up, startup, or high-growth corporate environment.
• Proven experience managing global spend and supporting stakeholders across multiple international jurisdictions.
• A degree in law, a legal qualification, or an advanced background in contract management is essential.
• Must feel completely comfortable reviewing and amending contractual language directly.
• Proven experience moving procurement processes forward successfully when dealing with missing information or busy internal stakeholders.
• Expert-level capability in analyzing financial spend, spotting hidden supplier margins, and translating data into clear, calculated cost-saving strategies.
• Degree educated (Bachelor's or Master's in Law, Business, or Finance preferred).
• CIPS/MCIPS or equivalent professional procurement certification is highly desirable.
• Fluent in English.
• Proficiency in German, Spanish, or Italian is a significant advantage.

Skills

• Indirect procurement
• Commercial management
• Global spend management
• Contract management
• Financial analysis
• Cost-saving strategies
• RFP/RFQ processes
• SaaS licensing agreements
• Cross-border service contracts

Location

• UK - London

Work Type

• Permanent - Full Time
• Hybrid working

Experience Level

• 5-7 years

Education Level

• Degree educated (Bachelor's or Master's in Law, Business, or Finance preferred)
• CIPS/MCIPS or equivalent professional procurement certification is highly desirable
• Degree in law or legal qualification

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Participation in employee share scheme
• £5,000 per year for perks, benefits, and wellbeing activities
• Up to 10% Company wide bonus based on company performance
• £2,000 per year for professional development
• Private medical cover with Bupa from day one
• Option to add family members to medical cover
• Company Pension with 8% Contribution
• 6 months fully paid primary carer leave
• 3 months fully paid secondary carer leave
• 10 days fully paid leave for fertility treatment
• Fun co-working office space in Shoreditch, London
• 1 month work from anywhere
• 1 day green leave
• Free lunch once a week
• Dog-friendly office
• Spill: mental health benefit
• Regular, optional team socials
• Birthday carbon offset

About the Company

• You will actually be building and operating the renewable infrastructure we need to reach net zero.
• This is not a green CSR initiative, but a company that is taking a leading role in building one of the critical solutions to a generational problem.
• We are still an early stage start-up, and you will have significant accountability to make things happen from day 1.
• You will have a lot of autonomy, will learn quickly, and be given a LOT of room to grow.
• The energy market is in a paradigm shift right now, evolving at a breathtaking pace, and you will play a leading role in defining how that market evolves and innovates over the next few years.
• We are an eclectic team with varied backgrounds.
• We have experience scaling billion dollar tech start-ups, building energy companies, as well as deep specialisms in the energy markets.
• You will learn from and work with a bunch of fun, curious, and entrepreneurial people that really want to make an impact.

Equal Opportunity

• Diverse teams make better teams.
• Field is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which is as representative as possible of our society.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership pregnancy /maternity, race, nationality, religion or belief, gender, political beliefs and sexual orientation.