Source: https://deftridge.com/job/procurement-policy-and-approvals-united-kingdom-dt-2209460/ Title: Procurement Policy and Approvals, remote, UK | Deftridge Summary: Procurement Policy and Approvals for a senior Procurement & Vendor Manager, remote in the UK. £37-£45 an hour, about 7 hours in total. One-off Posted Oct 27 · DT-2209460 # Procurement Policy and Approvals Senior · Procurement & Vendor Manager · Remote · United Kingdom **£37–£45** / hour About £160–£410 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Warehousing operator with cross-border freight · 51–200 employeesCL-66238 · based in Romford - **Where** Remote · United Kingdom - **Format** One-off task - **Time needed** about 7 h in total - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Senior · 5-10 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async2 h a week overlap with UK time **5** professionals have asked about this task **473** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This warehousing operator with cross-border freight (51–200 employees) is looking for a senior Procurement & Vendor Manager for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Thresholds, approvals and buying rules. The company has a deadline, no one free to own it, and wants a person who has done the same job before. It moves goods for customers, so the data is operational and updated daily. The work is fully remote. Any location in United Kingdom works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (UK time). ## What you deliver - Write a procurement policy with approval levels and a purchase request form. - One round of edits after the company's review is included - A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope - The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed ## How the work runs - Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared - Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback - Last day: final version and handover note **Duration:** 2 to 3 weeks. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side. ## Tools Word Notion ## Who fits - 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Procurement & Vendor Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Word and Notion - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Has worked with a distributed team across time zones - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader ## Not included - Travel or work at a fixed location - On-call availability outside the agreed window - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in GBP after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Senior Procurement & Vendor Manager - **Experience** 5-10 years in operations & assistance - **Tools** Word, Notion - **Offers** 7 hours in total, weekday evenings - **Rate** £41 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, £41 an hour, is **above** the median senior Procurement & Vendor Manager rate in the United Kingdom (£40). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median £40 This task £41 £28 £53 [All Procurement & Vendor Manager jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/procurement-and-vendor-manager/united-kingdom/) · [Procurement & Vendor Manager rates in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/rates/procurement-and-vendor-manager/united-kingdom/) · [Operations & Assistance jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/operations-and-assistance/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-66238 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Procurement Policy and Approvals is noted. 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