# Procurement Category Manager - Fulfilment & Logistics

**Company**: Marks & Spencer
**Location**: United Kingdom
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

As a Procurement Category Manager - Fulfilment & Logistics at Marks & Spencer, you will own and shape the category strategy across Courier Services, Returns Fulfilment and Stock Exit.

Your key responsibilities will include:

- Building sourcing roadmaps and commercial plans that support the needs of M&S

- Leading complex sourcing and contract negotiations end-to-end

- Driving commercial value from logistics partnerships using market insight, benchmarking, cost modelling and demand data

- Creating effective commercial routes for returns and stock exit

- Building trusted relationships across M&S and the supplier network

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- Strong experience in logistics procurement, ideally in a large or complex organisation

- Excellent knowledge of courier, fulfilment and outsourced logistics services

- Proven experience of courier or parcel-carrier procurement and negotiation

- Experience across returns, reverse logistics or stock-exit solutions

- Strong commercial and analytical skills

- Confident communication and influencing skills

Working at M&S offers various benefits, including:

- 20% colleague discount on M&S products and third-party brands

- Competitive holiday allowance

- Discretionary bonus schemes

- Strong pension and life assurance

- Tailored induction and training

- Exclusive perks and savings through M&S Choices portal

- Market-leading family policies

- 24/7 wellbeing support

- One paid volunteer day a year

## Skills

### Required
- logistics procurement
- courier services
- fulfilment services
- returns management
- stock exit
- commercial planning
- contract negotiation
- market analysis
- cost modelling
- supplier relationship management

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