Description
We are seeking a Procurement Buyer to join our Technology Services, Infrastructure and Strategy team on a 12-month secondment/fixed term contract. As a Procurement Buyer, you will take ownership of the Data Governance and Information Security category, a high-priority and complex category with significant exposure to our leadership team.
You will have the autonomy to shape category direction, drive commercial value and maintain trusted stakeholder relationships across a high-volume portfolio. You will develop and execute category and sourcing strategies for critical security technology solutions, balancing competing stakeholder priorities while keeping multiple complex workstreams moving.
Responsibilities:
- Take category ownership of the Data Governance and Information Security category
- Autonomously manage a portfolio of around 30–40 concurrent projects spanning high-volume and high-value requirements
- Develop and execute category and sourcing strategies for critical security technology solutions
- Maintain effective stakeholder relationships, lead commercial tenders and negotiations, and ensure compliance with our Procurement Policy
Requirements:
- Demonstrable category management experience, including end-to-end sourcing and commercial negotiation
- Proven ability to work autonomously while managing a high-volume portfolio of complex, high-value projects and competing deadlines
- Demonstrable ability to maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, including senior leaders
- Demonstrable analytical capability in evaluating costs and commercial options using data, understanding the value outside of the cost
- Proven ability to take ownership of complex requirements and translate them into practical, commercially focused category solutions
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Colleague discount: 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day
- Pensions scheme and life cover
- Performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary
- Annual holiday allowance, and the option to buy additional holiday
- Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance, and access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers
- Employee assistance programme
- Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave