Procurement Buyer - Equipment

About The Role

The Procurement Buyer will manage the procurement of all Goods Not For Resale in the business. Using best practice category management, supplier relationship management (SRM) and contract management techniques to keep our competitive advantage by obtaining best value goods and services in line with business goals.

Leading on end to end procurement initiatives, using strategic and robust solutions to drive commercial benefit, sustainably. You’ll be the main point of call and contact to all our key stakeholder groups: suppliers, customers, colleagues, shareholders and communities.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• End to end sourcing of products and services, following the strategy outlined by the Senior Procurement Manager
• Management of internal stakeholders and the supply base adhere to project delivery timescales to ensure timely success
• Partnering with stakeholders to provide an effective procurement service, including offering commercially beneficial solutions
• Identifying new proposals, market shifts and /or ways of working and seeking alternatives where necessary, achieved through regular interaction with the supply base
• Commit to the 3 year category plan and guide team members to achieve the wider team targets based on experiences gained through relevant category or project management
• Positively influence continuous improvement across the wider team
• Partner with suppliers, identifying opportunities for projects and commercial value add
• Collate and analyse data identifying trends and opportunities, presenting and communicating this to a non-technical audience, making clearly reasoned recommendations
• Ensuring ongoing governance in specific projects and wider category management
• Constructively challenging cost where necessary

This is a hybrid role operating over a four and a half day working week. This role is based at our fantastic head office in Bradford. Boasting an on-site restaurant, coffee shop, convenience and sample store, prayer room, free parking and regular company-wide events and promotions. Ideally, applicants will live within a reasonable distance of our office.

About You

We’ve built an incredibly diverse business, and we’re working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn and connect with lots of different views, perspectives and beliefs. For this role, we’re looking for someone who has:

• A strong customer centricity with a track record of putting the customer first in a management or Lead role
• A background in a commercial role, delivering results in a fast paced, complex environment
• Knowledge of procurement best practices, category management, SRM techniques and end to end sourcing strategies
• Commercial understanding with strong analytical, problem-solving and decision making capability
• The ability to develop and maintain effective stakeholder relationships
• A skilled communicator who can influence at many levels
• Ability to work at pace, in a fast and flexible environment with drive and enthusiasm

About The Team

Our Procurement Department moves faster than most. They make sure we have what we need when we need it. Whether that's IT and tech equipment or energy, waste and recycling services, through to PPE and hand sanitiser to keep our people safe, plus extra delivery vans that help us serve more customers than ever.

It's their job to build strong relationships with suppliers so they can source everything we need to keep our stores, depots and manufacturing sites running. Which, in turn, helps keep prices low for our customers.

It all means that every £1 the team saves is equivalent to taking £50 through our checkouts. And with a £1.2 billion annual spend, you can feel the impact of Procurement right across our business.

About The Company

Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.

Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.

We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family members (subject to fair usage)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• 4 and a half day working week with flexible working hours
• Company pension contributions
• Perks with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave