Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

London or Newark (Hybrid Working)

Permanent

Full Time

Grade 4

Our passion at Currys is helping everyone enjoy the latest tech. We're proud of the service levels we provide for our customer - online, in-store or in their homes. And it's all down to our people, 30,000+ capable and committed colleagues, learning together, growing together, making us amazing and celebrating the wins.

We are looking for a Procurement Manager (Spares, Repairs & Business Support) to join the Currys team. The role will partner business stakeholders, providing a single point of contact and becoming a trusted advisor, working collaboratively across the organisation to secure buy-in for sourcing strategies that deliver commercial value. Travel between our London & Newark offices will be required.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end commercial activities for the category across the group, building strong partnerships with our strategic suppliers
• Ensure optimisation of budgets through successful negotiation of costs, delivering quantifiable benefits to support achieving business
• Improve delivery assurance through negotiation & implementation of appropriate contractual safeguards meeting operational needs & mitigating risk
• Support the development & implementation of the groups procurement transformation strategy
• Identify and then execute a pipeline of savings opportunities across the category
• Define the long-term relationship strategy with key Spares & Repairs and Business Support partners, ensuring they become enablers of our strategic goals
• Develop, deliver, and manage effective sourcing strategies in support of the business transformation and wider change agenda, ensuring ongoing value for money and the delivery of innovative procurement solutions to Currys
• Support category reporting, savings tracking, and spend data tracking
• Utilise procurement systems to drive compliance of category spend to Currys procurement policies, including contract storage and sourcing process governance.

Key Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Strong collaboration, relationship building & influencing skills to manage key stakeholders at all levels
• Experience of category background within a procurement function, ideally within the retail industry
• Ability to motivate, organise and manage self to deliver to challenging deadlines
• Experience of managing long term, complex, high value, high risk contracts
• Demonstrable commercial acumen & negotiation & cost saving skills
• MCIPS & GAP or equivalent qualifications are desirable.

We're one team and we celebrate all of the great things you do. One way we show our gratitude is by giving you access to a range of lifestyle benefits including:

• Private medical insurance
• Competitive pension scheme
• Access to discretionary company bonus scheme
• Life Assurance
• Staff discounts and offers
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Hybrid working; arrangements depend on your role and business requirements. This role will be working from our primary Currys Campus at Waterloo (WeWork), our Newark Campus & working from home.

Beyond that, we'll be with you every step of the way, enabling you to get the most out of your role, grow your skills your way, and see your career develop in the way you want. Be part of our talented Procurement team and unbox your passion at the UK's best-known retailer in tech.

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