Sourcing Manager - Technology

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We are looking for a Sourcing Manager to join our Digital and Technology operation!

• Job Title - Sourcing Manager - Technology

• Location - Bury Head Office (BL9 8 RR) - Plus regular travel to key Group locations, as required.

• Working rota - Mon - Fri 8.30-5pm.

• Working hours - 40 hrs/week

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Sourcing Manager, you'll be doing the following:

• You'll support our sourcing lead with commercial support including risk management, supplier identification, planning and re-tenders across multiple divisions ensuring commercial clauses are negotiated within agreements. You will take full ownership of end to end strategic procurement projects, manage your own vendor relationships, and be responsible for devising and implementing strategy.
• You'll deliver margin, sales and operational improvements to support our sourcing strategy. This will primarily involve expenditure managed from our UK and European businesses but may expand to world-wide where leverage opportunities exist.
• You'll ensure that you are strategically enhancing our current processes in line with the categories commercial goals. You will take full ownership of end to end strategic procurement projects, manage your own vendor relationships, and be responsible for devising and implementing strategy.

What We're Looking For:

• Commercial experience within faced-paced omni-channel retail and/or relevant services experience
• Confidence to own problems and issues, propose solutions and ensure deadlines and/or business goals are achieved
• The ability to analyse data, identify and initiate opportunities to deliver margin improvements

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.

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