Procurement Business Advisor
Location
Reading, Berkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Procurement Business Advisor Based in Reading, UK or Dublin, Ireland
Our Procurement team are right at the heart of what we do. Surrounded by some of the best Procurement specialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own ideas to the business - helping to shape the experience of our customers as part of a forward-thinking team.
Procurement at Primark look after “Goods not for resale” (GNFR) covering categories such as Supply Chain, Marketing, IT, Facilities Management, Retail Operations and Store Development.
Our team partners with the business to develop strategies to create competitive advantage for the business, with a focus on value creation, innovation and risk management.
The Procurement Business Advisor is a role within our Procurement function and partnering with our Marketing, Communications and Digital teams.
This role is accountable to create, develop and execute effective strategies to maximise commercial, sustainability and operational benefits from a subset of this spend category.
What You’ll Get The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first!
Some of our benefits are:
- 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
- Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
- Primark Benefits: Healthcare and Pension, In-store discounts, on-site gym facilities, subsidised canteen and café.
What You’ll Do: In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day role managing treasury operations:
- Category Management : Partner with the Retail Ops teams on specific sub-categories to ensure that we have the right suppliers in place to ensure quality, pricing and delivery objectives are met.
Lead all tendering and contract execution for specific sub-categories working closely with Legal team and relevant stakeholders
- Compliance and Governance : Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on all procurement-related matters and ensure they are in compliance with procurement policy and procedures.
Negotiate contracts with new and existing suppliers, ensuring contract terms achieve benefit to the organisation and govern the long-term relationships.
- Contractual and Legal: Ensure Primark is adequately legally protected and insured in commercial agreements.
Ensure compliance to contract approval policy via legal review and appropriate grant of authority for contracts and SOW’s.
- Operational Effectiveness: Through category management, establish a robust supplier base that delivers the required quality, cost and service in compliance with Primark Ethical Trade Strategy.
- E-sourcing and Systems: Ensure events are scheduled, prepared and managed to deliver best value through our e –sourcing tool (Scanmarket and Keelvar).
What You’ll Bring Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
- You will have 4+ years related experience in a Procurement role.
- Experience and knowledge in indirect related categories (soft FM services, goods such as paper products, an advantage but not critical) of spend within a fast-paced environment.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of procurement processes, policy, and systems.
- You have the knowledge of financial, legal and commercial contracts, sustainability/CSR and ethical sourcing.
- Demonstrated ability to forge close business relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of developing strategic partnerships with key suppliers
Ready? Good - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and talented individuals where you’ll truly belong, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or another one, and our recruitment team Can determine where your skills may fit in at Primark.
Apply to be part of our future and we’ll help you develop yours.
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