Location
London | United Kingdom
Job description
Procurement Manager
Location: Hybrid working model with a Central London office
In this role, you will be working as part of Pandora's British Isles (BRIS) cluster as the local Procurement partner for Pandora’s organization in the UK & Ireland, which is Pandora’s 2nd largest cluster.
You will support the local organisation to drive cost optimisations and efficiencies within the cluster. You will also be responsible for monitoring adherence to Pandora’s Procurement Policy with the objectives to ensure that Pandora gets the best commercial terms and right quality while reducing risks and making sure we deliver on Pandoras overall sustainability targets.
You will be the “bridge builder” between the local organisation in BRIS and the Global Indirect Procurement team in Copenhagen as well as the Procurement Managers in other clusters ensuring ONE Global Indirect Procurement team.
You will also be responsible for providing reporting and insight support to the Global “Value Excellence” team which is responsible for managing and reporting on global cost optimisations globally.
About Pandora
The largest jewellery company in the world, we give a voice to millions of people’s loves every day. We sell three pieces of our hand-crafted jewellery every second and have the largest network in the industry, with almost 7,000 points of sale around the globe and a strong online business.
We pursue sustainability in everything we do and have set ambitious and measurable targets across every touchpoint of our business, from sourcing through to the materials we use and the marketing of our products.
Our People
Our global workforce is made up of over 26,000 passionate people who, in 2021, helped Pandora record the highest earnings to date, led by a refreshed long-term growth strategy. The pace of our progress has created an energising, ambitious culture, where we are empowered to be ourselves and equipped to deliver our very best. As we continue to grow, we also continue to invest in our talent. We’re looking for people who share our values and can help us bring our ambitions to life.
Pandora in UK operates a full retail business with more than 200 owned and operated PANDORA concept stores, so the spend categories and therefore your stakeholders span across several different areas working with supplier types such as:
- Retail services. Different kind of suppliers needed to run a retail store, e.g. retail facility management incl. maintenance, cash collection, security, health & safety, store supplies etc.
- Store construction. Pandoras retail network is in constant development and suppliers are used to build, refit and refresh our branded concept stores and shop in shops.
- Marketing. Pandora is taking the brand to the next level and various local suppliers in the marketing area is used for that including PR/events, influencers, creative services, in-store visual merchandising etc.
- Other supplier types. Different type of “indirect spend suppliers” related to both retail stores and UK head office related to categories such as Logistics, HR, Finance etc.
What to expect from the role
- Thorough solid stakeholder management skills; establish yourself as the main point of contact for Procurement matters in BRIS cluster by creating trust with your stakeholders and demonstrate the value add out of procurement
- Deliver savings and other value-add, by developing and executing a pipeline of “local procurement projects” in BRIS – supported by Global Indirect Procurement team in Copenhagen
- Support local implementation in BRIS of Global agreements or preferred suppliers in close collaboration with Global Indirect Procurement in Copenhagen – via ongoing dialogue with the central team in Copenhagen
- Close collaboration with BRIS Finance Director to make sure savings are documented and incorporated into budgets as well as ongoing dialogue with our local Legal counsel to protect Pandora in our agreements.
- Leveraging our Global procurement tools locally e.g. Sourcing framework, e-sourcing software, spend analysis tools, contract repository, pipeline tool etc.
- Improve compliance locally by supporting the UK business being compliant with One Supplier Onboarding process and other compliance related initiatives
- Ad-hoc procurement support guiding your stakeholders in the clusters on various procurement matters – from “small” to “big” questions
What we are looking for
We Deliver
- A solid, general understanding of several procurement disciplines including negotiations you can put into play
- Ability to work and add value across multiple different spend categories & supplier types
- Proven project management skills & sourcing toolbox incl. running tenders, contracting, communications
- Data driven with analytical mindset
We Care
- Team player (humble & hungry) with great interpersonal skills
- You care for our planet and understands Procurements role in sustainability/CSR space
We Dare
- You can challenge status quo if needed – in a smart way - both with internal stakeholders and suppliers
- You dare to give and take honest feedback
We Dream
- You can set a vision for your area
- You have career dreams and takes ownership of you own development
- You can set ambitious targets - not just chasing incremental improvements
Why work with us?
We offer a number of unique benefits that make Pandora a great place to work:
- A highly competitive salary with regular salary reviews
- Generous bonus scheme
- Private Healthcare
- Early finish Fridays (weekends with Pandora start every Friday at 3pm!)
- 55% employee discount
- Jewellery allowance
- WFH allowance
- Free office-day lunch credits
- 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Buy/sell holiday options
- Celebrate your birthday with a day off!
- Join our Employee Wellbeing Centre – including access to; Employee Assistance Programme, ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme, gym discounts and more . . .
- Winniperks - Our online benefits platform with plentiful retail, hospitality and entertainment discounts
- At Pandora we love a party! Especially at Christmas, when you will receive an extra special gift.
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