Category Manager

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Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary - from £50,240 + annual bonus & benefits

Work Level - 2

Location - Edinburgh or Glasgow, Permanent

Office Attendance - Our roles are hybrid; however, you should be able to travel to our Edinburgh Office, at least 2 days per week for this position.

Closing Date - Applications 30th August at 5pm

We're looking for a Category Manager - Shared Services to join our Procurement team at Tesco Bank.

As a Category Manager for Shared Se rvices, you'll be expected to negotiate complex supply agreements for Professional Services, labour services and training at Tesco Bank. You'll be provided with the opportunity to work on some of the biggest contracts which shape the future customer strategy and delivery of the Tesco Bank business. We are looking for someone to support Tesco Bank by negotiating commercial and legal terms with new and incumbent suppliers and managing supplier relationships in conjunction with the Supplier Management team

You'll be challenged in this role due to the fast and exciting pace and the role you will play in shaping the new business by negotiating key contracts/agreements that make a difference for our customers and colleagues.

Our Procurement colleagues enjoy that they are accountable for leading their category and are given the opportunity to work with Senior Stakeholders across the business. Our colleagues also enjoy the fact that we work closely within the various business units and are viewed as an extension of their team and true business partner.

What you'll be doing

• Build and deliver Category Plans by being innovative and collaborative with various cross functional stakeholders.
• Delivering high savings targets through implementation of robust sourcing events, ensuring that suppliers meet all operational requirements whilst providing best value for Tesco Bank.
• Consistently track and report on savings targets for specified sub-categories using the agreed process.
• Using sound judgement build new and develop existing supplier relationships to ensure continued suitability and create greater value across the organisation.
• Support the business to achieve compliance with legal, ethical, and social procurement policies with integrity and good judgment.

We need you to have

• Experience in Procurement ideally in a related field
• Cross functional working and stakeholder engagement
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial acumen
• Knowledge of Supplier relationship and performance management
• Category Planning experience

And if you have any of these, even better

• CIPS qualified.
• Experience dealing with Professional Services or Consulting organisations.
• Experience working inside a large corporate entity with global reach.

We don't expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it's worth exploring to further develop your career here with us.

What's in it for you

• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service you and your family 365 days a year.
• Performance related annual bonus.
• Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday (worth up to 2K). As an added perk, we'll give you a second card to share with someone else.
• Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as your Earn share schemes.

Everyone's welcome

We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We ' re committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Additional Information

Role Alignment

Following the announcement regarding Tesco's' strategic partnership with Barclays, this role will support our banking business and will transfer to Barclay's UK towards the end of 2024, subject to regulatory approval. Please note, the transfer date may change.

Interviews

Interviews are expected to be held from 12th August.

How to apply

We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.

Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you're interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Bank looks like, click apply to find out more!

Why Tesco Bank?

We're also a little obsessed with the future. Your future. Our future. That's why we take development seriously; we want to help you thrive and evolve in your career. Tesco Bank is a place to get on, all colleagues have access to LinkedIn Learning and Abstract, from day one.

It's important to us that we make sure you're supported by your team and colleague networks every day, celebrating when it matters and helping you to be the best version of yourself. The people make Tesco Bank, and we take pride in what we achieve together.

All that hard work? Come and see it turned into something real, usable, and important to customers' and colleagues' everyday lives. At Tesco Bank, our products make things a little better for everyone.