Senior Sourcing Manager

JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom Req #187

24 March 2025

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

We're looking for a Senior Sourcing Manager to join the Head Office team at JD Sports!

Our Sourcing roles will support our Group Head of Strategic Sourcing with commercial support including risk management, supplier identification, planning and re-tenders across multiple divisions ensuring commercial clauses are negotiated within agreements.

Job Title: Senior Sourcing Manager

Location: Bury Head Office (BL9 8RR)

Working hours: Full Time

What You'll Be Doing:

• Close engagement with colleagues on matters including revenue budgets, embedding savings, and supporting business cases for new projects and/or investments.
• Drafting and presenting annual sourcing strategies to Divisional Heads and the Group Head of Strategic Sourcing, encompassing leveraged savings opportunities.
• Transparent and detailed presentation of proposed contract awards, sourcing changes and recommendations.
• Utilising Group Finance platforms and templates for Purchase Orders, tenders and eAuctions to ensure financial and operational transparency.
• Regular engagement with the Group Legal team to minimise risk and maximise commercial leverage via agreements with clearly defined service levels, KPIs and appropriate remedies for non-performance.
• Engage acquisition business contacts to ensure rapid-delivery of financial benefits arising from wider JD-Group commercial leverage.
• Work with the Group Sustainability team to ensure sourcing approach to contribute to Group ESG goals such as: i) Climate Change, ii) Sustainable Sourcing and iii) Recycling and the Circular Economy.
• Act as a trusted adviser and subject matter expert leading procurement projects across all types of marketing services. These projects may involve working across multiple channels and brands, as well as multiple territories, to develop holistic solutions wherever possible.
• Partner with Marketing teams to formulate complex service requirements and scope, identify vendors, manage the end-to-end RFP process, provide a supplier evaluation framework, and make recommendations on vendor selection.

What We're Looking For:

• Commercial experience within fast-paced omni-channel retail and/or relevant commodity/services experience with the ability to manage a high level of ambiguity or change.
• Confidence to own problems and issues, propose solutions and ensure deadlines and/or business goals are met.
• Influence - engage and drive change, owning and resolving issues and challenges.
• Strong engagement and communication skills and experience of successfully delivering process improvements and efficiencies.
• Attention to detail – focused and confident in all marketing categories.
• Driven by data and analytics. You bring strong analytical skills with a passion for using data to develop innovative, effective solutions to address business needs, initiate opportunities and deliver margin improvement.
• A strong negotiator with the ability to influence using excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• A builder of strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

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 fascias 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:

• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• 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.

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