Lead Technology Procurement Category Manager

Job Title

Lead Technology Procurement Category Manager

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Purchasing/Procurement

Closing Date

7 November 2024

We’re transforming the way procurement works here at Asda. What does that mean for you? That you’ll be at the heart of decision-making and the forefront of our transformation journey.

Our growing team manages over £2.5billion of indirect/goods not for resale spend, and is on a journey to become a best in class function, with a broad agenda across all areas of procurement from sourcing and cost transformation, through to sustainability and management of some of our most strategic relationships.

With opportunities to join us across multiple levels and all categories including Technology, Marketing, Professional Services, Logistics – Supply Chain and Energy, you’ll support a range of commercial activities, dare to find new innovative ways to drive efficiency, and help us get that #2 share in Grocery. So we can offer our customers the best value possible. That’s what it means to put customers at the heart of everything.

“Everything about Asda”

With a turnover of over £20billion every year, over 2 million transactions every month, and around 141,000 dedicated Asda colleagues taking care of our customers every day, we're really a place that's got everything – for our customers and your career.

Your Role

Category team - You’ll likely have responsibility for end-to-end sourcing activity along with setting the category strategy. You'll also influence and partner your category stakeholders to help deliver our cost transformation activity, and help ensure a best in class cost base.

Strategic Projects / Agile team – You’ll lead on a variety of major business investments, executive priorities and cost transformation programmes; delivering some of our largest and most impactful activity.

Programme – You’ll help deliver our cost and cash programme, develop our expertise across all categories, build the long term roadmap, and leverage data and analytics to provide insight across the teams.

Transformation – You’ll help deliver the overall procurement transformation, including embedding new ways or working both within the procurement team and in the ASDA business itself. This team will also lead the procurement technology roadmap, define processes, set standards

This advert is to apply for a role in Technology Procurement Team. Although we will consider your application for other roles where applicable.

Your Role

• Manage end-to-end sourcing activities and develop category strategies.
• Influence and collaborate with stakeholders to support transformation initiatives and maintain a competitive cost base.
• Lead on major business investments and executive priorities within the function.
• Contribute to our cost and cash programme, leveraging data and analytics in the Centre of Excellence.
• Drive the procurement transformation, setting new standards and defining the procurement technology roadmap

“Let's find out about you”

• Proven experience in Procurement/Category Management.
• Open to individuals seeking to switch categories or with detailed knowledge of their current category market.
• Skilled in crafting and managing complex contracts.
• Adept at balancing and anticipating the needs of various stakeholders.
• Experience in influencing senior levels within a large organisation.
• Agile and adaptable to support business needs in a dynamic transformation environment.
• Experience in Technology Procurement / Cloud would be desirable.

“Everything you'll love ”

• Cash car allowance – £5.7k or an electric vehicle.
• 25 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for yourself, to switch off and recharge.
• Private healthcare – either individual or family.
• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year
• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – We genuinely care at Asda. That's why we're creating a culture where our people can perform at their best, and feel their best. Because your physical health and mental wellbeing is just as important to us.
• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - We want our colleagues to thrive, and grow as our business does.
• We also support colleagues through professional qualifications such as CIPS
• Free city centre parking – You can also use it outside working hours

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Work Where it Works

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to chose where you’ll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including; -

• £5,700 company car or car allowance
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves