Lead Procurement Manager - Distribution and Fulfilment

This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead Procurement Manager overseeing the largest logistics and distribution in the UK! In this role, you will manage a team of two direct reports within the Fleet category, working closely with internal colleagues and external partners to meet Tesco Group requirements covering Tesco, Booker Retail and Cash & Carry, One Stop and Best Food Logistics. You and your team will drive value for money and efficiencies throughout the procurement life cycle, while partnering with colleagues to ensure Tesco maintains a robust sourcing strategy balancing the needs of the business, health and safety requirements, legal compliance, advancing technology, and environmental challenges.

As Lead Procurement Manager, you’ll not only lead, develop, and support your team but also take an active role in the day-to-day operations. Alongside shaping sub-category plans and inspiring innovative thinking, you’ll personally manage critical sourcing events, supplier negotiations, and contract processes, ensuring best value and compliance through your direct involvement.

You will be responsible for:

Leading, developing, creating and delivering sub-category plans aligned to Category Plans, encouraging innovative thinking and adoption of emerging industry technologies, and helping Tesco achieve its environmental targets in collaboration with various cross-functional colleagues.
Delivering high savings targets through robust sourcing events, ensuring that suppliers meet all operational requirements and provide the best value for Tesco, in alignment with category plans covering both Capex and Opex spend.
Guiding your team in the delivery of cost savings plans that contribute to Save to Invest targets, consistently tracking and reporting on savings with forecast accuracy, and ensuring adherence to agreed processes.
Managing the creation of RFP/RFI’s/e-auction through to conclusion, with a focus on maintaining open and fair competition throughout the process.
Fostering strong working relationships internally and supporting your team in developing new and existing supplier relationships to create greater value across the organization.
Reviewing existing and potential new suppliers, assessing their suitability to supply Tesco Group, minimizing risk, optimizing service, and ensuring strong supplier relationship management (SRM).
Overseeing contract creation, review, and negotiation, and acting as the point of contact for contract-related matters.
Providing opportunities for individual development within your team by exposing them to fast-paced transformational projects.

You will need:

Strong commercial competence and negotiation skills.
Great interpersonal skills and experience of cross-functional working and stakeholder engagement.
Experience of working in a large-scale organization, running sourcing events and multiple projects simultaneously.
Consistent track record of delivering change through influencing and challenging the norm, as well as bringing new concepts, innovation and ideas to life.
Continual improvement mindset.
Ability to influence senior colleagues.
Supplier relationship and workload management skills.
High level of interest in vehicle technologies, motor industry and environmental initiatives, keeping up to date with market innovations.
Established procurement/buying experience preferably within distribution/fleet.

What's in it for you:

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Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
Private medical insurance
26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

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