Category Manager - Logistics Procurement

Boots; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a Category Manager - Logistics Procurement to develop strategies for Logistics categories, ensuring value and compliance. This role involves managing a significant procurement spend, guiding procurement change efforts, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will have strong negotiation skills and experience in logistics or procurement.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Ability to develop strategies for Logistics categories.
• Demonstrates a balance between value and service.
• Able to negotiate contractual terms effectively.
• Shapes and leads procurement programmes.
• Navigates business areas to form strategies.
• Communicates effectively with diverse partners.
• Accountable for achieving results.
• Identifies risks with mitigation plans.
• Leads category management processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee category strategies for Logistics.
• Guide procurement led change across Boots.
• Project manage work-streams in Category Strategy.
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Data Protection.
• Undertake negotiations and contracting.
• Report on savings and procurement measurements.
• Manage supplier relationships for mutual benefits.

Skills

Strategy Development

Commercial Experience

Negotiation

Contracting

Project Management

Stakeholder Savvy

Communication Skills

Delivers Results

Risk Management

Category Management

Education

MCIPs qualified or working towards

Job description

Job Description

Category Manager - Logistics Procurement

Contract: 12 months FTC

Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Vyoma Gandhi

About the role

Procurement Category Manager, reporting into the Category Director for Logistics Procurement, based in Nottingham, taking ownership of categories across the Logistics and Supply Chain portfolio such as transport and distribution and storage and warehousing services. Partnering internally across Boots, Opticians and No7 Beauty Company to guide value, innovation and compliance.

As a Category Manager in the Logistics Procurement team, you will report into the Category Director for Logistics responsible for ~£250m spend, working in collaboration with three other Logistics Category Managers, supported by a cross-function team of shared Procurement Associates and the Category Directors (Marketing, Property, Logistics, Professional Services and Technology).

Key responsibilities

• Category strategy
  • Develop and oversee responsibility for category strategies for an assigned portfolio
  • Work with team members up to and including CxO / Executives to develop strategies, testing requirements, through external insights, spend analysis and always challenging the balance between value and service
• Procurement led change and sourcing
  • Guide procurement led change and sourcing activities across Boots, Opticians and No7 Beauty Company
  • Project manage work-streams/programmes in the Category Strategy to ensure delivery of goals within the prescribed governance
  • Collaborate with multiple areas of the business, such as; Finance Business Partners, Legal, InfoSec and Data Protection
  • Provide professional procurement expertise to multiple team members
  • Undertake negotiations, selection and contracting to support the business and deliver goals
  • Report on savings, ROI and other procurement measurements
• Supplier and Risk Management
  • Help manage important supplier relationships
  • Develop strategic relationships ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes

What you'll need to have

• Strategy Development - understands the dynamics of the key Logistics categories (distribution, storage, warehousing, automation, couriers) and can develop strategies that maximise the return for the business
• Commercial Experience - uses knowledge to deliver the right balance between value and service, demonstrating commercial creativity
• Negotiation - explores positions and alternatives to reach outcomes that gain acceptance of all parties and maximises return
• Contracting - uses expertise in commercial contracts to negotiate contractual terms for local and regional arrangements
• Project Management - ability to shape and lead programmes
• Stakeholder Savvy - Navigate multiple areas of the business to form a reasonable strategy, plans and actions
• Communication Skills - articulates direction and plans, commercial results and issues to a broad range of partners
• Delivers Results - Takes accountability for achieving our results
• Risk Management - identifies risks and mitigation plans acting always within the risk appetite of the business
• Category Management - leads the category management process through all stages of its life cycle

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don't match this additional criteria.

• Experience tendering major distribution/ logistics contracts. Familiar with warehouse operations from storage through to cross dock services.
• MCIPs qualified or working towards.

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

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