Procurement Category Buyer

Asda Stores Ltd; Leeds; Hybride; GBP 42 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Discretionary bonus

Pension up to 7% matched 15%

Colleague discount in store and online

Wellbeing services access

Inclusion Networks

Parental leave policies

Résumé du poste

Asda Stores Ltd seeks a Procurement Category Buyer to own end-to-end sourcing within the procurement function at Asda House. The role includes shaping category strategy, driving cost transformation, and partnering with Technology and CIO teams to deliver value.

The position offers a hybrid working model with a minimum of three days in the Home Office and a comprehensive benefits package. Join a high-impact team transforming procurement and supporting Asda’s strategic priorities, including

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end procurement and category strategy
• Ability to influence stakeholders and deliver cost transformation
• Experience with technology-related procurement is a plus

Responsabilités

• Manage end-to-end sourcing activity and contribute to category strategy
• Influence and partner with category stakeholders to deliver cost transformation
• Lead on business technology investments and cost transformation programmes
• Develop long-term roadmaps and use data analytics to provide insight
• Support procurement transformation within the team and across Asda

Connaissances

End-to-end sourcing

Stakeholder engagement

Cost transformation

Data analytics

Technology procurement

Description du poste

Job Title Procurement Category Buyer 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 29 November 2026 Job Description

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 in Procurement, supporting Technology, 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.

Your Role You'll manage and support end-to-end sourcing activity along with inputting in to the category strategy. You'll also influence and partner category stakeholders to help deliver our cost transformation activity, and help ensure a best in class cost base. Strategic Projects - You'll have the opportunity to lead on business technology investments, executive priorities and cost transformation programmes; delivering some of our most impactful activity Programme - You'll help deliver our cost and cash programme, develop your expertise in a technology category, 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 Partnering - You'll manage and support commercial strategy to unlock value, partnering with Asda Technology and the CIO to deliver both near-term and long-term value.

Everything you'll love To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched 15%
• colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks - helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments. 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

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