Procurement Manager - Cyber Technology

Tesco UK; Digswell; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Tesco UK is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead technology category strategies within the Corporate Services function. You will own major sourcing activities, design supplier frameworks, and partner with senior technology stakeholders to deliver value and governance.

You will manage a team of procurement managers onshore and offshore, drive cost savings, and balance risk with responsible procurement practices, including cybersecurity and ethics in sourcing.

Qualifications

• Extensive technology procurement experience.
• Experience delivering category strategies and major sourcing activities.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills.
• Experience with supplier performance frameworks and ESG alignment.
• Ability to lead negotiations and complex procurement programs.
• Familiarity with eSourcing, CLM, and analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead category strategy development across Software, Infrastructure, Cyber, Retail Tech, Telecoms, or Data/AI.
• Act as primary commercial partner to senior technology stakeholders.
• Manage a team of procurement managers onshore & offshore.
• Deliver cost optimisations and total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements.
• Drive supplier relationships, performance reviews, and contractual escalations.
• Ensure cybersecurity, privacy, and ethical sourcing requirements are met.

Skills

Tech procurement

Stakeholder management

Category management

Negotiation

Project management

Data analytics

ESG alignment

Tools

eSourcing

CLM

Analytics tools

Job description

We are on the lookout for a Procurement Manager to join our Technology team within our Corporate Services function here at Tesco in the Cyber space. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will lead complex, high value categories and are responsible for designing and delivering category strategies, major sourcing activities, and supplier performance frameworks.

You will act as the primary commercial partner to senior technology stakeholders. You will be responsible for managing a team of procurement managers onshore & off-shore. You will focus on achieving value for money and improving efficiency throughout the procurement lifecycle. Working closely with colleagues, you will help shape a robust procurement strategy that balances business needs with safety, legal compliance, technology advancements, & total cost of ownership.

This offers full ownership, fast paced delivery, senior leader visibility, & the opportunity to influence major technology decisions.

Cyber Security & Engineering – Security platforms, SIEM, DevOps, and API/Integration tooling

Category & Supplier Strategies:

• Lead category strategy development across Software, Infrastructure, Cyber, Retail Tech, Telecoms, or Data/AI & being able to translate category strategies into executable sourcing pipelines, supplier strategies, and commercial frameworks.
• Have experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams.
• Support annual planning, budgeting, and forecasting for their category domain.
• Leading executive‑level reviews, performance forums and contractual escalations.

Commercial Excellence & Cost Optimisation:

• Deliver strategic sourcing events, commercial modelling, market assessments, and competitive negotiations.
• Lead full procurement process driving large scale negotiations, enterprise wide cost optimisation initiatives, and strategic supplier engagements. Including contracting.
• Leveraging data, benchmarking, total cost of ownership (TCO) modelling, usage/consumption analytics, and contract optimisation tools.
• Tracking and reporting savings, cost avoidance, efficiency gains, and commercial risk reductions across the portfolio.

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM):

• Owning strategic supplier relationships to drive performance, innovation, continuous improvement, and alignment to our ESG and digital strategies.
• Leading executive level reviews, performance forums and contractual escalations.
• Collaborate with Legal, Security and Compliance teams to ensure suppliers meet required standards, including cybersecurity, privacy, responsible AI, and ethical sourcing.

• Extensive amount of Technology procurement experience, including complex negotiation delivery and stakeholder management.
• Sourcing process excellence, negotiation, commercial analysis, supplier performance routines, tool proficiency (eSourcing, CLM, analytics).
• Have a proven record of accomplishment in delivering strategic technology sourcing projects.
• Have experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams.
• Strong Project, Stakeholder & Programme management skills.
• Good reporting skills for projects, saving forecasting and governance reporting.
• Experience in category management and strategy development, including building multi-year technology category plans.
• Understanding of responsible procurement practices, sustainability frameworks, and ethical technology sourcing.

We might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.