Procurement Manager (Transport and Logistics Fleet)

Sainsbury’s Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a skilled procurement professional to manage category plans and supplier relationships. This role requires strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills, guiding teams to achieve successful outcomes in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in procurement and a deep understanding of market trends. The position offers a variety of benefits including discounts, healthcare, and a pension scheme, and promotes an inclusive team culture that values development.

Benefits

Colleague discount

Performance-related bonus

Health cash plans

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experienced Procurement professional with a track record in category plans and commercial contract management.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage supplier relationships.
• Strong understanding of external supply markets and contract law.

Responsibilities

• Execute category plans and lead business change.
• Manage relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders.
• Contribute to procurement strategies ensuring compliance with policies.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Risk management

Job description

What you'll do

Our Logistics network sits at the heart of Sainsbury's, enabling our growth, ensuring an incredible service for our customers, and is one of the largest networks in the UK. Using your strong commercial acumen, you will independently execute the category plans, leading cross-functional teams to implement business change and confidently engage in difficult conversations and negotiations with key suppliers and senior stakeholders to drive our transformation programme across our Logistics network. As a critical business partner, you will challenge and support senior stakeholders as needed, while effectively managing supplier risk and performance. Building and managing productive relationships with key suppliers (some of the largest and most critical within our GNFR Procurement team), you will identify opportunities and ideas, and lead contracting and commercial contract management within strategic partners in your category. Additionally, you will contribute to the overall success of the department, act as a positive role model for the team, and ensure category plans adhere to procurement and supplier management policies.

About you

You are a highly experienced and strategic procurement professional with a strong track record in creating and executing end-to-end category plans, and leading on business transformation projects, within a dynamic and fast paced environment. With your deep understanding of external supply markets and emerging trends, you bring valuable insight and solutions to drive business success, maximised through robust commercial contract management. Your ability to lead cross-functional teams, engage in difficult conversations and negotiations, and build productive relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders sets you apart. Your strong commercial acumen, critical thinking skills, and resilience enable you to balance the needs of the business, customers, and colleagues while effectively managing risks and optimising outcomes. As a trusted source of insight and solutions, you play a critical role in shaping the commercial and sourcing strategy, delivering value for money, and ensuring outstanding solutions for Sainsbury's and its customers.

Transport procurement experience is not mandatory if you can demonstrate the ability to learn new categories quickly and can provide an overview of how you would get yourself up to speed in the world of Sainsbury's Supply Chain and Logistics.

Essential Criteria

• An experienced Procurement / Commercial professional, with experience of creating and executing end-to-end category plans and leading robust commercial contract management in a fast-paced industry.
• Experience with Total Cost of Ownership commercial strategies, optimising value throughout the life of an asset.
• Proven track record of extracting value from multi‑year service contracts and supplier performance management.
• Experience of stakeholder & change management, confident in communicating effectively to C‑Suite.
• Experience of complex negotiations with third parties, with an understanding of contract law.

Commitment and inclusivity

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whatever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new – whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business – and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we also offer an amazing range of benefits.

Benefits

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) and access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.