Procurement Strategy & Delivery Manager

Tesco PLC; Digswell; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 20% of base salary

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Maternity & Adoption leave

Job summary

Tesco PLC is seeking a Procurement Strategy & Delivery Manager to drive strategic procurement initiatives and transformation across the function. You will work closely with category teams and the leadership group to deliver measurable savings, governance, and capability improvements.

The role involves managing governance, producing executive-ready reports, and coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of priorities and value creation for Tesco PLC.

Qualifications

• Experience leading procurement transformation programmes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights and executive-ready reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of strategic procurement initiatives with on-time, within-scope outcomes.
• Collaborate with category teams to support savings delivery and strategy execution.
• Drive adoption of procurement tech and digital tools across functions.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Executive reporting

Tools

Procurement systems

Analytics tools

Job description

Reporting to the Lead Procurement Strategy & Transformation Manager, the Procurement Strategy & Delivery Manager plays a key role in delivering the Sourcing & Procurement strategy through effective project delivery, governance, stakeholder engagement and business transformation. Working closely with Procurement category teams, the Procurement Leadership Team and cross-functional partners, you will lead and support strategic initiatives that improve performance, capability and business value. This could include driving our savings/value delivery programme, supporting category strategy development, implementing procurement technology solutions, and delivering process and capability improvements across the function. You will be responsible for

• Lead the delivery of strategic procurement initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and with measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with Procurement category teams to support key priorities, including savings delivery, benefit realisation and category strategy execution.
• Drive the implementation, optimisation and adoption of procurement technology and digital solutions, such as sourcing, contract management, projects and analytics tools.
• Establish and maintain governance, reporting and performance tracking to provide clear visibility of progress, risks and outcomes.
• Produce high-quality insights, reporting and presentations to present recommendations and updates to both the Procurement Leadership team and senior business stakeholders for key priorities, such as driving the delivery and tracking of Procurement savings and benefit realisation, against our targets.
• Facilitate workshops, project meetings and stakeholder forums to align plans, manage dependencies and drive delivery. Coordinating activity across Procurement, Technology, Finance, Legal, Capability and other business functions to ensure successful delivery of strategic priorities and transformation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes, ways of working and colleague capability. Including delivery of training programmes and skills frameworks. Supporting change management, communications, training and engagement activities to maximise adoption and business value.
  Strong project management, governance and stakeholder management skills, within transformation programmes and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience of working with senior leaders to deliver business change, including communication and training plans.
• Ability to analyse data, track benefits and translate insights into clear recommendations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience producing executive-level reporting.
• Understanding of procurement, sourcing, supplier management or commercial processes.
• Experience supporting technology-enabled transformation, including procurement systems and digital tools.
• Organised, proactive and delivery-focused, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive outcomes.
  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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, plus 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave