Senior Buyer (Marketing)

THG; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

THG is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead strategic sourcing in Marketing and Technology. The role requires proven indirect procurement experience, where you will identify savings opportunities, negotiate high-value contracts, and manage key suppliers. The successful candidate will collaborate with senior stakeholders to achieve best-in-class deals while ensuring compliance with group procurement strategies. Join THG to make a significant impact on the business's spend management and overall profitability, with opportunities for career development and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Access bespoke development programmes

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands

Access to on-site barber

Wellbeing support and gym access

Responsibilities

• Identify savings opportunities, to create and maintain a Procurement pipeline
• Work collaboratively with senior business stakeholders to execute complex and high-value procurement initiatives involving multiple stakeholders
• Manage key suppliers to ensure that value is delivered throughout the contract cycle
• Negotiate high-value contracts, ensuring that favourable commercial terms are secured
• Collaborate with Legal and InfoSec to negotiate robust contract clauses
• Keep up to date with market trends and identify innovative new technologies that can deliver business performance improvements

Skills

Indirect procurement experience

Strong negotiation skills

Data analysis capabilities (including advanced Excel)

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration with senior stakeholders

Job description

About THG

We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.

Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

From Manchester to New York, we're powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.

With us, you'll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?

Location: Icon 1, WA15 0AF

About Central Functions

Central Functions is formed of the teams and people that serve the entire business. These people are integral to the smooth running of the business; ensuring everyone is paid on time, that materials are sourced and arrive promptly, that we meet our legal obligations and that our health, safety, and security is safeguarded.

About the Procurement team and the Role

The Indirect Procurement team support departments in delivering innovative, externally supported solutions and ensuring we make commercially astute decisions across our supply eco-system.

The Indirect Procurement team at THG play a pivotal role in ensuring commercial value is realised for all goods and services purchases that the business requires to function. As a Senior Buyer, you will already have gained significant experience across multiple Indirect spend categories, which you will use to lead key strategic sourcing exercises in Technology and Marketing, using your relationship-building and negotiation skills, creativity and your deep commercial acumen to deliver exceptional deals for THG. With over £300m of spend under management across these categories, you will have the opportunity to make a material impact on the Group's P&L.

To be successful in this role, you will be adept at manipulating financial data to uncover savings opportunities, whilst leveraging relationships with senior business stakeholders to translate these into sourcing strategies. You will use all negotiation levers at your disposal to achieve best-in-class deals on new spend, whilst managing key suppliers closely to ensure value is retained throughout the contract life cycle. Equally important will be your ability to govern internal compliance to group procurement strategy, using your experience to suggest and implement process improvements to enhance effective spend management.

As a Senior Buyer (Marketing) you will:

• Identify savings opportunities, to create and maintain a Procurement pipeline
• Work collaboratively with senior business stakeholders to execute complex and high-value procurement initiatives involving multiple stakeholders
• Manage key suppliers to ensure that value is delivered throughout the contract cycle
• Negotiate high-value contracts, ensuring that favourable commercial terms are secured
• Collaborate with Legal and InfoSec to negotiate robust contract clauses
• Keep up to date with market trends and identify innovative new technologies that can deliver business performance improvements

What skills and experience do I need for this role?

• Indirect procurement experience required (Marketing, Technology, and/or Professional Services category experience preferred)
• Ability to independently identify and execute complex savings opportunities
• Strong problem-solving skills and proactive mindset
• High level of commercial awareness and excellent negotiation skills
• Collaborative approach to working with senior business stakeholders
• Strong data analysis capabilities, including advanced Excel
• Robust understanding of Procurement process and best-practice

What's in it for me?

Career Development

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Don't want to work on your birthday? We don't either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
• Access our in-house CBT therapist.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• State-of-the-art on-site gym.
• Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• On-site staff shop.
• Access to on-site barber.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.