Procurement Excellence Manager

Sainsbury’s Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Pensions & life cover

Bonus up to 20%

Private healthcare

Season ticket loans

Car loan

Cycle to work

Health cash plans

Salary advance

Retailer discounts

Employee assistance

Job summary

Sainsbury’s Group is seeking a senior procurement leader to design, implement and oversee end-to-end procurement processes and governance frameworks. You will lead large-scale projects, influence senior stakeholders and drive improvements using data, digital tools and AI technologies.

This hybrid role supports collaboration across Store Support Centres and remote working, with on-site days 1-2 per week. You will shape procurement strategy, translate requirements into actionable solutions, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and implementing end-to-end procurement processes.
• Delivery of large-scale procurement or business transformation projects.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and advising on procurement decisions.
• Practical experience using digital tools, data or technology to improve procurement operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end procurement process and governance frameworks across Procurement & Supplier Management.
• Lead large-scale, complex projects and drive change across procurement.
• Influence senior stakeholders and translate business requirements into practical solutions.
• Advance sustainability and third-party risk priorities while improving performance.

Skills

End-to-end procurement

Governance frameworks

Stakeholder influence

Digital tooling

Job description

• Proven experience designing, implementing and maintaining end-to-end procurement process and governance frameworks across a leading Procurement function and complex supply base.
• Demonstrable delivery of large-scale, complex procurement or business transformation projects, translating business requirements into practical solutions and measurable improvements.
• Experience of influencing senior stakeholders, challenging assumptions and advising on decisions that affect procurement and wider business priorities.
• Practical experience using digital tools, data or technology to improve procurement operations, compliance, quality or scalability.

This role can be based from any of our Store Support Centres in London, Coventry or Manchester, 1-2 days per week on average, with the rest of your time working from home.

Why join us

This is a specialist role at the heart of an award-winning Procurement team. Acting as the engine room for the function, Procurement Excellence brings strategy to life through people, process and technology. You'll have the opportunity to shape how Procurement operates, connect strategy with delivery and accelerate performance with digital and AI technologies.

What you'll do

You'll play a pivotal role alongside our Head of Procurement Strategy & Operations, developing and maintaining end-to-end process and governance frameworks across Procurement & Supplier Management. A central challenge will be landing change across Procurement, helping the team to understand 'why' and 'how' to put it into practice. You'll lead large-scale, complex projects; connect teams and senior stakeholders; advance sustainability and third-party risk priorities; and drive performance through supplier management. As a trusted strategic adviser, you'll challenge assumptions, influence decisions and translate business requirements into practical solutions that improve performance.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whoever 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.

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) as well 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.