Procurement Officer

CIPS; United States; Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free nationwide gym membership for you

Hybrid working

Personal private healthcare

Life insurance x4

Company pension contribution

25 days annual leave plus 1 personal a

Option to purchase additional holiday

Learning & development resources

Disability Confident Committed

Job summary

PureGym Group is seeking a Procurement Officer to join the Sourcing sub-team in a hybrid role, split between home working and either the Leeds and/or London office. You will lead sourcing activities, support managers, and ensure contract compliance while building strategic supplier relationships across IT, Ops/FM, Property, Finance, HR and Marketing.

The role involves occasional international travel (within Europe) up to 4 times per year and a collaborative, fast-paced environment committed to

Qualifications

• 12 months in a procurement role with experience of supplier facing procurement activities (e.g. RFPs).

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing activities, including RFIs, RFPs and supplier negotiations.
• Support Procurement Managers on complex procurement activities.
• Support day-to-day procurement activities.
• Ensure contract compliance and manage renewals/extensions/terminations.
• Provide sound commercial advice on procurement governance and supplier management.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders across IT, Ops/FM, Property, Finance, HR and Marketing.
• Support development of Procurement teams strategy and plan.
• Help meet Procurement KPIs including savings and compliance.

Skills

Planning & Organization

Communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Teamwork

Data Analytics

Danish language

German language

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

AI tools

Job description

We are looking for a Procurement Officer to join the Procurement Team. This is a hybrid role, working in our Leeds/London office minimum 1 day a week. The Procurement Function consists of approximately 19 colleagues across the UK, US and Denmark. split across 3 sub-teams - Sourcing, Risk & Governance, and Special Projects. Whilst each team has their own specific responsibilities, the team work together in a highly collaborative environment to support the delivery of joint objectives. The Procurement Officer sits within the Sourcing sub-team, working along side 8 other Procurement Managers / Procurement Officers. The Procurement Officers role is to ensure PureGym spends its money effectively, efficiently and economically, achieving value for money whilst reducing risk via a sustainable supply chain. The Procurement Officer is responsible for sourcing goods and services, ensuring PureGyms supply chain operates compliantly, and supporting the wider team of Procurement Managers. Key responsibilities / activities include:

• Lead sourcing activities, including but not limited to RFIs, RFPs, benchmarking activities and direct supplier negotiations. This includes the end-to-end process management / facilitation, compromising of negotiation, contracting, governance, approvals and supplier mobilization.
• Provide support to Procurement Managers on complex, strategic procurement activities.
• Support the wider Procurement function with day-to-day activities.
• Ensure contract compliance, working with the Procurement Governance Manager to manage and facilitate contract renewals / extensions / terminations.
• Provide support and sound commercial advice to stakeholders on all procurement matters - including but not limited to procurement governance / process, supplier performance / management, supplier escalations.
• Develop strong and credible relationships with stakeholders across multiple functions including IT, Ops / FM, Property, Finance, HR and Marketing.
• Support the development of the Procurement teams strategy and plan.
• Actively contribute to ensure the team meet all Procurement KPIs - including financial savings / benefits, contract compliance, sourcing compliance etc.
• This is a hybrid role, with time being split across home working and either the Leeds and / or London office.
• There will be a requirement for occasional international travel (within Europe), up to 4 times per year. Proactive, driven and willing to take the lead on their own projects / initiatives.
• Adaptable and comfortable working at pace in a fast moving and dynamic environment.
• An effective team player, providing support to others within the team, and helping foster a safe, inclusive and fun work environment.
• Able to work under pressure, managing multiple projects and priorities in an organised manner.
• Comfortable engaging with and managing stakeholders.
• A custodian of our culture and values.

Qualifications & Skills

• 12 months in a procurement role with experience of supplier facing procurement activities (e.g. RFPs).

Key skills required include:

• Planning & Organization
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Stakeholder Management
• Teamwork
• Data Analytics
• Interest, or ideally experience, in health and fitness is preferred, but not essential
• Additional language skills, including Danish and German, would be advantageous but are not required.
• Highly proficient in the use of business tools, including but not limited to:
• Microsoft Office + AI tools (e.g. Claude, CoPilot).

The PureGym Group is a global gym business with a community of more than 700 gyms and over 2 million members. At PureGym, everything we do comes back to one simple idea: helping you feel good. We're proud of our people and have a strong focus on internal progression. Championing diversity, we are committed to providing an excellent employee experience and workplace culture. As such, we are a Disability Confident Committed employer, and offer interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria for a role, and opt-in to the scheme on their application form., PureGym is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our company mantra is 'Everybody Welcome' and we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive place to work. From a hiring standpoint, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our PureGym colleagues reflect the diversity of the nation as well as our millions of gym members we serve.

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1
• Hybrid working
• A truly flexible working culture
• Personal private healthcare, including digital GP
• Life insurance x4
• Company pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day
• Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days)
• Great learning & development resources
• Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave