Procurement Category Manager Marketing and Corporate Services

As part of the Marketing & Corporate Services Procurement Team you will work across a diverse portfolio of spend categories partnering with stakeholders throughout the business to drive commercial value manage risk and support strategic objectives.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience in a fast-paced dynamic organisation where you can build on your procurement expertise across a broad range of marketing and corporate services categories. You will develop a deep understanding of how a global online retailer operates and work closely with senior stakeholders across the business.

• Developing and executing category strategies across Marketing and Corporate Services leveraging market knowledge supplier insight and business understanding to optimise spend value and outcomes.
• Autonomously managing a varied pipeline of strategic complex and high-value procurement projects across multiple categories.
• Prioritising and delivering procurement activity across numerous concurrent projects maintaining a clear view of business priorities and adapting support accordingly.
• Building and leading stakeholder relationships across the business up to and including Executive and C-suite level providing commercial leadership and trusted procurement expertise.
• Acting as a subject matter expert across Marketing and Corporate Services procurement offering insight into market trends supplier capabilities and commercial opportunities.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with key suppliers and strategic partners to drive innovation value creation and continuous improvement.
• Identifying and delivering a pipeline of savings cost avoidance and value-generation opportunities while reporting on achievements and business impact.
• Proactively identifying and implementing pragmatic sourcing strategies aligned to business needs risk profile complexity and stakeholder capacity.
• Managing supplier and commercial risk identifying areas of exposure and implementing appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Supporting supplier performance management activities to ensure contractual obligations service levels and business objectives are achieved.
• Supporting our culture by championing Diversity Equity & Inclusion strategies.

We believe being together in person helps us move faster connect more deeply and achieve more as a team. Thats why our approach to working together includes spending at least 3 days a week in the office. Its a rhythm that speeds up decision-making helps ASOSers learn from each other more quickly and builds the kind of culture where people can grow create and succeed.

Qualifications :

About You

• Experience working within a fast-paced procurement environment with multiple competing priorities demonstrating the ability to autonomously manage prioritise and deliver a high-volume workload.
• Strong category management experience across a broad range of Marketing and Corporate Services categories including agency media creative professional services people services facilities and business support functions.
• Ability to apply the appropriate level of procurement rigour and resource based on project complexity value risk and stakeholder requirements while maintaining business engagement and support.
• Proven track record of developing and executing category strategies that deliver commercial value operational efficiencies innovation and risk mitigation across multiple spend areas.
• Demonstrable experience leading complex sourcing events negotiations and high-value procurement projects from strategy through to contract execution within challenging timelines.
• Strong understanding of procurement systems governance policies and processes with a proactive approach to identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities.
• Ability to adapt quickly and reprioritise effectively within a dynamic and rapidly changing business environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple complex issues simultaneously while collaborating effectively with stakeholders and suppliers.
• A pragmatic down-to-earth approach with the ability to bring stakeholders on a journey and drive positive change through influence rather than authority.
• Excellent communication relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build credibility and trust at all levels of the organisation.
• Strong supplier management and negotiation capabilities with experience developing partnerships that deliver measurable business value.
• Excellent analytical commercial administrative and presentation skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Confidence and self-motivation to work independently while ensuring key stakeholders and leadership teams remain appropriately informed and engaged.
• A passion for continuous learning curiosity about market trends and innovation and the confidence to challenge existing approaches to improve business outcomes.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Department / Functional Area: Procurement
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1