Strategic Category Leader

1 month ago


Coventry, Coventry, United Kingdom Sainsbury's Full time

As a Buying Centre of Excellence Manager at Sainsbury's, you will play a pivotal role in driving structured supplier investment processes and cost-saving initiatives to achieve margin improvements across General Merchandise categories. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on business-critical projects and programmes that drive real value, while collaborating with various functions across General Merchandise.

Your strategic thinking and leadership skills will be essential as you lead negotiations, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and manage multiple projects to deliver impactful change at pace. Your ability to analyse data, build strong relationships, and prioritise effectively will be key in supporting the trading teams, incorporating corporate objectives, and driving continuous improvement within the organisation.

You are a competent buyer preferably from a branded background with high agility and stakeholder navigating skills and a strong project management style. You are a strategic and collaborative leader with a strong commercial acumen and experience in negotiating with both branded and own-branded suppliers. Your ability to build strong relationships and high-performing teams, coupled with your proficiency in data analysis and programme management, enables you to drive cost-saving initiatives, lead negotiations, and support the trading teams in delivering strategic goals.

This is a dynamic and challenging opportunity to make a significant impact on business-critical projects while working collaboratively in a high-performance team environment. The salary for this position is estimated to be around £70,000-£90,000 per annum, depending on location and experience.

We offer a range of benefits, including a colleague discount, pension scheme, life cover, performance-related bonus, private healthcare, annual holiday allowance, and access to discounts from hundreds of other retailers. We also provide flexible working options and opportunities for career development and progression.



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