Procurement Business Partner

23 hours ago


Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom Morrisons Full time
Job Description: Procurement Business Partner

We are seeking a skilled Procurement Business Partner to join our dynamic team. As a Procurement Business Partner, you will be responsible for managing all marketing requirements for Morrisons.

Your primary focus will be on procuring media, retail media, insight & data, creative, martech, print & production, and PR. Sub-categories include Media, Retail Media, Insight & Data, Creative, Martech, Print & Production, PR.

This role will require you to lead end-to-end initiatives, designing strategic and robust solutions to drive commercial benefit, sustainably. You will also be responsible for building and maintaining a close, trusted business partnership with the marketing function.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead end-to-end initiatives, designing strategic and robust solutions to drive commercial benefit, sustainably.
  • Build and maintain a close, trusted business partnership with the marketing function.
  • Line management of category specialist, with further responsibility for best-in-class delivery by various consultancies and intermediaries operating within the category.
  • Ensure delivery of detailed, forward-looking 3-year category plans, which are co-created and agreed with stakeholders, aligned to the wider business objectives and regularly reviewed to respond to changing business needs and market opportunities.
  • Support stakeholders and our supplier managers with supplier relationship strategies, supporting strategic reviews and developing and maintaining joint supplier plans with stakeholders.
  • Work actively to manage non-contractual spend throughout the stakeholder base and ensure best practice through continued training and support.
  • Positively influence policy and drive continuous improvement across the category.

About You:

We're looking for someone who has:

  • A customer-first mindset.
  • Great leadership skills, with the ability to bring the best out of your team and the suppliers and agencies you are responsible for.
  • External insight and category expertise in marketing procurement.
  • Strong strategic procurement experience in implementing category management best practices and sourcing strategies.
  • Proven negotiation capabilities within high-spend and complex relationships.
  • The ability to drive positive and supportive relationships between teams, while maintaining healthy tension and challenging the status quo.
  • Strong experience in working with and drafting complex contracts, in collaboration with legal.
  • The ability to embrace a fast-paced and ambiguous retail environment, taking the initiative to drive results at pace.

About Our Team:

Our procurement department moves faster than most. They make sure we have what we need when we need it. Whether that's IT and tech equipment or energy, waste, and recycling services, through to PPE and hand sanitizer to keep our people safe, plus extra delivery vans that help us serve more customers than ever.

It's their job to build strong relationships with suppliers so they can source everything we need to keep our stores, depots, and manufacturing sites running. Which, in turn, helps keep prices low for our customers.

About Us:

Our modern head office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing, and finance to HR, trading, and supply chain.

Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you'll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents, and subsidized restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester, and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.

We host regular seasonal events, and you'll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We're also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

Our business is fast-paced and ever-changing, as such we've lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We'd love to meet you...

Benefits:

  • 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member (subject to fair usage).
  • Generous holiday entitlement.
  • 4 and a half day working week with flexible working hours.
  • Company pension contributions.
  • Perks with over 850 retailers.
  • Free parking onsite.
  • A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave.

Estimated Salary: £65,000 per annum.



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