Procurement Category Manager - Business Services

Location: Icon 1, WA15 0AF

About Central Functions

Central Functions is formed of the teams and people that serve the entire business. These people are integral to the smooth running of the business; ensuring everyone is paid on time, that materials are sourced and arrive promptly, that we meet our legal obligations and that our health, safety, and security is safeguarded.

About the Procurement team and the Role

The Indirect Procurement team support departments in delivering innovative, externally supported solutions and ensuring we make commercially astute decisions across our supply eco-system. This role sits within the business services category, who manage all procurement relating to our Supply Chain, Facilities, Legal, Finance, Consultancy and HR.

This role reports into the THG Procurement Director. Scope of the role covers full group.

This role is suited to someone with strong previous experience in buying across multiple sectors. The candidate does not need to have experience in all categories but should be comfortable in applying procurement skills across the range of sub-categories. The ideal candidate will be capable of working confidently with senior business leaders to ensure THG invest in the most suitable products and services.

As a Procurement Category Manager - Business Services you will:

• Negotiating contractual clauses ensuring risk is appropriately agreed
• Executing strategic sourcing, choosing the correct channels and vendors
• Identify opportunities to structurally improve cost and productivity through supplier management and solution selection
• Business partnership with across the group and liaise with functional leaders
• Ability to communicate contractual risk and opportunity to stakeholders

What skills and experience do I need for this role?

• Strong experience in procurement across multiple sectors
• Strong negotiation and relationship management skills
• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Experience in managing procurement processes and systems
• Experience running and managing complex tenders
• High level of commercial acumen
• Highly competent negotiator
• Data analysis
• Knowledge in key commercial clauses

What's in it for me?

Career Development

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
• Access our in-house CBT therapist.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• State-of-the-art on-site gym.
• Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• On-site staff shop.
• Access to on-site barber.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.