Why Superdrug?
Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.
Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.
Here's the exciting bit…a day includes
Role Purpose:
Working with the Own Brand Procurement Buyer and the Commercial team as a Procurement Partner to support, monitor and control new and existing projects and purchases of Own Brand products from suppliers.
A typical day in this role includes:
Ensuring the tender process is followed diligently and, in a manner, aligned to policy from project conception/purchase requirement through quotations/tenders to contracts, contract monitoring and re-tender
Ensuring there is clear documentation and evidence of each step in the process of contracting with suppliers
Recording and sharing information to ensure an accurate UK contract database and feed into the visibility of upcoming contract expiry dates, break options and potential savings opportunities
Supporting the Own Brand Commercial team in setting up and running tenders and quotation processes and supplier management
Supporting with and managing the running of tenders from initial requirement, market analysis, tender/contract management, implementation, post analysis/lessons learnt while working with subject matter experts from the Own Brand buying teams
Adopting appropriate negotiation strategies to attain the best terms for the business
Developing and maintaining effective internal and external relationships to meet the business needs
Supporting the Own Brand Procurement Buyer as required
Take responsibility for own personal and professional development
This job is a good fit for you if:
You enjoy a fast paced, everchanging environment
You are great at building trusting relationships with your stakeholders & leading a team
You have an analytical mindset for translating data
You are good at prioritizing, delegating tasks and managing deadlines
What you’ll need:
Generalist procurement experience
Exposure to running tenders and category management
A CIPs qualification or equivalent or experience of working as a Junior Buyer would be an advantage
You will have strong negotiator skills to be able to secure the best outcomes for Superdrug
You need to be confident in making decisions that impact our own brand procurement
Here's what's in it for you
33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
Company pension matching and bonus
We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15, stores in 25 markets!
Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support