Lead Procurement Manager - Corporate Services
| Posting date: | 08 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/14036628/959504 |
Summary
About the role
As head of the Corporate Services Procurement team, you will oversee procurement activities related to Training & Capability, Insurable Risk, Travel, Consultancy & Professional Services, Global Mobility, Benefits & Reward, and Health & Wellness. Your remit covers procurement across Tesco Group UK and Central Europe, as well as opportunities for synergy with Group Affiliates.
This position offers a valuable opportunity to join the Global Procurement Team and provide leadership for the Corporate Services division. In collaboration with senior business leaders, you will play a pivotal role in strategically aligning contracts with future initiatives, maintaining Tesco’s leadership in delivering innovative products and services to both customers and colleagues.
The successful candidate will deliver key performance metrics and industry insights to stakeholders, supporting operational excellence, change initiatives, and innovation. You will facilitate commercial negotiations and manage legal agreements, providing robust support to stakeholders when engaging new or existing suppliers, and maintain effective supplier relationships and performance management.
Procurement team members appreciate being responsible for their category and collaborating with senior stakeholders. They also value working closely with Technology as an extension of that team.
You will be responsible for
- Provide leadership and support to the corporate services team in procuring colleague training, subscriptions, memberships, charitable donations, and event suppliers.
- Negotiate contracts for the supply of these services with a focus on value and efficiency whilst balancing and managing risk (Inflation, Cyber Security, Supply Chain, Data Privacy) in an ever evolving market
- Collaborate with senior corporate stakeholders across Tesco and its subsidiaries to offer contractual guidance, sourcing strategies, project delivery support, and robust supplier relationship management.
- Manage and lead the end-to-end procurement process for both Opex and Capex projects.
- Work alongside functional teams and technology specialists to define go-to-market strategies for new contracts, identify optimal commercial models, and facilitate RFP/RFQ activities.
- Demonstrate strong awareness of key corporate supply markets with comprehensive procurement expertise across various categories.
- Possess contract sourcing and category management experience.
- Build productive working relationships with partners through influence and constructive challenge to support, endorse, and implement sub-category plans aligned with overall procurement strategies, achieving business savings and fostering innovation.
- Develop and deliver sub-category plans that align with broader category objectives by collaborating innovatively with cross-functional teams.
- Proactively minimise revenue and capital costs through effective utilisation of tools, streamlined processes, and best practice application.x
- Drive competitive advantage by executing rigorous end-to-end tenders, negotiations, and eAuctions, making informed decisions based on total cost of ownership analysis.
- Promote performance, best value, and ongoing innovation from key suppliers through structured supplier relationship management, including thorough contract oversight from award to implementation and continuous performance evaluation.
- Support the organisation in achieving compliance with legal, ethical, and safety procurement policies, demonstrating integrity and sound judgement at all times.
You will need
- CIPS qualified at level 4 (diploma) preferred but not compulsory.
- 8 Years+ strong procurement experience.
- Previous Procurement management of Corporate Services Categories.
- Strong negotiation skills and experience running sourcing events.
- Adaptable in a constantly evolving environment; resilience & willingness to challenge.
- Able to collaborate well and build solid working relationships with peers and senior leadership across different teams.
- Ability to demonstrate strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills to all levels of seniority and rigors within the organisation.
- Category Planning skills, capability to build and complete strategies.
- Capability to lead sophisticated large-scale projects, driving innovation and procedure through others.
- Excellent attention to detail and using data to drive business decisions at a senior level.
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What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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