Procurement Manager - Retail
| Posting date: | 09 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 January 2026 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/16617688/968368 |
Summary
About the role
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Retail Procurement Manager to join the Tesco procurement team. This role will require an extensive retail procurement category background with particular strengths and experience in the consumables, category planning, and stakeholder management.
This is an exciting time to join the Tesco Retail Procurement team as we have developed strong working relationships with the Retail Leadership Team and are conducting service reviews to create our next long-term strategy.
This role will be pivotal in delivering commercial excellence to support challenging business budgets, with the opportunity for individual development with exposure to fast-moving transformational projects.
You will be responsible for
- To develop, write and deliver procurement strategies for the services and products you are responsible for.
- Manage the opportunities and risk of your category.
- Manage and deliver great value contracts to support Tesco priorities.
- Manage supplier relationships by tracking supplier performance, leading supplier reviews, and acting as an escalation point for contract-related issues.
- Developing and ensure strong working relationships with the stakeholder base (internally at Tesco and external suppliers) to understand and influence requirements.
- Develop and implement projects through strategic sourcing, which truly support the Tesco transformation cost saving initiatives, delivering quality work in a timely manner.
- Drive continuous improvement across the existing supply base by challenging suppliers to deliver enhanced performance, innovation, and value.
- Be the go-to person for retail teams on the development of the consumables strategy.
- Review existing and potential new suppliers and assess their sustainability to supply Tesco, minimising risk, and optimising service.
You will need
- Strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills and strategic thinking.
- Great interpersonal skills and experience of cross functional working & stakeholder engagement.
- Proven track record of delivering change through influencing and challenging the norm.
- A character with drive and resilience.
- High standards of ethics and personal integrity and development of self and others.
- At least three years procurement / buying experience preferably in Retail.
What’s in it for you
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- 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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