Procurement Manager - Distribution and Fulfilment
| Posting date: | 05 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 March 2026 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/16617688/979670 |
Summary
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Manager within the largest logistics and distribution network in the UK! Working within the Distribution & Fulfilment category, you will collaborate closely with internal colleagues and external partners to meet Tesco Group logistics requirements across Tesco, Booker Retail and Cash & Carry, One Stop, Best Food Logistics, and Venus Wines.
This role delivers value for money and drives efficiency throughout the procurement life cycle. You will partner with colleagues to ensure Tesco has a robust procurement strategy; one that balances the needs of the business with health and safety requirements, legal compliance, advancing technology, total cost of ownership and environmental challenges.
You will be responsible for
- Develop and deliver sub‑category plans aligned to Category Plans by being innovative and leveraging emerging industry technologies and Tesco environmental targets, in collaboration with various cross‑functional colleagues.
- Deliver high savings targets through the implementation of robust sourcing events, ensuring that suppliers meet all operational requirements whilst providing the best value for Tesco, aligned back to Category Plans covering both Capex and Opex spend.
- Deliver cost savings plans contributing to Save to Invest targets, consistently tracking and reporting on savings with forecast accuracy, working to the agreed processes.
- Create RFP/RFI’s/e‑auctions through to conclusion, ensuring open and fair competition throughout the process.
- Build strong internal relationships and develop new and existing supplier relationships to influence and ensure continued suitability, creating greater value across the organisation.
- Review existing and potential new suppliers and assess their suitability to supply Tesco Group, minimising risk and optimising service, with strong SRM through leading/participating in supplier reviews.
- Contract creation, review, and negotiation.
- Opportunity for individual development in procurement with exposure to fast‑paced transformational projects.
You will need
- Strong commercial competence and negotiation skills.
- Great interpersonal skills and experience of cross‑functional working and stakeholder engagement.
- Experience of working in a large‑scale organisation, running large multi‑million‑pound sourcing events and multiple projects simultaneously.
- A consistent track record of delivering change through influencing and challenging the norm, as well as bringing new concepts, innovation, and ideas to life.
- A continual‑improvement mindset.
- Supplier relationship and workload‑management skills.
- Vast procurement/buying experience, preferably within distribution, logistics, transportation or commercial fleet.
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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