Buyer (Indirect Procurement)

About THG Ingenuity

THG Ingenuity is a fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, designed to power brands without limits. Our global end-to-end tech platform is comprised of three products: THG Commerce, THG Studios, THG Fulfilment. 

Each represents a single, unified solution, overcoming challenges and taking brands direct-to-consumer. Our client portfolio includes globally recognised brands such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Elemis, Homebase, and Proctor & Gamble.

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.

The Indirect Procurement team at THG Ingenuity play a pivotal role in ensuring commercial value is realised for all goods and services purchases that the business requires to function. As a Buyer, you will already have gained significant experience across multiple Indirect spend categories, which you will use to lead key strategic sourcing exercises in Technology and Marketing, using your relationship-building and negotiation skills, creativity and your deep commercial acumen to deliver exceptional deals for THG Ingenuity. With over £300m of spend under management across these categories, you will have the opportunity to make a material impact on the Group’s P&L.

To be successful in this role, you will be adept at manipulating financial data to uncover savings opportunities, whilst leveraging relationships with senior business stakeholders to translate these into sourcing strategies. You will use all negotiation levers at your disposal to achieve best-in-class deals on new spend, whilst managing key suppliers closely to ensure value is retained throughout the contract life cycle. Equally important will be your ability to govern internal compliance to group procurement strategy, using your experience to suggest and implement process improvements to enhance effective spend management.

Responsibilities:

• Identify savings opportunities, to create and maintain a Procurement pipeline
• Work collaboratively with senior business stakeholders to execute complex and high-value procurement initiatives involving multiple stakeholders
• Manage key suppliers to ensure that value is delivered throughout the contract cycle
• Negotiate high-value contracts, ensuring that favourable commercial terms are secured
• Collaborate with Legal and InfoSec to negotiate robust contract clauses
• Keep up to date with market trends and identify innovative new technologies that can deliver business performance improvements

Requirements:

• Indirect procurement experience required (Technology, Marketing and/or Professional Services category experience preferred)
• Ability to independently identify and execute complex savings opportunities
• Strong problem-solving skills and proactive mindset
• High level of commercial awareness and excellent negotiation skills
• Collaborative approach to working with senior business stakeholders
• Strong data analysis capabilities, including advanced Excel
• Robust understanding of Procurement process and best-practice

Benefits:

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.

THG Ingenuity is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG Ingenuity is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG Ingenuity please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.