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.

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