Sourcing Manager

at  JD Sports

OUR SOURCING MANAGER ROLE WILL SUPPORT OUR GROUP HEAD OF STRATEGIC SOURCING AND THE WIDER TEAM WITH COMMERCIAL SUPPORT INCLUDING RISK MANAGEMENT, SUPPLIER IDENTIFICATION, PLANNING AND RE-TENDERS ACROSS MULTIPLE DIVISIONS ENSURING COMMERCIAL CLAUSES ARE NEGOTIATED WITHIN AGREEMENTS.

• Job Title – Sourcing Manager
• Location – Bury Head Office (BL9 8RR)
• Working rota – Mon-Fri
• Working hours – Fulltime

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

As a Sourcing Manager, you’ll be doing the following:

• Close engagement with colleagues on matters including revenue budgets, embedding savings, and supporting business cases for new projects and/or investments.
• Transparent and detailed presentation of proposed contract awards, sourcing changes and recommendations.
• Utilising Group Finance platforms and templates for Purchase Orders, tenders and eAuctions to ensure financial and operational transparency.
• Regular engagement with the Group Legal team to minimise risk and maximise commercial leverage via agreements with clearly defined service levels, KPIs and appropriate remedies for non-performance.
• Engage acquisition business contacts to ensure rapid-delivery of financial benefits arising from wider JD-Group commercial leverage.
• Work with the Group Sustainability team to ensure sourcing approach to contribute to Group ESG goals such as: i) Climate Change, ii) Sustainable Sourcing and iii) Recycling and the Circular Economy.
• Act as a trusted adviser and subject matter expert leading procurement projects across all types of services.
• Partner with the relevant teams to formulate complex service requirements and scope, identify vendors, manage the end-to-end RFP process, provide a supplier evaluation framework, and make recommendations on vendor selection.