Category Manager - Retail Negotiations

Global Procurement Manager – Retail Negotiations

Dublin and hybrid

A great opportunity to join a dynamic, dedicated team managing a retail procurement spend of $11 Billion dollars across North America and Europe

Your role will involve -

• Negotiating & sourcing for, large scale, complex national retail contracts for circa. $100 m+ in aggregate annual purchasing.
• Delivering procurement synergies for the company network, by standardising efforts, finding unleveraged opportunities of scale, consolidating vendor partners & distribution points, challenging current business models, & promoting business unit marketing refinements.
• Providing strategic & tactical category guidance on key categories, based on national trends, internal & external best practice, & company performance objectives.
• Establishing cross functional teams to diagnose, quantify & address regional & national level opportunities & alternative revenue sources.
• Uniting autonomous business units around common value enhancing principles, new programs & offerings, & relevant macro level opportunities.
• Establishing & maintaining an effective, efficient, communication process to & with VPs, Heads of Department & Directors.
• Leading the effort to scale successful regional programs to multi region or national status.
• Supporting the establishment of national benchmarks, performance markers & objectives.
• Being willing to work hard in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, team-oriented environment.
• Reprioritizing quickly & efficiently to rapidly changing needs & situations.
• Demonstrating great organisational skills.

Your Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Marketing, Economics, Int’l Business, MBA but combinations of related experience & education will also be considered.
• Min 5 years negotiation & contract management in related marketing &/or merchandising - within a (B2C) retail environment.
• Multi-unit leadership experience in convenience store merchandising, operations, related retail with management experience ideally.
• Comprehensive knowledge of key financial principles (internal) & macroeconomic (external) & cost drivers (ex: commodities indices).
• Advanced understanding of core marketing principles, including brand development/management, merchandising, pricing theory, & promotional strategies.
• Experience with market data analysis, interpretation, & research using tools like Power BI. Advanced Ariba, MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, & Word preferred.
• Exceptional oral & written communication skills, with the ability to tailor the message & deliver to a wide range of internal stakeholders.

• Rewards: a comprehensive benefits package is available

• To hear more - please Contact: Nicola Reid at Sanderson