Job Description

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Supplier Manager – Technology & Digital
Responsible to: Snr Sourcing Manager – Tech & Digital – UK & Europe
Department: Procurement
Location: JD Sports Head Office, Bury, BL9 8RR

Responsibilities:
This is an exciting opportunity to support and deliver both the Group Procurement and the Business strategy. We are seeking an individual with a passion and enthusiasm for procurement, who can act as a commercial lead for procurement and contract activities. The successful candidate will ensure that all negotiation and contracting work aligns with Group and sector best practices while driving value, mitigating risk, and enabling sustainable business growth.
We are looking for an individual with a passion and enthusiasm for Technology and relationships. Acting as a Relationship Manager for BAU, the successful candidate shall ensure that:

• We drive Supplier Management governance frameworks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Digital and Technology, Sourcing, Legal and Finance
• Help segment the Supplier base and help to implement Governance including, but not limited to, reporting packs, Scorecards, SLA monitoring, Volume consumption, KPI dashboards, stats and Invoicing issues etc
• Organise, lead and deliver Monthly Service Reviews
• Drive regular engagement with the Stakeholder groups
• Manage continual performance improvement
• Develop the skills to mentor and develop the stakeholder community in the best practices around Supplier Management
• Effective management of escalations both externally and internally
• Primary point of contact for key vendors
• Monitor renewal date and support the Sourcing team with re-negotiations.
• Sourcing, Technology and Digital, Legal & Finance

Skills/Experience/Knowledge required:
• Possess commercial experience within fast-paced omni-channel retail or relevant commodity/services, with the ability to manage high levels of ambiguity or change.
• Demonstrate confidence in owning problems and issues, proposing solutions, and ensuring deadlines and business goals are achieved.
• Be a self-starter with the initiative and confidence to seek out opportunities to deliver value.
• Influence and drive change by engaging with stakeholders and resolving issues and challenges.
• Exhibit strong engagement and communication skills, with a track record of successfully delivering process improvements and efficiencies.
• Maintain attention to detail, with a focus and confidence in related categories.
• Be driven by data and analytics, using strong analytical skills to develop innovative, effective solutions that address business needs, initiate opportunities, and deliver margin improvement.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Think strategically, recognising and resolving ambiguous or challenging situations, using logic to identify alternatives, evaluate, and present solutions while considering contingency plans.
• Have the confidence to challenge the business when needed.

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Thank you for your time

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