Procurement Lead Buyer Maternity Cover

🌟 Join Superdrug Head

Office - Make a Real Difference Every Day! 🌟

📍 Location: East

Croydon

• 🕒Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on
• role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish,
• modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
• 💷Salary: Competitive
• 🎉 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.
• 📅 Here's the exciting
• bit… A day includes:
• An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Procurement
• team as a Procurement Lead Buyer - Non Trade. As a senior procurement business
• partner, you'll be responsible for delivering strategic sourcing, tendering and
• contract management activities across a range of non-trade spend categories.
• Working closely with stakeholders across Finance, Legal and
• Operational teams, you'll provide commercial expertise, lead procurement
• projects and drive value through effective supplier management and commercial
• decision-making. As a senior member of the team, you'll champion best practice,
• continuous improvement, innovation and governance while supporting the
• achievement of wider business objectives.

📝 Key Responsibilities

Lead

strategic sourcing, tendering and contract management activity across

non-trade spend categories.

Partner

with Directors, Heads of Department and contract owners to provide

commercial guidance and challenge where appropriate.

Work

closely with Finance, Legal and Operational teams to deliver successful

procurement projects and contracts.

Build

and maintain productive relationships with suppliers, external partners

and internal stakeholders.

Collaborate

with Group Procurement colleagues across the wider AS Watson organisation.

Deliver

commercial value through effective sourcing, supplier negotiations and

contract management.

Ensure

procurement activities are compliant, efficient and simple for

stakeholders to navigate.

Drive

continuous improvement across procurement tools, processes and ways of

working.

Support

delivery of annual procurement objectives and wider strategic initiatives.

Manage

tender and sourcing projects to secure the right suppliers and commercial

arrangements.

Prepare

investment and approval submissions to support governance and

decision-making processes.

Maintain

accurate contract information, savings tracking and procurement reporting.

Develop

and enhance procurement guidance, templates and tools for business

stakeholders.

Lead

initiatives to improve procurement efficiency, effectiveness and

stakeholder experience.

Act

as a trusted commercial advisor and role model within the procurement

team.

Support

the delivery of strategic team objectives, including automation, AI

adoption and process improvements.

Coach

and support colleagues by sharing knowledge, expertise and best practice.

Influence

stakeholders to drive positive commercial and operational outcomes.

Promote

a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

Champion

• high standards of governance, compliance and customer service.
• Tech & AI : Helping your team understand when to use AI, when
• to rely on human judgment, and how to combine both.
• Tech & AI Rethinking how work gets done - Actively shifting
• work from repetitive tasks to higher-value activities as AI takes on
• routine work.
• Tech & AI Role modelling behaviours to encourage confidence
• with AI. Actively developing your ability to use AI effectively and think
• critically about outputs.
• Tech & AI Strengthen Human Touch - Keeping the human element
• strong: Balancing AI efficiency with human coaching, empathy, and team
• cohesion

💡 Personal Attributes

Strong

relationship-building skills with the ability to work effectively across

diverse stakeholder groups.

Commercially

minded with a passion for finding practical solutions that create value.

Highly

organised with excellent planning and attention to detail.

Comfortable

balancing commercial opportunities with risk management considerations.

Strong

influencing and negotiation skills.

Ability

to switch confidently between strategic thinking and hands-on delivery.

Skilled

at managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.

Passionate

about continuous improvement and process optimisation.

Curious

and innovative, with an interest in emerging technologies and AI-driven

solutions.

Results-focused

and motivated by delivering measurable outcomes.

Collaborative

• and supportive, with a team-oriented mindset.
• Generates detailed customer focused initiatives, in line with the Finance
• strategy and supports with execution.
• Listens to the customer and implements new ideas and ways of
• working which are designed to improve service considering both Online and
• Offline.
• Ensures the team priorities actions which delight the customer/team
• member.
• Customer Focus: Be the voice of customers and orchestrate the
• organisation to live the brand purpose and inspire a customer-first
• culture to build customer love in every touchpoint of our online and offline
• platform.
• Establishes strong relationships at all levels.
• Can manage tough/complex messages with all stakeholders.
• Role model collaboration to the team to exceed goals.
• Positive attitude towards feedback, uses this to generate
• initiatives to meet/exceed expectations, and shares feedback in a
• meaningful way.
• Effectively manages their team by playing to strengths and
• proactively addressing its opportunities. Ensuring everyone wellbeing
• & diversity is considered and celebrated.
• Feels empowered to challenge across different career bands and
• roles. Supporting other team members in shaping their work to do so
• Proactively keeps up to date with market and consumer trends in
• their specialism and feeds this into department strategy.
• Uses data and insights to challenges the status quo to keep us
• ahead of the competition.
• Uses data to inform and generate new ideas and make decisions to
• improve on future plans.

✅ Desired but not Essential

Degree

qualified in Business, Finance, Social Sciences or a related discipline.

Professional

procurement qualification such as CIPS.

Experience

within a retail or large multi-site organisation.

Experience

using technology, automation or AI-enabled tools to improve business

processes.

📋 What You'll Need

Significant

experience within procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier management or

commercial contract management.

Experience

building strong relationships with a variety of business stakeholders.

Proven

experience delivering procurement projects, tenders or commercial

initiatives from planning through to implementation.

Understanding

of commercial negotiation, supplier selection and contract management

principles.

Working

knowledge of governance, compliance and business approval processes.

Strong

analytical skills with experience using data and reporting to support

decision-making.

Ability

to balance commercial priorities with operational requirements and risk

management.

Excellent

communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and

non-technical stakeholders.

Leadership

• experience that demonstrates the ability to influence others, drive change
• and support continuous improvement.
• 💡 Here's what's in it for
• you:

33

days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank

holidays)

2

staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend

30%

discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online

Hybrid

• working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days
• working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative
• office close to East Croydon Station

Company

pension matching and bonus

We

offer Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a

percentage of your pay as you earn it

Being

part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The

Perfume Shop and Three UK

We

are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health

and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!

Unrivalled

Learning and Development programmes

Enhanced

maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy

loss support

Come

and be part of something special!