Procurement and Contracts Officer

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.

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 platform

Here's the exciting

bit…a day includes

You will play a key role in Superdrug and Savers as part of

the Procurement Team developing in-depth knowledge of Non-Trade

Procurement (NTP) processes and the NTP procurement function.

You will be responsible for supporting the Procurement and Legal teams to

manage contracts administration and the contracts database. Working with

business stakeholders, the Legal department and Group Functions, you will

ensure that commercial deals reached with suppliers are reflected in timely

contracts and supported by transparent appraisals of current supplier

performance and new supplier selection process.

You will administratively support the Procurement team to achieve category

objectives through liaising with stakeholders and the accurate, effective and

efficient administration of contracts, suppliers, trackers and the contracts

database. You will provide tender documentation and support with

analysis.

Key Responsibilities

Supporting the NTP function

Support

the Procurement manager and buyers in helping

to establish best practice, leading by example and supporting

contract owners across the business.

Enhancing

and developing the functionality and interfaces of the contract database,

and project planner.

Follow

and support the roll-out of best practice guides

for NTP procurement across Superdrug and Savers

Committed

to join in, have some fun and celebrate everyone’s hard work.

Build

great working relationships based on trust, respect and takes into account

others

needs.

Regularly

asks for feedback and uses it to improve and grow.

Break

down problems into smaller, manageable steps for easier resolution.

On-going support to the business

Support

different departments across the business in setting up tenders and

category/supplier management.

Support

NTP tenders in line with non-trade policies & manage tender

openings as required by the buyers.

Working

with stakeholders across the business, including the exec, to provide

reports on NTP spend and contract status.

Provide ad

hoc analysis and reports as to the procurement buyers and

exec on request

Ad-hoc

analysis of NTP spend when required.

Record

and share information to ensure an accurate UK contract database and feed

into the visibility of upcoming contract expiry dates and break

options.

Work

with the Legal department to ensure that final contracts accurately

reflect the commercial terms approved by the IC in the UK and HK.

Manage

the contract signing process, ensuring all contracts get signed, filed and

recorded on the contracts log according to policy guidelines.

Analysis

and follow up with departments, exec and procurement partners where the

spend reports show missing/lapsed/new contracts concerns to get agreements

in place, or agreed as an exception, to achieve the contract

compliance target.

Sharing templates and

process workflow documentation

Team

up with others to find solutions through Ai and thrives on the strength of

working together.

Always

seek out fresh ways to work through technology and/or Ai that can boost

the business and move things forward.

Actively

developing your ability to use AI effectively and think critically about

outputs

Strengthen

Human Touch -

Keeping the human element strong

Balancing AI efficiency

with human coaching, empathy, and team cohesion

Key requirements

Project management experience

Strong communication and time management skills

Attention to detail

Excel experience

Skills/Knowledge

Accurate

Organised

Analytical

Additional Requirements

Self-motivated

Enthusiastic

Confident

Resilient under pressure

Strong attention to detail

Flexible

Desirable

Power BI

Oracle

Retail experience

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 Stream - 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 and support
• Come and be part of something special!

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