Job Description
Job ID: JR-13703
Job status: Employee - Permanent
Category: Procurement
Location: Reading, United Kingdom
Work setting: Hybrid, with 1–2 days working from home.
What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what Primark does, so the company provides an environment designed to help colleagues perform at their best. Benefits include healthcare, pension, potential bonus, 27 days of leave plus bank holidays, the option to buy five additional days, Tax Saver Tickets, a fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.
What You’ll Do
- Support the development and execution of the Technology category strategy across software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, telecommunications, hardware, and professional services.
- Analyse spend, supplier performance, contracts, market trends, and business requirements to identify opportunities for cost savings, value creation, and risk mitigation.
- Lead and support sourcing activities, supplier negotiations, and contract renewals, delivering commercially advantageous outcomes aligned with business objectives.
- Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, suppliers, and offshore delivery partners to ensure successful procurement planning and project execution.
- Drive supplier governance, performance management, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service quality, innovation, resilience, and sustainability.
- Leverage data, analytics, and digital tools to improve procurement efficiency, increase spend visibility, support decision-making, and ensure compliance with governance standards.
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years’ experience in Procurement, with strong knowledge of procurement processes, sourcing, supplier management, and category management principles.
- Technology procurement expertise, including software/SaaS, cloud, hardware, telecommunications, managed services, and technology professional services.
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills, with experience evaluating pricing and licensing models, managing contracts, and delivering value-driven outcomes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing abilities, building trusted relationships across internal teams, suppliers, and external partners in a matrixed environment.
- An analytical and strategic mindset, using spend, supplier, contract, and market data to identify opportunities, manage risk, and support evidence-based decision-making.
- A highly organised, proactive, and results-focused approach, with strong communication, project management, problem-solving, and change-driving capabilities, alongside an interest in technology market trends and category development.
About Primark
Primark has grown from its first store in Dublin in 1969 to a business with more than £9 billion in turnover, over 80,000 colleagues, and more than 440 stores in 17 countries. Its values are Caring, Dynamic, and Together.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, references, education and, for some roles, criminal and financial checks. Primark supports reasonable adjustments and accessibility requests during the recruitment journey.