Sourcing Specialist – Supplier Management
At Primark, people matter. We offer a supportive environment where you can develop your career and make a positive impact.
What you'll get
Benefits include healthcare, pension and 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
In this role, you will support the delivery of sourcing strategies, supplier management activities and sourcing best practices across the business. The role focuses on identifying value opportunities, managing supplier relationships, mitigating supply risks and ensuring suppliers deliver against agreed commercial, operational and service commitments.
- Support the development and execution of category and sourcing strategies.
- Support the supplier communication process.
- Own the onboarding process for new factories to support Primark capacity growth.
- Support supplier improvement plans where performance falls below expectations.
- Maintain sourcing and supplier management documentation.
- Assist in supplier due diligence and onboarding activities.
- Maintain supplier records, contract databases and sourcing documentation.
- Build strong working relationships with business stakeholders.
- Provide sourcing guidance and support to stakeholders.
- Produce sourcing and supplier management reports.
- Collaborate with regional sourcing teams to ensure adherence to sourcing processes.
- Work with the Ethical, Finance and QA/Technical teams to understand and mitigate potential ethical, financial and quality issues during new supplier onboarding.
- Support the broader Sourcing team with governance meetings, supplier conferences and delivery of meeting outputs.
What you'll bring
- A strong commercial and operational background, with working knowledge of retail sourcing and buying practices.
- Strong relationship and communication skills for liaising with senior stakeholders, buying teams and suppliers.
- Resilience and motivation.
- Supplier relationship management experience.
- Strong influencing skills.
- Collaboration and teamwork.
- Creative and strategic thinking.
- A drive for continuous improvement.
About Primark
Primark has grown from its first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business with more than 80,000 colleagues and over 500 stores in 19 countries.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference, education and, for some roles, criminal and financial checks.