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Tesco Retail

Procurement Manager - Cyber Technology

Location:  Welwyn Garden City, UK
Location flexibility:  2 office days / week
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Technical Programme Manager -- Cyber Security

Welwyn Garden City, UK

Job Description

We are on the lookout for a Procurement Manager to join our Technology team within our Corporate Services function here at Tesco in the Cyber space. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will lead complex, high value categories and are responsible for designing and delivering category strategies, major sourcing activities, and supplier performance frameworks.

You will act as the primary commercial partner to senior technology stakeholders. You will be responsible for managing a team of procurement managers onshore & off-shore. You will focus on achieving value for money and improving efficiency throughout the procurement lifecycle. Working closely with colleagues, you will help shape a robust procurement strategy that balances business needs with safety, legal compliance, technology advancements, & total cost of ownership.

This offers full ownership, fast paced delivery, senior leader visibility, & the opportunity to influence major technology decisions.

The area that we are looking for when it comes to experience is as follows:

  • Cyber Security & Engineering – Security platforms, SIEM, DevOps, and API/Integration tooling

Category & Supplier Strategies:

  • Lead category strategy development across Software, Infrastructure, Cyber, Retail Tech, Telecoms, or Data/AI & being able to translate category strategies into executable sourcing pipelines, supplier strategies, and commercial frameworks.
  • Have experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams.
  • Support annual planning, budgeting, and forecasting for their category domain.
  • Leading executive‑level reviews, performance forums and contractual escalations.

Commercial Excellence & Cost Optimisation:

  • Deliver strategic sourcing events, commercial modelling, market assessments, and competitive negotiations.
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  • Lead full procurement process driving large scale negotiations, enterprise wide cost optimisation initiatives, and strategic supplier engagements. Including contracting.
  • Leveraging data, benchmarking, total cost of ownership (TCO) modelling, usage/consumption analytics, and contract optimisation tools.
  • Tracking and reporting savings, cost avoidance, efficiency gains, and commercial risk reductions across the portfolio.
  • Supplier Relationship Management (SRM):

    • Owning strategic supplier relationships to drive performance, innovation, continuous improvement, and alignment to our ESG and digital strategies.
    • Leading executive level reviews, performance forums and contractual escalations.
    • Collaborate with Legal, Security and Compliance teams to ensure suppliers meet required standards, including cybersecurity, privacy, responsible AI, and ethical sourcing.
    • Extensive amount of Technology procurement experience, including complex negotiation delivery and stakeholder management.
    • Sourcing process excellence, negotiation, commercial analysis, supplier performance routines, tool proficiency (eSourcing, CLM, analytics).
    • Have a proven record of accomplishment in delivering strategic technology sourcing projects.
    • Have experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams.
    • Strong Project, Stakeholder & Programme management skills.
    • Good reporting skills for projects, saving forecasting and governance reporting.
    • Experience in category management and strategy development, including building multi-year technology category plans.
    • Understanding of responsible procurement practices, sustainability frameworks, and ethical technology sourcing.

    You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
    At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
    We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.

    Working at Tesco Retail

    Hybrid

    A little flex time

    Company employees:

    330,000+

    Gender diversity (m:f):

    49:51

    Hiring in countries

    Ireland

    United Kingdom

    Office Locations

    Company benefits

    25 days annual leave + bank holidays
    Additional voluntary pension contribution
    Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
    Annual bonus
    Annual pay rises
    Bike parking
    Buy or sell annual leave
    Car allowance
    Charity donation scheme
    Chill out zone
    Cinema discounts
    Coffee discounts
    Collaboration spaces
    Company car
    Company freebies
    Compassionate leave
    Critical Illness Insurance
    Cycle to work scheme
    Death in service
    Dental coverage
    Discretionary sick pay
    Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
    Emergency leave
    Employee assistance programme
    Employee discounts – 10% off and 15% on pay day weekends
    Employee phone programme
    Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
    Enhanced paternity leave – 6 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
    Enhanced pension match/contribution – up to 7.5% matching
    Equity packages
    Ergonomic workstations
    Eye Care Support
    Faith rooms
    Family health insurance
    Fertility treatment leave
    Financial advice
    Fully stocked snack cupboard
    Gym membership
    Health assessment
    Health insurance
    In house training
    L&D budget
    Learning license
    Learning platform
    Legal consults
    Life assurance – Five times your pay
    Life insurance
    Lunch and learns
    Meditation space
    Menopause support
    Mental health first aiders
    Mental health platform access
    Mentoring
    Modern office
    On-site barista
    On-site catering
    On-site gym
    On-site personal trainer
    On-site shower
    On-site wellness room
    On-site wellness services
    On-site workout classes
    Open to job sharing
    Open to part time work for some roles
    Open to part-time employees
    Optional unpaid leave
    Paid fostering leave
    Personal development budgets
    Personal development days
    Pregnancy loss leave
    Private booths
    Referral bonus
    Religious celebration leave
    Relocation packages
    Restaurant discounts
    Sabbaticals
    Salary advance
    Salary sacrifice
    Secure on-site parking
    Sensory-Friendly Setup
    Share options
    Skilled worker visas
    Sports teams
    Study support
    Teambuilding days
    Theme park discounts
    Time off in-lieu
    Tree planting
    Volunteer days
    Wellbeing incentive programme
    Paid safe leave