Manager - Procurement

About the role

Job Summary:

As a Procurement Manager in the Software category, I will leverage my expertise in strategic sourcing and category management to

drive cost savings and efficiency. I will manage categories/subcategories, spend, and suppliers related to procurement for Software

Licences & Maintenance, etc..... I will develop and implement category strategies, collaborate with stakeholders, and lead vendor

selection and contract negotiations to ensure value creation and compliance with legal and ethical standards.

In this job, I'm accountable for:

Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence and have these specific risk responsibilities:

• Develop and implement effective category strategies that drive cost savings and efficiency and create additional value for clients

through innovative service and product delivery.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and align strategies accordingly while maintaining a category-focused

approach that drives value and innovation.

• Stay updated on market trends and conditions that impact the Category, including pricing, supply/demand dynamics, and innovation

opportunities, to ensure the Category's offerings remain competitive, valuable, and aligned with business needs and expectations

• Establish and cultivate robust relationships with key suppliers, fostering mutual benefits, enhancing quality and reliability, and driving

innovation in vendor partnerships

• Manage risks within the Category (including compliance with legislation) and develop contingency plans to mitigate the risks
• Lead the vendor selection process, including the execution of RFPs, RFQs, and negotiate contracts to secure optimal terms and

conditions, ensuring value creation for the business

• Control of business spend and actively minimise costs through improved use of tools; processes and application of best practices
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
• Making decisions within policy and procedure framework to deliver business plans
• Driving and implementing CI Projects and innovation
• Develop and lead a hard-working team enabling them to reach their potential to deliver a world class procurement function

Key people and teams I work with in and outside of Tesco:

People, budgets and other resources I am accountable for

in my job:

• Colleagues within my function incl Category Heads

• Timely response to Stakeholders and Suppliers

• Stakeholders - Directors and Heads of Functions

• Adherence to Agreed SLA's and KPI's

• Finance
• Deliver Value through negotiations
• Suppliers/industry network
• Deliver agreed savings against supplier spend assigned
• IT, Data and Platform Support teams
• Buyers and Senior Buyers, if aligned for line management

responsibility

You will be responsible for

Refer "about the role"

You will need

Operational skills relevant for this job:

Experience relevant for this job:

• Proven ability to use commercial data analysis tools to review
• Bachelors in Procurement, Commerce, Business, Economics or

and analyze spend data (e.g., commodity costs, TCO)

a category related subject from a reputed University

• Must be able to present succinct messages, communicate
• MBA / Professional accreditation from CIPS or equivalent

professionally and oversee the strategic decision-making

institute preferable

• Business stakeholder and supplier relationship management
• Minimum 10 years' experience in a sourcing role. Expertise in

skills and experience

Software category and understanding of UK market preferable

• Working knowledge of the lean six sigma framework to drive CI
• Proven track record of creating procurement strategies that
• People Policies and Processes, KPIs and SLAs

drive value for business

• MS Office: Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience of Procurement tools and technology platforms
• Demonstrated experience in procurement processes, including

executing RFPs, RFQs, and other sourcing activities

Whats in it for you?

At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.

As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.

Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.

Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles - simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.

Salary -Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.

Performance Bonus -Opportunity to earn additional compensation bonus based on performance, paid annually

Leave & Time-off - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company's policy.

Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.

Health is Wealth - Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws.

Mental Wellbeing - We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.

Financial Wellbeing - Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.

Save As You Earn (SAYE) - Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.

Physical Wellbeing - Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.

About Us

Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise, a wide network of teams, and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high-quality services for our customers.

Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3,30,000 colleagues.

Tesco Business Solutions:

Established in 2017, Tesco Business Solutions (TBS) has evolved from a single entity traditional shared services in Bengaluru, India (from 2004) to a global, purpose-driven solutions-focused organisation. TBS is committed to driving scale at speed and delivering value to the Tesco Group through the power of decision science. With over 4,400 highly skilled colleagues globally, TBS supports markets and business units across four locations in the UK, India, Hungary, and the Republic of Ireland. The organisation underpins everything that the Tesco Group does, bringing innovation, a solutions mindset, and agility to its operations and support functions, building winning partnerships across the business. TBS's focus is on adding value and creating impactful outcomes that shape the future of the business. TBS creates a sustainable competitive advantage for the Tesco Group by becoming the partner of choice for talent, transformation, and value creation.