Category Buyer - Technology Procurement in Leeds

ASDA | Leeds (Asda House) | Hybrid Working

Permanent | Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Join ASDA's Procurement Transformation Journey. Procurement is playing a key strategic role in driving growth, delivering value, and influencing commercial decisions across ASDA. As part of our continued investment in Procurement, we're looking for a Category Buyer Technology. This is an excellent opportunity for a category buyer or a procurement specialist looking to take ownership of a diverse portfolio, partnering with senior stakeholders to drive value, innovation and business outcomes within a complex, fast-paced retail environment.

With a turnover of over £20 billion every year, over 2 million transactions every month, and around 141,000 dedicated Asda colleagues taking care of our customers every day, we're really a place that's got everything - for our customers and your career.

As a Category Buyer - Technology you will be involved in:

• Category Support: You'll support the delivery of sourcing activities across Technology Procurement categories, helping to implement category plans and identify opportunities to deliver value, reduce costs, and improve supplier performance.
• Sourcing & Contracting: You'll manage end-to-end sourcing projects of varying complexity, supporting stakeholder requirements, running competitive procurement processes, negotiating commercial terms, and assisting with contract management activities.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Working closely with Technology teams and business stakeholders, you'll help understand requirements, provide commercial guidance, and ensure procurement processes are followed effectively.
• Supplier Management: You'll support the management of supplier relationships, helping to monitor supplier performance, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement across key technology suppliers.
• Cost & Value Delivery: You'll contribute to cost transformation and cash initiatives by identifying savings opportunities, analysing spend data, and supporting procurement projects that deliver measurable business value.
• Procurement Excellence: You'll help embed procurement best practice, maintain governance standards, and support the ongoing development of procurement processes, tools, and systems.

Your Responsibilities:

• Manage end-to-end sourcing activities across technology procurement categories.
• Support the development and execution of category plans and sourcing strategies.
• Build effective relationships with technology and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver commercial outcomes.
• Lead supplier negotiations and support the creation and management of contracts and commercial agreements.
• Analyse spend and supplier data to identify savings, efficiency, and value opportunities.
• Support supplier performance management and risk mitigation activities.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, processes, and governance requirements.
• Contribute to procurement transformation initiatives and continuous improvement activities.

A successful Category Buyer should have:

• Experience in Procurement, Purchasing, or Category Management, ideally within Technology categories such as Software, SaaS, Professional Services, Telecommunications, or Managed Services.
• Experience supporting or delivering sourcing and contract negotiation activities.
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills.
• Comfortable working with stakeholders across multiple business functions.
• Experience reviewing, negotiating, and managing supplier contracts.
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple procurement projects simultaneously.
• Proactive self-starter with strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

This is a unique opportunity to join a Procurement function undergoing significant investment and transformation, where Procurement is increasingly recognised as a key driver of business performance. You'll benefit from:

• Opportunity to learn and be developed.
• Exposure to senior leaders across functions.
• The opportunity to influence business decisions and transformation programmes.
• A collaborative, fast-paced retail environment where no two days are the same.
• Clear opportunities for career development within an evolving Procurement function.
• Hybrid working, competitive salary, bonus and excellent benefits.

If you're a Senior Buyer or procurement professional with indirect category management experience and a passion for Technology Services Procurement, we'd love to hear from you. Join ASDA and help shape the future of Procurement Department.