Commercial and Procurement Buyer Our vision is to make the world a healthier, happier place. At Slimming World, we transform the lives of our valued members and help them achieve long-term success through a liberating eating plan and unique support system developed over many years. People are at the heart of Slimming World - if you'd love to be part of our journey and make a difference, we can't wait to hear from you Do you want to hear more about the Slimming World story? You can find out more here. About the role… We’ve an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic, full-time Commercial and Procurement Buyer to join our newly formed Procurement team. This role is based at our Head Office in Alfreton, being in the office 3 days a week, and working from home 2 days a week. You’ll be responsible for maximising value through procurement by strategically managing supplier spend and identifying opportunities to drive sustainable improvements in cost, quality, service and innovation. Reporting to the Commercial & Procurement Lead, you’ll work closely together across the company’s supply chain. You’ll also provide guidance and support on business, commercial and procurement activities. While also creating, establishing and maintaining best practice processes, frameworks and governance. The role also takes responsibility for all related administrative activities including researching, reporting and maintaining robust procurement systems and processes. About you… This is an ideal role for someone with current or previous experience in a similar role. We’d love to hear from you if you’re passionate about delivering an outstanding service and you're: an excellent communicator with great negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to quickly build collaborative relationships with a wide range of suppliers and stakeholders driven by a fast-paced, dynamic environment and the achievement of challenging targets and deadlines. able to demonstrate excellent planning and organisation skills, along with exceptional attention to detail confident in (or have the willingness to learn) contract management, as well as strategic and tactical sourcing and processes to provide year-on-year savings and deliver deals demonstrating value for money Ideally you’ll also have an understanding of supplier categorisation, framework tooling and the sourcing lifecycle. Along with a knowledge of procurement and commercial regulations; and experience of using bid writing software and Microsoft Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint How to apply If you love the sound of this role and want to work within a friendly and supportive team: click ‘ Apply for this job ’ at the top of this page complete a few questions upload your CV (check it is le ss than 10MB before uploading) upload a cover letter telling us all about you, how you feel your current or previous experience would help you to succeed in this role, and share three recent workplace achievements More important information about the application process: if you need any adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please email [email protected] or phone us on 0344 892 0400 please have a read of Our Privacy Promise More reasons why you'll love it here At Slimming World, we pride ourselves on our caring, performance-orientated culture - a culture based on respect for every individual, mutual trust, genuine warmth, care and kindness. We invest in our people and your personal development is extremely important to us - we aim to support you in achieving your full potential whatever your role in the company. When you join us, you'll also benefit from: a personalised induction and training programme apply to work a nine-day fortnight (earning an extra day off every two weeks) BUPA cover - includes cash back on various healthcare expenses, virtual GP service, access to a 24/7 advice phone line and counselling sessions Life assurance cover option to work from home one day a week opportunity to earn an annual performance-related bonus Family friendly leave - enhanced pay onsite gym, free exercise classes, cycle to work scheme and discounted treatments at Hair & Beauty subsidised restaurant - serving delicious, homemade food each day regular social events free 12-week Slimming World membership, both in group or online 34 days holiday a year (including bank holidays) Click here to see a glimpse of the work we do and the fun we have working together Thank you and good luck with your application, we can’t wait to hear from you