Senior Procurement Excellence Manager at Ocado Group

About Us We are Ocado Group, and we're bringing world-class automation to online grocery. Our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) combines cutting-edge robotics, AI, and IoT within our advanced CFCs (Customer Fulfilment Centres). We've mastered the single pick, transforming online delivery for our global partners. Join us and be part of a team pushing the boundaries of retail technology. About the Role This role is a fantastic opportunity to elevate Procurement into a true strategic enabler. Operating on a global scale, you'll lead our procurement enablement strategy as we pursue world class procurement at Ocado. You'll manage a small, group-wide Procurement Excellence team and join the Procurement Leadership Team. You will be: Leading a small team across 5 foundational pillars of Procurement. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will directly own aspects of the below as well as organising and equipping your team to deliver. - Procurement Systems - Develop and lead the overarching systems strategy for procurement, leveraging our best of breed set up - Oversee the management and continuous development of our core procurement suite, including our market leading Omnea procurement platform, tail spend management partnership, virtual card solution, and Enterprise ERP (Oracle Fusion) - Ensure our systems work well with our ERP and external data sources to enable end-to-end process delivery - Data & Analytics - Develop data governance and analytics frameworks to increase transparency and actionable insight - Own our KPI and Reporting strategy, ensuring we have actionable data from individual category level to exec reporting - Translate system outputs into clear, actionable insights that improve outcomes - Ensure our data works for our frontline Procurement Managers - Supplier Risk Management - Lead Ocado’s Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) programme on behalf of all Procurement - Lead a functional peer group of risk domain leaders to ensure an effective but proportional risk approach - Leverage our tech stack to ensure supplier risk management is deeply embedded into procurement decisions - Policy & Governance - Own the Global Procurement Policy - Embed a governance framework for procurement systems, including the control and change management framework - Ensure wider supplier governance procedures and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) standards are fully integrated into our procurement practices - Process Excellence - Drive continuous improvement across our sourcing, negotiation, contract management, supplier management, and supplier risk management processes - Identify opportunities to optimise procurement systems by automating workflows and improving user experience - Lead Ocado Procurement in the rapid and wide ranging deployment of new AI tools ensuring a mix of personal productivity, function wide enablers and strategic evolution initiatives - Shape and deliver the Agentic Procurement agenda at Ocado About you - Deep procurement excellence experience in several of the following areas: Procurement Systems, Data & Analytics, Supplier Risk/TPRM, Governance, and Process Excellence - Strong hands on experience in any category, ensuring a personal understanding of procurement management - Experience working in a global, ideally matrix procurement organisation - A sharp commercial mindset, enhanced with deep analytical skills - Previous experience embedding transformational change within an organisation, far and above a new supplier and way of working, it’s most likely experience of leading an innovation and change agenda for Procurement e.g. ESG or systems transformation - Great project management skills, able to form and own a portfolio of initiatives - Experience of implementing or running modern ProcureTech (e.g. Omnea, Zip, Oro, Zycus) is a big advantage, as is a track record of leveraging AI/LLMs for personal productivity, vibe coding and other purposes - Experience working with both Direct and Indirect procurement is an advantage What we offer We believe in supporting our people with meaningful, flexible benefits that prioritise well-being and work-life balance. Here’s a snapshot of what you can expect: - Time to recharge: 25 days annual leave (rising to 27 after 5 years), plus the option to buy more – and 30 days a year to work from anywhere in the world. - Health & wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance from your first month, wellbeing support through specialist apps and EAP, plus Income Protection and Life Assurance. - Family-first policies: 22 weeks paid maternity/primary carer leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave - Financial support: Pension with employer matching up to 7%, share schemes (Sharesave & BAYE), and interest-free loans for train tickets. - Commuter perks: Cycle to Work Scheme and free shuttle buses to/from Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City stations. - Exclusive discounts: 15% off at Ocado.com with free delivery (starting in your first month). #LI-JK3 #LI-HYBRID

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