Procurement Category Specialist – Professional Services & Marketing

What You'll Do

• Drive category strategy and sourcing activities across Professional Services and Marketing & Communications, delivering value through effective procurement, supplier management, and commercial governance.
• Develop and execute category and sourcing plans that align with business objectives, maximise value, manage risk, and support long-term cost efficiency initiatives.
• Lead complex sourcing and negotiation activities, including high-value contracts, consulting engagements, managed services, agency agreements, and Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Partner with key stakeholders across Marketing, Brand, Digital, Finance, HR, Technology and Transformation teams to understand business needs and ensure procurement strategies support organisational goals.
• Manage supplier performance and strategic partnerships, driving continuous improvement, innovation, sustainability and measurable value beyond cost savings.
• Leverage market insights, analytics and digital tools to identify opportunities, optimise supplier relationships, enhance spend transparency and support data-driven decision making.

What You'll Get

• Hybrid opportunity with 1-2 days working from home each week.
• Healthcare, pension and potential bonus.
• 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and the option to purchase 5 additional days.
• Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You'll Bring

• Proven procurement experience, with 5+ years in category management, strategic sourcing, supplier management and commercial procurement within complex, fast-paced organisations.
• Category expertise across Professional Services and/or Marketing & Communications, including consulting, managed services, agency services, media, creative, digital, PR and production spend.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills, with experience developing sourcing strategies, managing Statements of Work (SOWs), leading complex sourcing programmes and delivering value beyond traditional cost savings.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities, with the ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively across Marketing, Brand, HR, Finance, Technology and external supplier teams.
• Analytical and strategic thinking skills, with experience using market intelligence, supplier benchmarking and data-driven insights to support decision making, innovation and supplier optimisation.
• A results-focused and proactive mindset, backed by strong project management, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive successful outcomes.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. We've grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business with over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do – caring, dynamic and succeeding together.

We offer reasonable adjustments for candidates with accessibility needs. All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference, education and, for some roles, criminal and financial checks.

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