Procurement Category Manager - Marketing and Corporate Services

ASOS
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Procurement & SourcingSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Relationship management","Analytical","Self-motivation"]

Own and execute category strategies for Marketing and Corporate Services spend, partnering with stakeholders to optimize value while managing risk. Lead complex, high-value sourcing and procurement projects across multiple concurrent categories, building relationships up to C-suite level. Act as a subject matter expert on market trends and supplier capabilities, delivering savings, cost avoidance, and measurable business impact while supporting supplier performance management.

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Procurement Category Manager - Marketing and Corporate Services

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Job Summary

Own and execute category strategies for Marketing and Corporate Services spend, partnering with stakeholders to optimize value while managing risk. Lead complex, high-value sourcing and procurement projects across multiple concurrent categories, building relationships up to C-suite level. Act as a subject matter expert on market trends and supplier capabilities, delivering savings, cost avoidance, and measurable business impact while supporting supplier performance management.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute category strategies across Marketing and Corporate Services to optimize spend, value, and outcomes.
  • •Manage a pipeline of strategic, complex, and high-value procurement projects across multiple categories.
  • •Prioritise procurement activity across concurrent projects while staying aligned to business priorities.
  • •Build and lead stakeholder relationships up to Executive and C-suite level, providing commercial leadership.
  • •Act as a subject matter expert and manage supplier performance, commercial risk, and sourcing strategies to deliver savings and business impact.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience in a fast-paced procurement environment with multiple competing priorities, managing a high-volume workload independently.
  • •Strong category management experience across Marketing and Corporate Services categories including agency, media, creative, professional services, people services, facilities, and business support.
  • •Develop and execute category strategies that deliver commercial value, operational efficiencies, innovation, and risk mitigation across spend areas.
  • •Lead complex sourcing events, negotiations, and high-value procurement projects from strategy through contract execution within challenging timelines.
  • •Understand procurement systems, governance, policies, and processes, with a continuous improvement mindset.
Experience:Procurement
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationRelationship managementAnalyticalSelf-motivation
Languages:English (UK)

Company Brief

ASOS
ASOS plc is a UK-based online fashion and beauty retailer selling thousands of branded and own-label products worldwide through its e-commerce platform, targeting young adult customers with fast-fashion, marketplace third-party brands, and integrated logistics and marketing services.
Industry: E-commerce
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2000
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