Transport Category Manager

Because we strive to put people first. Culture, our way.

Procurement at Primark

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

What You’ll Do

We want you to feel challenged and inspired. Here, you’ll develop your skills across a range of responsibilities:

• Lead strategic category management, creating and delivering multi‑year category plans that optimise cost, performance, risk, and alignment with Primark’s strategic goals.
• Develop and execute sourcing, negotiation, and go‑to‑market strategies, ensuring supplier risk management, resilience, compliance, and strong commercial outcomes.
• Drive multi‑year cost efficiency programmes, using data and insights to deliver long‑term savings, innovation, operational improvements, and sustainability initiatives.
• Own supplier and stakeholder relationships, managing strategic suppliers, fostering innovation, monitoring performance, and partnering with senior internal stakeholders to align procurement activity with business needs.
• Oversee execution of sourcing activity, ensuring Category Specialists and GBS teams deliver against plans, follow best‑practice governance, and apply strong negotiation strategies.
• Champion new ways of working, embedding digital tools, procurement policy, governance, and effective collaboration with the GBS offshore partner to enhance efficiency and spend transparency.

What You’ll Get 

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria. 

What You’ll Bring 

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Extensive category management expertise, with 7+ years’ experience leading complex, multi‑market sourcing activities, developing multi‑year strategies, and delivering commercial advantage.
• Strong negotiation and commercial capability, including expert financial and legal contract negotiation skills, ethical sourcing awareness, and experience leading cross‑functional negotiation teams.
• Proven relationship builder, skilled at forging partnerships with senior stakeholders and strategic suppliers to drive step‑change value, innovation, and long‑term collaboration.
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen, able to analyse risk, solve complex problems, and drive change with curiosity, innovation, and a results‑focused approach.
• Highly organised and effective communicator, with excellent planning, prioritisation, verbal and written communication, and project management skills.
• Values‑driven leader, aligned with Primark’s culture of being caring, dynamic, and together, able to influence at all levels and travel as required.
• CIPS qualification is desirable but not required.

Excited? Good. Because it’s energising to put your skills to work, in a growing global business committed to encouraging people to express themselves – and feel a sense of belonging. Apply to be part of Primark’s future, today… and enjoy career growth, our way.

About Primark 

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business a over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist. 

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

Our fashion isn’t one-size-fits-all and neither is our culture. Primark promotes equal employment opportunity, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves, access opportunities and thrive together.

If you require extra support at any stage of the selection process, please get in touch with our team at removingbarriers@primark.co.uk.