The Marketing Buyer is responsible for sourcing, negotiating and managing supplier contracts for the Marketing function – including agencies, media suppliers, production suppliers and tech partners. Key responsibilities / activities include:

• Lead procurement activities, including but not limited to RFIs, RFPs, benchmarking activities and direct supplier negotiations. This includes the end-to-end process management / facilitation, comprising of bid / quote solicitation, negotiation, contracting, governance, approvals and supplier mobilization.
• Provide support to Procurement Managers on complex, strategic procurement activities.
• Ensure contract compliance, working with the Procurement Governance Manager to mitigate Supply Chain risk.
• Manage existing contract renewals and variations, negotiating favourable terms and facilitating approvals and signatures for all ongoing Marketing requirements.
• Develop strong and credible relationships with stakeholders across the Marketing function, becoming the ‘go to’ person for any procurement / commercial matter, effectively becoming an extension of the Marketing team.
• Provide support and sound commercial advice to stakeholders on all procurement matters – including but not limited to procurement governance / process, supplier performance / management, supplier escalations.
• Ensure procurement activity follows policy, compliance and approval processes.
• Maintain supplier records, contract database and trackers for Marketing specific suppliers.
• Actively contribute to ensure the team meet all Procurement KPIs – including financial savings / benefits, contract compliance, sourcing compliance etc.

This is a hybrid role, with time being split across home working and the Leeds office.

There will be a need to travel to the London office on an ad-hoc basis, and the requirement for occasional international travel (within Europe), up to 4 times per year.

The Person

The successful candidate will be:

• Proactive, driven and willing to take the lead on their own projects / initiatives.
• Adaptable and comfortable working at pace in a fast moving and dynamic environment.
• Able to work under pressure, managing multiple projects and priorities in an organised manner.
• Comfortable engaging with, challenging and managing stakeholders.
• Able to work in a pragmatic manner, applying process and risk management principles in a way which does not slow down progress and create bottlenecks.
• An effective team player, providing support to others within the team, and helping foster a safe, inclusive and fun work environment.
• A custodian of our culture and values.

Qualifications & Skills

• 12 months in a procurement role with experience of supplier facing procurement activities (e.g. supplier negotiations, contract renewals etc.).

Key skills required include:

• Planning & Organization
• Excellent oral and written English language skills
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Stakeholder Management
• Teamwork
• Highly proficient in the use of business tools, including but not limited to Microsoft Office and AI tools (e.g. Claude, CoPilot).

Desirable, but non-essential skills include:

• Interest / experience, in the health and fitness sector.
• Supporting and / or working in a Marketing function / organization.
• Knowledge of marketing vendor landscape, including agencies, tech and media suppliers
• Danish and German language skills

PureGym is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our company mantra is ‘Everybody Welcome’ and we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive place to work. From a hiring standpoint, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our PureGym colleagues reflect the diversity of the nation as well as our millions of gym members we serve.

Please note: Qualifications and Skills represent the essential criteria for the role, which need to be met to be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Volume of eligible applications may impact everyone being able to be offered an interview.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the advert may be withdrawn at any time. Early application is encouraged.