2025 Early Careers - Procurement and Supply Chain Graduate
Job Category: Procurement
Division: Early Careers
Location: UK, Manchester
Job Type: Graduate
About THG: We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specializes in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity. We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realize our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.
Early Careers: Whether you join THG as a graduate, intern, or apprentice, you can shape your future. Each role comes with real responsibilities, giving you the unique opportunity to make an impact from day one. We're committed to supporting your personal and professional development, and strongly believe that giving you the freedom to manage your career will help you to thrive at THG. Our Early Careers team will be on hand to support you every step of the way, creating exciting learning opportunities to help you reach your full potential.
Why be a Procurement and Supply Chain Graduate at THG? We are recruiting a graduate to undertake a 12-month graduate scheme with three rotations within the Direct & Indirect Procurement Teams and the Supply Chain team. This is an exciting opportunity where you will be managing and negotiating spend for these areas. You will be required to deliver innovation from the supply base, reduce costs where possible and learn how to develop and manage contracts. The successful candidate will have a strong interest in developing a career within Procurement and/or Supply Chain and be able to demonstrate natural commercial awareness.
As a Procurement and Supply Chain Graduate, you’ll:
- Negotiate and award contracts
- Develop THG’s supply base
- Communicate cross-functionally across key divisions and supporting functions (legal, finance, etc.)
- Support best Procurement practices and policies
- Manage supplier approval process and work with relevant teams (Finance & Quality Assurance)
- Work with NPD Team on Procurement requirements for NPD projects across Nutrition division
- Collaborate with supply chain and freight teams to ensure high stock availability
- Communicate with suppliers to schedule product delivery
- Generate production plans considering sales streams and raw material allocation
- Report on KPIs such as spend, savings, payment terms, availability, and production plan attainment
What skills and experience do I need for this role?
- An ambitious graduate looking to start work after graduation in Summer 2025.
- Commercially astute, ambitious, and collaborative individuals who are hungry for success.
- An excellent communicator with the ability to build solid relationships.
- Strong passion for Procurement and Supply Chain with good organizational skills.
- A proactive self-starter with problem-solving abilities.
- Knowledge of Google Analytics is beneficial but full support will be provided.
What’s in it for me?
- Access to bespoke development programs designed by our in-house L&D team.
- Continued development through our upskilling program delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.
Enhanced Leave:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Enjoy your birthday off on us!
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
- Buy back up to 3 days each year.
- Access to face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
- Access to our in-house CBT therapist.
- Access our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Bupa.
- State-of-the-art on-site gym.
- Access to our on-site physio.
Other Perks:
- Save up to 12% on personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
- Subsidized bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
- Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
- On-site staff shop.
- Access to on-site barber.
- Refer a friend and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
- Anniversary gifts for 5 and 10 years of service.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive, and strongly encourage all candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Please email if you require any additional support or need to make any adjustments to our recruitment process.
THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process.
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