Marketing Buyer

The Pure Gym Way

The Pure Gym Group is a global gym business with a community of more than 700 gyms and over 2 million members. At Pure Gym, everything we do comes back to one simple idea: helping you feel good.

We're proud of our people and have a strong focus on internal progression. Championing diversity, we are committed to providing an excellent employee experience and workplace culture. As such, we are a Disability Confident Committed employer, and offer interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria for a role, and opt-in to the scheme on their application form.

Our gyms are friendly, supportive, and judgement-free spaces where everybody can come in, work out and leave Feeling Pure Gym Good. We are proud to be certified by
Top Employers Institute. See our careers page for full benefits.

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1
• A truly flexible working culture
• Life insurance x4
• Company pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day
• Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days)
• Great learning & development resources
• Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave

Type:
Full Time
Contract type:
Permanent

We are looking for a Marketing Buyer to join the Procurement Team.

consists of approx. 19 colleagues across the UK, US and Denmark, split across 3 sub-teams – Sourcing, Contracts & Governance, and Special Projects. Whilst each team has their own specific responsibilities, the team work together in a highly collaborative environment to support the delivery of joint objectives.

drives growth by winning more members at the right cost, increasing member lifetime value through engagement and retention, and building a category-leading brand

is a new role which will sit within the Procurement function, but focused on supporting the Marketing function, supporting their procurement needs on a daily basis.

The Marketing Buyer's role is to ensure Pure Gym spends its marketing budget effectively, efficiently and economically, achieving value for money whilst reducing risk via a sustainable supply chain, and ultimately securing the delivery of high-quality goods / services..

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…