Marketing Buyer

The PureGym Way

The PureGym Group is a global gym business with a community of more than 700 gyms and over 2 million members. At PureGym, 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 PureGym Good. We are proud to be certified by Top Employers Institute. See our careers page for full benefits.

We offer

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1
• Hybrid working
• A truly flexible working culture
• Personal private healthcare, including digital GP
• 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

Location: Remote/Hybrid

Type: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent

Application: Closing date

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

The Procurement Function 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.

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

The Role

The Marketing Buyer 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 PureGym 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 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 therequirement 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.