Training and Enablement Manager

Role Overview:

JD Sports Fashion plc ("JD") is a FTSE100 organisation with a growing global presence and an indirect procurement spend in excess of £1bn. This role will provide commercial support to all JD businesses – UK and International, engaging with colleagues ranging from store to Head of Department level.

The successful individual shall be able to:

• Play a key role in training and onboarding key business divisions and suppliers by leading Coupa P2P training and devlopment
• Create, maintain and deliver training resources for both internal colleagues and external suppliers covering:
• P2P colleague training (new, and development/re-training)
• Supplier onboarding and hypercare
• P2P administration
• Manage P2P development projects, and improve existing processes
• Engage with colleagues from multiple JD Group divisions, subsidiaries, and and external suppliers
• Produce reporting and insight on both a scheduled and ad-hoc basis, contributing to the monthly departmental board reports

Key skills/requirements include:

• Two years + experience within a fast-paced commercial environment (preferably via accounts payable/P2P)
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills are essential
• Diligent and dependable providing attention to detail
• Good understanding of purchase order and invoicing processes
• Ability to create and deliver quality training materials to enhance efficiency and consistency
• Confidence to own problems/issues, propose solutions and ensure that deadlines or business goals are achieved within a constantly changing environment
• Dedication to review and improve existing processes and push through changes where required to the rest of the business
• Experience of engaging and building relationships with business stakeholders from multiple divisions (e.g. Finance, Property, Retail, Marketing, IT etc.)
• The ability to successfully balance role objectives with the changing needs of our retail businesses and divisional colleagues
• Strong communication skills – with the ability to inspire and influence.

Key Duties/Resposibilities:

• Engaging with internal departments and colleagues to facilitate the roll-out of the P2P system and related principles/processes to all JD divisions and territories
• Support new supplier set-ups, ensuring that suppliers have submitted correct information on financial administration, including VAT registrations, default tax rates, Purchase Order receipt and invoicing methods
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the Group division providing P2P support and training
• Support initial onboarding of external suppliers with continued review and support as required
• Ongoing training support for users and suppliers as appropriate, producing support training materials where relevant
• Provide scheduled and ad-hoc reports to relevant JD Divisions
• Support the Property and Finance team with Capex budget management administration and compliance reporting.
• Developing the use and future scope of the P2P Inventory Module within the wider business.

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Free parking
• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation
• Pension Scheme
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don’t hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.