Successful food manufacturing business require a Procurement Manager. Applicants need strategic and operational procurement expertise, the ability to manage a small team and familiarity with raw materials sourcing in Food, Chemicals, Pharma or Cosmetics.

The Procurement Manager will lead all strategic and operational procurement activities and be responsible for a spend of c£30M. Supported by a small team of Buyers, the Procurement Manager will be responsible for strategic management of the supplier base, de-risking the supply chain and ensuring continuity of supply.

Specific duties of the Procurement Manager include:

• Contribute to the development of procurement and supplier management strategies and ensure their execution
• Negotiate and manage contractual agreements with suppliers
• Tendering/Front-end sourcing activities
• Strategic partnering and supplier relationship activities
• Supply Chain risk mitigation activities - investigate new sources of supply and closely manage single-source suppliers
• Set operational procurement parameters around EPQ, MOQ, Leadtime. Safety Stock levels etc.
• Day-to-day management of supply chain against OTD/OTIF metrics, handling escalations from Buyers
• Inventory Optimisation activities through use of ERP system and LEAN methodologies
• Contribute to broader Site supply chain planning and commercial activities such as S&OP
• Seek to improve processes around; procurement, supplier relationship, materials and inventory management

Procurement Manager applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Previous experience working within an industry with a focus on raw materials such as; Food, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals or Cosmetics etc.
• Previous experience in the procurement of raw materials ideally in food manufacturing but pharmaceuticals, chemicals or cosmetics could also work
• Strategic procurement expertise - tendering, negotiations, category management, contract management, collaboration and supplier partnering
• Operational procurement and materials experience - inventory management, MRP, ERP, materials planning etc
• The ability to manage a small team
• Effective stakeholder partnering skills to drive change, improve processes and ensure commercial success