Job summary

Successful food manufacturer 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.

Key skills required for this role

Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Materials Manager, Supply Chain Manager

Important

Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Materials Manager, Supply Chain Manager

Job description

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 knowledge or 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