Assistant Sourcing Manager — Strategic Procurement & Value

Culina; Harborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 24 days + 8 bank holidays

Pension scheme contribution 4%/4%

Life Assurance - 2x salary

Employee Wellness Programme (EAP)

Eye care vouchers

Job summary

Culina Group is expanding its Central Group Procurement team and seeks a commercially minded Assistant Sourcing Manager to drive value across indirect spend. You will manage sourcing projects end-to-end, partner with senior stakeholders and contribute to strategic procurement initiatives across multiple categories.

Join a growing function with a clear progression path and a focus on collaboration, cost optimisation, sustainability and value creation across Culina Group.

Qualifications

• Experience in Indirect Procurement, Strategic Sourcing or Buying.
• Success delivering value through competitive tendering, negotiation and supplier management.
• Experience creating tender documentation with output-based specs and KPIs.
• Strong project management with multiple sourcing projects.
• Structured/SLean analytical approach to supplier evaluation, including weighted scorecards.
• Negotiation strategies and commercial decision-making knowledge.
• Experience drafting/negotiating contracts with legal teams.
• Strong Excel, data analysis and eProcurement system skills.
• Knowledge of TCO methodologies and cost-benefit analysis.
• Track record of savings and value-add opportunities.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing projects within designated category areas to deliver best-in-class outcomes.
• Capture business requirements and stakeholder needs; analyse against suppliers and incumbent capabilities.
• Develop tender documentation in collaboration with stakeholders; run tenders and negotiate best-value outcomes.
• Implement sourcing outcomes and hand over to Supplier Relationship Managers; review spend for optimisation and drive value creation.
• Support creation and implementation of strategic sourcing and category plans; build relationships across the organisation.

Skills

Indirect Procurement

Strategic Sourcing

Tendering

Supplier Management

Excel

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Negotiation

Category Planning

Tools

eProcurement

Job description

Culina Group is expanding its Central Group Procurement team and seeks a commercially minded Assistant Sourcing Manager to drive value across indirect spend. You will manage sourcing projects end-to-end, partner with senior stakeholders and contribute to strategic procurement initiatives across multiple categories.

Join a growing function with a clear progression path and a focus on collaboration, cost optimisation, sustainability and value creation across Culina Group.