Associate Sourcing Manager

Paulig Group; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the food and beverage sector is seeking an Associate Sourcing Manager to join their dynamic team in Milton Keynes. This role offers the chance to drive sourcing activities, develop category strategies, and engage with suppliers to ensure quality and sustainability. You will collaborate with various stakeholders while enjoying a hybrid working environment that fosters continuous learning and innovation. If you have a strong analytical mindset and a passion for building partnerships, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Continuous learning opportunities

Dynamic workplace

Passionate international team

Qualifications

• University degree in economics, engineering, or similar.
• Experience in sourcing in an international environment is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Drive and execute sourcing activities based on category strategy.
• Lead supplier selections and manage supplier relationships.
• Monitor market trends and identify saving opportunities.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Sourcing Experience

Team Player

Sustainability Mindset

Communication Skills

Education

University Degree in Economics or Engineering

Job description

Nigel Wright Group is supporting Paulig with this search

About Paulig

Our client Paulig believes every meal counts. As an international player in the food and beverage industry and as a house of iconic brands, they can make an impact that counts – and careers that matter.

They are now seeking an Associate Sourcing Manager, RAW MATERIALS to help them further building the future of food. You will be based in Milton Keynes and will report to Head of Sourcing in Mölndal, Sweden. You will be part of a great and professional Sourcing community with people based in their locations across Europe.

In this role as Associate Sourcing Manager, RAW MATERIALS you will have the opportunity to be responsible for driving and executing sourcing activities based on category strategy, policies, and market requirements.

You will contribute on the development of sourcing category strategy and lead supplier selections, which includes negotiation of supplier contracts and manage supplier relationships.

What you will do

• Contribute to the development of category strategy and lead supplier selection, relationship, negotiation in line with accepted strategy and policies and practices and sustainability guidelines.
• Continuously evaluate suppliers’ performance based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability, sustainability, and flexibility.
• Support the Sourcing Team with reports and system updates.
• Participate and lead actively local product development projects together with Portfolio Managers and Suppliers
• Work with relevant stakeholders: Brand & Portfolio, Sales, Supply Planning, After Sales and R&D to meet category objectives.
• Monitor & benchmark market trends and best practices.
• Identify, realize, and track saving opportunities and initiatives.

What they expect from you

You would be a great fit if your background and experience would look like this:

• University degree with major in economics, engineering, or similar
• Experience in sourcing in an international environment is an advantage
• Analytical skills and mindset
• To enjoy this role, you need to be a team player with a positive and energetic can-do attitude, capability for building partnerships, and at the same time ability to work independently
• Ability to be analytical yet convey complex statistical models and market dynamics in a common-sense language.
• Ability to analyse commodity markets from a fundamental perspective
• Strong Sustainability mindset
• This position suits someone who enjoys working in fast moving area and is able to handle new directions and working with several tasks simultaneously
• Fluency in written and spoken English

At Paulig, they value every person as an individual and a professional and expect the same from you. Like them, you strive for excellence in everything you do. You enjoy working with people with different backgrounds and are relationship oriented. The ability to cooperate and communicate with others is a key for success in this role.

What they offer:

• Hybrid working out of the Milton Keynes location
• At Paulig, you will get to work with iconic brands and high-quality products full of flavour.
• Paulig is home to continuous learning opportunities and is a dynamic workplace that has a strong future-orientation focus.
• You will be a part of a passionate, international team working as visionaries in the food industry.