Procurement Manager PP Films

Amcor; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global packaging company based in the UK is seeking a procurement professional to develop and implement purchasing strategies. The role involves managing supplier relationships, controlling resources for objectives, and enhancing contract negotiation processes. The ideal candidate will have a university degree and at least 5 years of relevant purchasing experience. This position offers dynamic opportunities to contribute to sustainability and innovation in packaging solutions.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Professional development opportunities

Innovative work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in purchasing.
• Relevant experience in a company with a mature purchasing organisation.
• Potential to develop further into a business position.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the overall purchasing strategy.
• Control and optimize resources to meet objectives.
• Enhance the relationship with suppliers to realize cost-saving potentials.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Supplier relationship management

Market analysis

Strategic sourcing

Education

University degree

Tools

Market analysis tools

Purchasing data systems

Job description

Department: Procurement

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business. Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

Key Job Accountabilities

Strategy Development and Implementation

• Contribute to the development of the overall purchasing strategy and translate the purchasing strategy in concrete action plans
• Work closely with key stakeholders to develop and implement effective sourcing strategies for the category / supplier in order to ensure quality of services and significant cost reductions
• Ensure that the needs of the Sites are effectively represented in the Purchasing Strategies and to achieve this must work closely with the Cluster and Site Management

Results Achievement

• Control and optimize resources to meet objectives and deliver agreed results while working closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure that sourcing strategies are implemented and function well
• Track and report savings, monitor TCO improvement as well as working capital improvement using the tracking tools in place
• Assess and manage risks across the Purchasing category while developing and contributing to a risk strategy for the category together with mitigating actions
• Manage the supplier base across the category area, leverage Category spend globally and drive & implement best practices and cost reduction initiatives for the EMEA business
• Monitor integration of Purchasing in core business processes
• Follow the set standards with respect to Purchasing and ensure consistency with the Amcor requirements and standards
• Support the development of the Purchasing policy in providing feedback and advice to the Group Procurement Director and the Procurement Excellence Team
• Identify trends and/or issues that need improvement within the category accounts, identify the Purchasing gaps and use Market knowledge gained through industry analysis, supplier analysis and competitive analyses

Negotiation and Contract Management

• Enhance the relationship with suppliers in an innovative way to realize cost saving potentials
• Manages negotiation process, content and results in leading the negotiation team to define the desired outcome of a negotiation
• Use Amcor negotiations techniques and tools to prepare and monitor process (ANP)
• Build strong relationships with key material provider in order to negotiate more interesting contractual agreements and service levels
• Regularly review and monitor contract realisation and delivery
• Identify and resolve issues or escalates if required
• Ensure transparency in carrying out execution purchasing procedure

Relationship Management

• Identify stakeholders; understand, interpret their current and future needs and manage their expectations
• Build very good rapport with suppliers and obtain access to senior leadership team
• Collaborate strongly with relevant departments to ensure understanding and compliance with key purchasing strategies
• Create, maintain, enhance professional networks
• Contribute towards Purchasing excellence and customer satisfaction
• Develop budgets and targets based on aggressive, well‑founded, realistic, forward oriented goals
• Ensure that financial resource allocation is cost effective and aligned with strategic and operational plans
• Build an accurate forecast for category price movements

Reporting

• Provide periodic and ad‑hoc reporting and forecasting on performance against plan and potential in following up on KPIs and reporting on trends
• Ensure appropriate flow of information regarding supplier economics

Qualifications/Requirements

Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in purchasing
• Relevant experience in a company with a mature purchasing organisation
• Potential to develop further into a business position
• Experience in market and benchmark analysis at a broad level

Education and Certifications

• University degree

Job Specific Technical Requirements

• Experiences in the selection of suppliers – in inquiry and/or negotiation
• Appropriate application of the market analysis tools – industry analysis (Porter model) and supplier analysis – and a demonstrated understanding of the cost drivers in their markets
• Experiences in the selection, preparation and execution of commercial agreements, relevant to the materials items being sourced
• Demonstrated understanding at an operational level, interacting with other functions
• Effective participation in multi functional work – projects cross‑functional teams in an international environment
• Working knowledge of company information and data systems used by Purchasing
• Understanding of key administrative systems that impact Purchases and suppliers
• A result oriented and hands on individual
• Purchasing technical skills, confirmed capability in each of the Key Sourcing Skills
• Mastery of tools, such as: develop and implement Sourcing Strategies, apply Policy, run Inquiry, conduct Negotiation, Benchmark, draft and execute commercial agreements and forecast

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.