Head of Procurement — Multi-Site FMCG & Margin Growth

Tri Talent Resourcing Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tri Talent Resourcing Ltd is supporting a fast-growing, investor-backed food manufacturing group to appoint its first group-level procurement leader. This senior role reports to the CEO and CFO and will own procurement across multiple sites, building the function from the ground up to unlock margin as the business scales.

You’ll own end-to-end strategy, consolidate suppliers into group agreements, and lead sourcing across core categories including ingredients, packaging and indirect spend.

Qualifications

• Senior procurement leadership in FMCG or food manufacturing, ideally chilled or short shelf-life
• Background in direct procurement (ingredients and packaging)
• Proven cost savings and commercial impact
• Builder who has created or professionalised a function
• Experience in PE-backed or investor-backed or transforming businesses
• Gravitas to operate at executive level with low-ego, high-pace style

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver end-to-end procurement strategy across all sites
• Consolidate a fragmented supplier base into group agreements
• Lead sourcing across proteins, bakery, dairy, ingredients and packaging, plus indirect spend
• Deliver a board-visible cost-out programme with EBITDA impact in year one
• Implement forward-buying and commodity risk management
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Technical and Commercial at a senior level
• Support M&A integration and build a small, high-calibre buying team

Job description

Tri Talent Resourcing Ltd is supporting a fast-growing, investor-backed food manufacturing group to appoint its first group-level procurement leader. This senior role reports to the CEO and CFO and will own procurement across multiple sites, building the function from the ground up to unlock margin as the business scales.

You’ll own end-to-end strategy, consolidate suppliers into group agreements, and lead sourcing across core categories including ingredients, packaging and indirect spend.