Logistics Procurement Category Lead

Danone; Chiswick; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food & beverage company is seeking a Procurement Manager for its UK Logistics. The role involves developing category strategies, engaging stakeholders, and managing supplier relationships. Ideal candidates will have experience in logistics procurement, transformational change leadership, and strong communication skills. The position offers a salary of £70,000 - £82,000 plus bonus and benefits, with a closing application date of 03/10/25.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of procurement roles in Logistics.
• Experience in leading transformational change in a matrix environment.
• Ability to deliver agreed savings and value targets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies for UK Logistics.
• Engage with stakeholders to align procurement strategies.
• Understand market intelligence to secure competitive supply.

Skills

Procurement in Logistics

Transformational Change Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication and Influencing

Prioritization Skills

Job description

Danoners are steering us to a more sustainable future, helping to make the world healthier. As a certified B-Corp, we have our Danone Impact Journey to 2025. This will only be possible with each and every one of our leaders. Do you want to be one of them?

Role Purpose

To create value by building and implementing innovative category strategies and commercial procurement solutions that deliver a competitively advantaged supply base for Danone across all Logistics expense in the UK. To operate as a collaborative member of the EU Logistics C&P Team in partnership with other team members. Shape and align the Logistics Procurement strategy to support the achievement of business goals including growth, cost reduction, cash generation, Sustainability and deployment of regional and global plans

• Category Strategy: Develop and implement 1-3 year category strategies with stakeholders, supported by execution roadmaps to deliver this strategy with short, medium and long term initiatives – ensuring alignment with regional and global procurement teams as appropriate
• Stakeholder Engagement: Regular communication with business stakeholders to ensure alignment to key procurement strategies and develop relationships across the procurement community and with key stakeholders
• Market Intelligence: For UK Logistics, understanding and responding to market intelligence optimal supplier pricing and value. Deliver supplier strategies which actively anticipate and reduce supplier risk (e.g., sole supplier risk, financial health, data privacy, information security, modern slavery) and secure competitive supply
• Sourcing and Contracting : Ensure appropriate Supplier tendering, sourcing and contracting strategies are in place across the category to mitigate legal and regulatory exposure. Embed and monitor relevant supplier KPIs in collaboration with Operational colleagues
• Initiative Management : Deliver Logistics procurement initiatives, applying a variety of strategies and levers including; tendering, e-auctions and cost negotiations, price benchmarking, supplier consolidation and rationalisation
• Supplier Relationship Management : Perform supplier segmentation and drive supplier engagement with Danone priorities and strategies via regular and robust SRM processes

About you

About you:

• A strong knowledge and demonstrated experience of procurement roles in Logistics
• Experience of leading transformational change in procurement and in a matrix environment
• Autonomous delivery of results: Ability to deliver to agreed savings and value targets
• Problem solving: Ability to use information, analysis and insights to identify and unlock opportunities across the supply base
• Programme delivery: Ability to lead a portfolio of strategic and tactical procurement initiatives with competing resources and priorities
• Prioritisation skills: Ability to independently prioritise work and deliver procurement initiatives in a complex environment
• Communication and Influencing: Ability to build strong trusting relationships with cross-functional and cross-geographical stakeholders. Use these relationships to support and challenge stakeholders beliefs / positions
• Role model leadership qualities and behaviours within UKI and EU Procurement Teams
• Please note the salary on offer for this role is between £70,000 - £82,000 plus bonus & benefits.

About Danone

About Us:

At Danone UK & Ireland, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.

The closing date for applications is 03/10/25, you will therefore hear about your application after this date

Job details

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.