Procurement Analyst

LeaseLine; Alfreton CP; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading procurement firm in Alfreton is seeking a procurement specialist to shape sourcing strategies for raw materials and packaging. The role involves managing supplier performance, budgeting, and ensuring compliance with purchasing policies. Candidates must have strong procurement experience, particularly in FMCG, and effective communication skills. This position offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in procurement or strategic sourcing, particularly in raw materials and packaging.
• Comfortable managing budgets, forecasting costs, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Experience in supplier performance management, including tracking quality, timeliness, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of strategic sourcing for raw materials and packaging.
• Assist in budget creation, financial forecasting, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Manage supplier performance, focusing on quality, timeliness, cost, and service.

Skills

Procurement experience

Budget management

Supplier performance management

Contract negotiation

Attention to detail

Familiarity with ERP systems

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Location: Alfreton, Derbyshire

About The Role

Join our dynamic team and play a key role in shaping the procurement strategy for the Thorntons & Eat Natural brands! You’ll collaborate with raw material and packaging buyers to drive maximum value, ensuring the right quality, at the right place, at the right time, and at the right cost. Work cross-functionally with both internal teams and external partners to optimise profitability in a fast-paced, complex environment. Help create products that delight customers, while ensuring smooth connections between our business and supply chain. Ready to make an impact? Come be part of something exciting!

Main Responsibilities

In this role, you will support the development and execution of strategic sourcing for raw materials and packaging, ensuring alignment with both group and local sourcing strategies. You’ll assist in budget creation, financial forecasting, and cost reduction initiatives, providing accurate and timely updates on procurement costs. Additionally, you will help manage supplier performance, focusing on quality, timeliness, cost, and service, while collaborating with internal stakeholders to communicate performance issues and track rejections and material concessions. You’ll take full responsibility for ensuring compliance with purchasing policies, DLA, and CSR standards, leading internal audits and resolving non-conformances. You will prepare RFQs, analyse quotes, negotiate with suppliers, and oversee the placement of business contracts, SLAs, and POs, managing supplier relationships and ensuring timely delivery. The role also includes key administrative tasks such as setting up suppliers, managing POs, handling supplier claims, invoice holds, aged stock, and managing write-off budgets. You will support daily BPO requirements, confirm volumes and prices, and assist with the artwork process.

About You

We are looking for candidates with strong experience in procurement or strategic sourcing, particularly in raw materials and packaging. You should be comfortable managing budgets, forecasting costs, and identifying cost-saving opportunities. Experience in supplier performance management, including tracking quality, timeliness, and cost, is essential, as is familiarity with contract management and negotiation. You must also be detail-oriented, able to handle administrative tasks like supplier setup and POs and communicate effectively with internal teams and suppliers. Experience in the FMCG sector is a plus, along with familiarity with ERP systems like SAP.

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About Ferrero

Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world's largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.

DE&I At Ferrero

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding. Find out more here.