Procurement lead - Non Horticultural

Bloom & Wild Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gifting company in Greater London is seeking a Procurement Manager to develop and deliver the strategic procurement roadmap for non-horticultural gifting categories. The role involves driving cost savings through effective negotiations and building supplier relationships. The ideal candidate has over 5 years' experience in procurement or product development, especially in food-related categories like baked goods. This role offers the opportunity to shape a growing function in a supportive and innovative environment.

Benefits

Flexible working & work from abroad

25 days holiday plus birthday

1 Volunteering day per year

Enhanced family leave

Flexible training framework

Discounts on products and subscriptions

Equity options from day 1

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a procurement, buying or product development role.
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings and improving margins.
• Experience within food product development, particularly baked goods or confectionery, is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the strategic procurement roadmap for non-horticultural gifting categories.
• Drive margin ambitions by leading negotiations for cost savings.
• Develop key supplier relationships and manage contract performance.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Relationship building

Commercial awareness

Data-driven decision making

Curiosity

Outcome-driven mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field

Job description

Hi, we're Bloom & Wild. We don't just send flowers. We help our customers to care wildly. Caring wildly is celebrating the little things we all do for each other every day. Not just the big occasions. It's being there for the highs. Stepping up for the lows.

We care wildly about people and our planet. Which is why we're so proud to be a certified B Corp™ - committed to making long-term positive change for our community, and the world around us.

Founded in 2013, our mission back then was to make sending and receiving flowers the joy that it should be, by harnessing technology, brand and letterbox delivery. We announced £75 million Series D funding in 2021 and that same year acquired bloomon in The Netherlands and Bergamotte in France. Together, we've fulfilled and delivered over 20 million orders (and counting!), making us the largest direct to consumer flower business in Europe.

Now home to a family of 3 beautiful brands, we're driven by our vision to create the destination for making life a little more thoughtful and beautiful. And we won't stop at flowers and plants. Starting with the Bloom & Wild brand, we're expanding our gifting offering to other categories like cakes, candles and cocktails. This is all part of our ambition to build Europe's #1 direct to consumer gifting destination.

The Procurement Team @ Bloom & Wild Group

The Procurement team is made up of 2 distinct functions, Operational Stock Planning and Strategic Procurement. This team sits separately from our flowers buying function and procures all non flower gifting items as well as packaging and other consumables for bouquet production and fulfilment. This is a new role that sits within the Strategic Procurement function and reports directly into the Head of Procurement & Inventory.

You'll be joining a team focused on building for the future. We are actively developing the strategic roadmaps, scalable systems, and supplier partnerships that will support our non-horticultural gifting growth - the fastest growing part of Bloom & Wild UK. This is a fantastic environment for someone who wants to help shape a function, solve interesting challenges, and see their work directly contribute to the company's success.

We care wildly about driving value and enabling the business to succeed. Our work is focused on delivering cost savings, increasing revenue through successful range expansion and perfect availability, and improving supplier performance.

What you'll be doing :

• Develop and deliver the strategic procurement roadmap for our non-horticultural gifting categories (e.g Food / drink, Candles, Cosmetics) owning the plan to hit both cost saving and range expansion goals.
• Drive our margin ambitions by leading negotiations to deliver significant, measurable cost savings without sacrificing quality.
• Act as the key commercial partner to our Range team, helping them select the best products by providing market assessments and supplier benchmarks.
• Source exciting new products & suppliers to scale our range, including owning the development of our Bloom & Wild branded products with a focus on baked goods and confectionary.
• Own and develop our key supplier relationships, setting the tone for long-term strategic partnerships and managing their holistic performance.
• Negotiate, implement, and manage comprehensive commercial and operational contracts.

You’ll love this role if you…

• 5+ years experience in a procurement, buying or product development role, with a strong track record of delivering cost savings and improving margins. Retail buying experience preferable.
• Experience within the food product development, specifically baked goods or confectionary advantageous.
• A strong relationship builder - You excel at developing supplier partnerships and have experience managing the full contract lifecycle, from drafting to performance management.
• A curious mindset - You're adept at conducting market assessments and competitor benchmarking to find new opportunities and negotiating leverage.
• Outcome driven - you're enthusiastic, passionate and keen to deliver impactful results.
• Proactive - you take responsibility and initiative to get things done, are willing to roll up your sleeves get stuck in.
• A data-driven decision maker - you love to understand the data and derive insights.
• Commercially focused - you're motivated by achieving financial targets and love connecting your work directly to margin improvement and cost savings.

Belonging @ Bloom & Wild

We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team. Our champions community actively advances our culture of inclusion and belonging, which is organised around 8 pillars of diversity. These cross-business networks offer additional opportunities for connection, education, support and celebration, and ensure that inclusivity continues to be embedded in our ways of working.

Our ways of working

We really believe in the power of connection. For us that looks different depending on the team you work in. Some of our teams work together in person every day, whereas others may connect in person every quarter.

We also believe in flexibility that supports you, the work you do, and your team. How much you work from home and from our office depends on a balance of those needs, and you'll agree this with your manager.

Whether it's through a shared project, a learning and development opportunity, or an afterwork social - we trust our teams to make the right decisions (for them and us) about where and how they work each day.

We're big on collaboration, empathy, knowledge sharing and growth, and our values drive our priorities every day :

Lead change for good : we have the guts to try new things and step up to do what matters most

Think deeply, act swiftly : we make sure there's thoughtful rationale behind our approach and always act swiftly to implement ideas

Care wildly : we pour care and creativity into everything we do and pay attention to the things that make a difference

Stay open, be curious : we're open about what we're doing and why, and we welcome challenges from each other

Work that works for you

To care wildly for our customers, firstly we care wildly for our teams. We work hard to craft a culture of thoughtfulness and care, where there is a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, enabling all of our people to thrive and be successful each day.

Our perks and benefits include :

• Flexible working & work from abroad
• 25 days holiday + your birthday + flexible bank holidays, & option to buy additional holiday each year
• 1 Volunteering day each year
• Enhanced family leave and a workplace nursery scheme
• A flexible training framework for every stage of your career
• Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!
• Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1

For more information on our perks & benefits, please see bloomandwild.com/careers

Getting hired

We know that job searching can be daunting, and we want to do everything we can to ensure that your experience with us is a good one. Interviewing is a 2-way process, and we're keen to answer all of the questions you have, so that you can be sure (and excited!) that we're the right move for you.

We believe in leading change for good, so if there's anything that we can do to help you flourish throughout your application process with us, or if you have any feedback, please share this with us anonymously here so we can use this to improve your experience.

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