Procurement Lead: Strategy, Partnerships & Growth

Little Moons

Greater London

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance
Enhanced Baby Leave
Mental health support
Discretionary annual bonus
Paid sick leave
25 days holidays + public holidays
Cycle to work
Volunteer days

Job summary

Little Moons is recruiting a Procurement Manager in the United Kingdom to shape partnerships, sourcing strategy and a resilient supplier base that supports growth. You will lead the procurement team, drive category strategies, manage supplier relationships and risks, and deliver sustainable value beyond cost.

This is a strategic, hands-on role that requires influence at senior levels and a track record of tangible commercial impact.

Qualifications

  • Strong experience in procurement management within food manufacturing.
  • Experience leading procurement teams and developing people.
  • Proven track record delivering strategic sourcing programmes and significant commercial value.
  • Strong supplier relationship management and negotiation expertise.
  • Experience building category strategies and procurement roadmaps.
  • Strong understanding of supply chain risk management.
  • Excellent stakeholder influencing skills, including senior leadership engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver the Procurement Strategy in line with business objectives.
  • Translate growth plans into effective sourcing and supplier strategies.
  • Support the Head of SC & P to build and maintain a multi-year procurement roadmap.
  • Drive adherence to procurement governance, policies and best practices.
  • Drive continuous improvement across procurement processes, systems and ways of working.
  • Act as the procurement lead for key business initiatives and transformational projects.
  • Lead, coach and develop the procurement team to create a high-performing function.
  • Establish clear objectives, development plans and succession planning.
  • Promote a culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Ensure procurement capability evolves in line with business growth requirements.
  • Act as a mentor and escalation point for complex commercial and supplier issues.
  • Develop partnerships with key suppliers and manufacturing partners.
  • Establish supplier segmentation and relationship management frameworks.
  • Identify opportunities for joint innovation, cost optimisation and sustainability improvements.
  • Drive supplier performance through robust governance and KPI management.
  • Deliver procurement savings, cost avoidance and value creation targets.
  • With the Head of SC & P own procurement budget performance and savings forecasting.
  • Define commercial negotiation strategies for key spend areas.
  • Challenge existing cost structures and identify opportunities to improve margin.
  • Ensure appropriate contractual protection and commercial governance is in place.
  • Own the procurement risk management framework.
  • Ensure robust mitigation plans exist across strategic suppliers, ingredients and packaging.
  • Monitor market volatility, geopolitical developments and supply chain risks.
  • Lead procurement's response to significant supply disruptions.
  • Develop long-term resilience strategies to support business continuity.
  • Create supplier-enabled innovation pipelines to support future growth.
  • Support expansion into new products, channels and markets through effective sourcing strategies.
  • Identify and introduce new suppliers, technologies and capabilities.
  • Ensure procurement is engaged early in the innovation process to maximise value creation.
  • Lead delivery of responsible sourcing and supply chain sustainability objectives.
  • Drive supplier engagement and alignment against the Little Moons Positive Sourcing standard
  • Support carbon reduction, packaging sustainability and responsible sourcing initiatives.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and reporting requirements

Skills

Procurement leadership
Team development
Sourcing strategy
Supplier relationship mgmt
Category strategies
Risk management
Stakeholder influence

Education

CIPS accreditation

Job description

Little Moons is recruiting a Procurement Manager in the United Kingdom to shape partnerships, sourcing strategy and a resilient supplier base that supports growth. You will lead the procurement team, drive category strategies, manage supplier relationships and risks, and deliver sustainable value beyond cost.

This is a strategic, hands-on role that requires influence at senior levels and a track record of tangible commercial impact.

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