Procurement Manager

apetito; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food supplier in the UK is looking for a Procurement Manager to support the IT and Marketing departments. The ideal candidate will have strong strategic procurement experience, negotiation skills, and a knack for building relationships with stakeholders. Responsibilities include developing sourcing plans, managing supplier contracts, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies. This is an opportunity for career growth in a dynamic and agile environment.

Qualifications

• Proven strategic procurement experience.
• Ability to develop robust contracts and negotiate terms.
• Competent and adaptable negotiator capable of influencing decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sourcing and category plans aligned to business goals.
• Supplier evaluation, selection, and contract development.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Education

Degree or equivalent qualification

CIPS membership or relevant postgraduate qualification

Tools

Digital procurement tools

Job description

The Procurement team is responsible for ensuring that the company has a clear strategy when purchasing goods and services.

Our indirect purchasing team has a growing responsibility to ensure goods and services are procured in an efficientway ensuring best value is achieved for the company.

This Procurement Manager role is to support the IT and Marketing departments with both non-tendered spend and tenders (for contracts worth over £100k per year.)

You will have a passion for purchasing and be experienced to work independentlywith stakeholders and suppliers. We are a growing, agile business and can support your career development.

You will have a talent in negotiation with exceptional networking and communication skills.

You will have a solid understanding of both the purchasing process (tender, negotiation and award) and strategic sourcing (market data, supply chain, cost control).

Most importantly, you are able to work on your own initiative as well as being an integral part of a high performing team.

Who we are

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Responsibilities

• To develop and implement sourcing and category plans aligned to business goals and objectives which deliver cost leadership, innovation, service excellence and process and product improvement
• Supplier evaluation, selection and contract development
• Implementation of initiatives through effective programme and project management
• provide support and advice in the sourcing of new goods/services for the wider business
• Compliance to procurement policies and procedures
• Capturing food safety and quality criteria within any procurement process that may pose any risk to food/the food manufacturingprocess with responses available to the technical team to manage any risk.
• Ensuring Ethical and Sustainable responsibilities are addressed in the supplier selection process

About you

Essential:

• Proven strategic procurement experience
• Able to build strong working relationships with stakeholders
• Impactful and adaptable negotiator capable of influencing decision makers, suppliers and stake holders
• Competent using digital procurement tools
• Ability to develop robust contracts and negotiatecontract terms
• Innovative thinker with ability to generate/deliver valued added procurement solutions that positively affect the performance of the business
• Highly analytical with the ability to measure and provide meaningful data insights
• Effective and adaptable communicator with strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Resilient and persistent with the ability to act at pace and influence decisions
• Strong personal organisation skills capable of initiating, prioritising and managing several projects simultaneously

Desirable:

• Previous experience of purchasing indirect categories in I.T and/or marketing
• Degree, or equivalent, qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Valid UK driving licence
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) membership or additional relevant postgraduate qualification

Personal Qualities:

• Persuading & Influencing - Makes a strong personal impression on others; Gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating; Promotes ideas on behalf of self or others.
• Planning & Organising - Sets clearly defined objectives; Plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances; Manages time effectively; Identifies and organises resources needed to accomplish tasks; Monitors performance against deadlines- Good problem solving skills and the ability to drive for completion and delivery.
• Entrepreneurial & Commercial Thinking -Keeps up-to-date with competitor information and market trends; Identifies business opportunities for the organisation; Demonstrates financial awareness; Controls costs and thinks in terms of profit, loss and added value.
• Analysing - Analyses numerical data, verbal data and all other sources of information; Probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem; Makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis; Produces workable solutions to a range of problems; Demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system
• Deciding and Initiating Action - Makes prompt and clear decisions which may involve tough choices or considered risks; Takes responsibility for actions, projects and people; Takes initiative, acts with confidence and works under own direction; Initiates and generates activity.