Procurement Manager

Nomad Foods; Woking; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Nomad Foods is recruiting a Category Manager to drive procurement strategy across fast-moving consumer goods categories from our UK base. You’ll optimise costs, ensure quality, and manage supplier relationships while upholding sustainability and ethical sourcing.

You will lead supplier base optimisation, harmonise specifications, and negotiate favourable commercial terms. The role requires strong stakeholder engagement across functions and geographies, with a bias for action to meet deadlines

Qualifications

• Procurement / Category Management experience in FMCG.
• Experience buying ingredients / commodities.
• Strong stakeholder management and proactive communication.
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings and increasing value.

Responsibilities

• Maximise end-to-end value by optimising supplier base and standardising terms with suppliers.
• Identify value levers and work with suppliers to reduce costs.
• Forecast price trends and use market knowledge in negotiations.
• Rationalise co-packers and insource production; deliver procurement actions.

Skills

Procurement / Category Management in F

Experience buying ingredients /

Stakeholder management

Cost savings / value delivery

Job description

Competitive salary, car allowance, up to 25% bonus and benefits

We have an excellent opportunity to join Nomad Foods as a Category Manager. One of our key categories in the procurement team, you’ll be responsible for driving cost optimisation whilst ensuring quality standards are met.

About the role…

The role supports the execution of the procurement strategy for the segment by ensuring business requirements are met through procuring goods and services in a sustainable and ethical way, whilst optimising costs, maintaining quality standards and mitigating supply chain risks.

Delivers Commercial Value

• Maximises end to end value creation by optimising the supplier base, leveraging our scale, harmonising specifications for goods/services and standardising payment and other contractual terms with suppliers
• Continuously strives to identify ways to unlock value, working collaboratively with suppliers to identify what both parties can do to sustainably reduce costs
• Uses market intelligence to forecast both price and market trends, leveraging this knowledge in negotiations with suppliers to deliver value

Sources goods & services in a sustainable and ethical way

• Minimises the environmental impact of our supply chain by working with the Sustainability Team to define the sustainable and ethical sourcing action plan for the segment and taking ownership of its delivery
• Leads the process to identify and select appropriate and compliant suppliers for their segment
• Owns the management of supplier relationships, tailoring the approach by segment, subsegment or product as required

Delivers project outcomes on time and in full

• Ensures successful delivery of plans to rationalise co-packers and insource production by owning the execution of procurement actions for their segment and proactively collaborating with other teams

About you…

We need a proactive self-starter who can build strong, meaningful relationships with stakeholders across multiple functions and multiple geographies. A persuasive manner with the ability to both challenge and influence internal stakeholders and suppliers alike are crucial. The role requires the ability to work in a fast-paced, but structured, environment, together with a strong bias for action to deliver against both deadlines and financial targets.

• Procurement / Category Management experience within an FMCG environment
• Experience of buying ingredients / commodities is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and proactive in communication.
• Proven record of delivering cost savings and improve commercial value.

What we can offer you…

• An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential
• A culture where your part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference.
• The potential to progress your career across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group

We’re on an exceptional adventure and offer a truly purpose led career. We aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future.

Who are we…

Headquartered in the UK, with revenues of €2.9 billion and operations in 22 key markets, Nomad Foods is Europe's leading frozen food company. We are a young company, founded only eight years ago, and built around a number of iconic brands (including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo and more recently Ledo and Frikom) that invented the frozen category 100 years ago and continue to set the bar for great taste, nutrition, convenience and affordability. Across everything we do, we are guided by our Purpose - Serving the World with Better Food - and how we can make a positive impact on our Performance, People and the Planet.

At Nomad Foods we're proud to represent the world we serve by hiring diverse talent. Our inclusive culture is all about what we can achieve together.