Procurement Manager - Dairy & Egg

Greencore Group; Leeds; In loco; GBP 42.000 - 66.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Competitive salary and job-related Ben

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Exclusive Greencore employee discount

Full Wellbeing Centre platform access

Enhanced parental leave and menopause/

Descrizione del lavoro

Greencore Group is a leading UK producer of convenience food with 36 manufacturing sites and 28,000 colleagues. We’re seeking a Material Group Procurement Lead to drive sourcing strategy across the portfolio, optimize total cost, and manage supplier relationships within dairy and egg categories.

You’ll engage with Commercial, Operations and Sustainability teams to align plans, monitor market changes, and support inflation recovery while ensuring quality and inbound service levels across sites.

Competenze

• Degree calibre or equivalent required for this role.
• Experience with procurement in food manufacturing preferred.
• Familiarity with supplier management and cost recovery.
• Strong Excel and data analysis for forecasting costs.

Mansioni

• Contribute to the formulation and implementation of Material Group Sourcing Strategy.
• Lead all procurement activity for the material group with cost control and forecasting.
• Engage with Commercial teams for market updates and inflation recovery.
• Collaborate with Operations, Technical and Sustainability teams to ensure quality and inbound service.

Conoscenze

Procurement systems knowledge

Dairy & egg procurement experience

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation and cost management

Supply chain understanding

Formazione

Degree calibre or equivalent

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

What you’ll be doing

• Contribute to the formulation and implementation of Material Group Sourcing Strategy to ensure that business strategies and performance targets are achieved and ensure cross functional alignment with the plan
• Lead on all procurement activity for the material group to ensure that the total cost of the portfolio is managed efficiently and effectively, with rigorous attention to detail on PV , financial forecasting, rebates, cash management, Greencore Purchasing Excellence delivery, material availability and input cost inflation
• Stakeholder engagement with Commercial teams, including regular market updates and commentary, and support of inflation recovery in the area of expertise, including direct dialogue with customer where necessary
• Stakeholder engagement with Operational teams, including Technical and Sustainability, to ensure correct levels of Quality and Inbound Service levels are achieved, as well as developing good working relationships with the site General Manager and Supply Chain teams, ensuring a good understanding of how key sites operate

What we’re looking for

• Degree calibre or equivalent
• Detailed knowledge of procurement systems and processes
• Knowledge/experience of Dairy and Egg procurement
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office systems
• Good understanding of food manufacturing, processes, and working with suppliers

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.