Procurement Manager - Directs (6 Month Ftc)

Quorn; Ledston; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays (

Matched pension scheme & life cover

Employee Assistance Programme (Grocery

Wellbeing schemes – gym, Digital GP,眼検

Free Quorn products on-site

Job summary

Quorn Foods seeks a Procurement Manager to join the Direct Procurement team on a fixed term contract, predominantly from our Leeds office (LS15) with travel to other sites and suppliers. Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK; sponsorship cannot be offered.

You will develop category strategies, lead negotiations, and ensure supply resilience across UK and Europe, with a focus on cost, quality, and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Proven commercial background within food manufacturing or FMCG, with category strategy experience.
• Experience managing packaging, ingredients or direct materials.
• Track record of delivering savings and supplier value creation.
• Strong negotiation and contract-management capability.
• Analytical skills with ability to use data for decision making.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership.
• Passion for healthy, sustainable products.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver category and sourcing strategies balancing cost, quality, service, sustainability and supply resilience.
• Lead supplier negotiations, tenders, contracts and SLAs; manage total cost and commercial risks.
• Support new product launches, agree supply routes and pricing; maintain SAP records.
• Contribute to wider Direct Procurement priorities and ensure raw materials availability.

Skills

Commercial procurement

Category management

Negotiation

Contract management

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Project management

Tools

SAP

Job description

Quorn Foods are delighted to be recruiting for a Procurement Manager to join our Direct Procurement team on a fixed term contract basis.

What you'll be responsible for:

Reporting to the Strategic Procurement Lead for Directs UK and Europe, you will develop and deliver category and sourcing strategies that balance cost, quality, service, sustainability and supply resilience. You will identify opportunities to deliver savings, mitigate inflation, avoid costs and optimise working capital through cost modelling, benchmarking, volume consolidation and effective commercial planning.

You will lead supplier negotiations, tenders, contracts and service-level agreements, ensuring that total cost and commercial risks are understood and managed. Working closely with Technical, NPD, Materials Planning, Operations, Finance and Master Data, you will support new product launches, agree supply routes and pricing, maintain accurate commercial records in SAP and help resolve data or invoicing issues.

Alongside your category responsibilities, you will contribute to wider Direct Procurement priorities and help ensure raw materials remain available to meet business needs.

The role will be predominately based from our Leeds office (LS15), with regular travel to other Quorn sites, suppliers and third-party manufacturers.

The position is offered on an initial fixed term contract basis. Applicants must have the Right to Work permanently in the UK. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

What experience you'll need to have:

• Proven commercial background within food manufacturing, FMCG or another manufacturing environment, with experience developing and executing category and sourcing strategies


• Experience managing packaging, ingredients, direct materials or other specified categories


• Track record of delivering savings, cost improvements, service performance, quality outcomes and supplier value creation


• Excellent negotiation and contract-management capability, with experience managing strategic relationships and major commercial agreements


• Well-developed financial, commercial and analytical skills, with the ability to use data and market intelligence to inform decisions


• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and cross-functional leadership skills, ideally alongside experience of procurement transformation, digitalisation, governance frameworks, process improvement or mentoring


• A passion for healthy, sustainable products which are better for our consumers and the planet – you don't have to be a vegetarian to work for Quorn!

The recruitment process:

Every applicant will receive a response, whether successful or not. We aim to reply to everyone as quickly as possible, though at busy times this may take a little longer. For transparency, if you are shortlisted, the recruitment process will look like this:

1st Stage - 30-45 minute Microsoft Teams introductory call with our Strategic Procurement Lead & Resourcing Partner

2nd Stage - in-person interview and task with key stakeholders from our team

If you have any questions regarding any of the above or the application process, please feel free to reach out to our Resourcing Partner Jacob Senior.

What you'll get in return:

• A Competitive Salary


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year!)


• Matched pension scheme & life assurance Cover


• Employee Assistance Programmes (we're a GroceryAid sponsor and run a range of annual initiatives to support colleague wellbeing)


• Access to other wellbeing schemes – discounted gym memberships, Digital GP services, eye tests, mortgage advice, and salary finance


• Free Quorn products on-site to take home and share with your friends and family!