Procurement Manager - Finished Products

PRINCES; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Parking Pass

25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Birthday day off

Flexible Holiday Option - buy 5 days

Pension (14.5%)

Life Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Critical Illness Cover

Job summary

Princes is seeking a Procurement Manager (Finished Goods) in Liverpool to lead sourcing strategies and category management across finished goods. You will drive savings, manage supplier relationships, and ensure compliant procurement processes, collaborating with multiple internal teams and external partners within a busy commercial environment.

In this role, you will utilise SAP Ariba and ERP tools to deliver cost reductions, manage lifecycle spend, and develop supplier strategies to support

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of procurement processes and frameworks.
• Essential experience in a Category Management role.
• Excellent knowledge of category management, strategic sourcing, supplier development, and value chain mapping.
• Excellent working knowledge of spend categories.
• Understanding of contract principles and ability to interpret agreements.
• Experience with SAP analytics and reporting.
• Degree level qualification, ideally business related.
• Strong MS Office skills.
• Associate or student of CIPS, or working to CIPS qualification.
• Willingness to travel UK and overseas.

Responsibilities

• Create and develop category and sourcing plans with stakeholders.
• Utilise SAP Ariba to conduct sourcing activities and deliver cost savings.
• Drive partnership strategy for long-term growth and supply continuity.
• Negotiate to obtain the lowest total cost of ownership.
• Regularly review initiatives and report on cost reduction projects.
• Explain market conditions clearly to stakeholders.
• Use ERP to drive analytics and share reports with teams.
• Leverage tools like e-auctions, should-cost modelling and TCO.
• Develop supplier networks to unlock value.
• Manage spend lifecycle and supplier performance.

Skills

Procurement

Category management

SAP Ariba

Negotiation

Supplier development

ERP analytics

SRM tools

Cost savings

Travel willingness

Education

Degree in business/related field

CIPS qualification (associate or student)

Tools

SAP Ariba

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

SRM tools

Job description

Full details of the job.

Vacancy Name

Employment Type

Employment Type Permanent

Country

Country United Kingdom

Location

Location Liverpool

Business Area

Business Area Commercial

Workplace Type

Workplace Type Onsite

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

Procurement Manager (Finished Goods) Liverpool

The role of the Procurement Manager is to:

• Strategically source goods and services to improve quality and provide for innovative opportunities at the lowest total cost of ownership.
• Collaborate, create, publish and implement comprehensive category management strategies and lead cross functional teams in delivery.
• Ensure all goods and services are sourced responsibly in line with regulatory, ethical, technical, sustainability and customer requirements.
• Be a consultative partner, demonstrating knowledge across spend categories and providing insight to support and help to shape strategy.
• Be a champion for business processes and governance and support the Head of Finished Goods Procurement with the development of other colleagues.

Dimensions

• External contacts – Suppliers & Customers.
• Internal contacts – Commercial/ Revenue Growth Management, Customer Strategy and Planning, Innovation, Sales, Finance, Corporate Relations, Operations, Planning, Technical.
• Travel will be required in this role.

Principal Responsibilities

• Create and develop category and sourcing plans in conjunction with business stakeholders.
• Utilise the SAP Ariba business network to conduct and document sourcing activities and the delivery of cost savings.
• Drive partnership strategy as appropriate to ensure long term collaborative business growth planning and ensuring continuity of supply.
• Obtain the lowest possible total cost of ownership through negotiation, market intelligence and supplier knowledge.
• Conduct regular reviews with key stakeholders and provide regular reporting on key initiatives including cost reduction projects.
• Communicate market conditions in a timely fashion and in a way that is clear and concise for both internal and external understanding.
• Utilise ERP system to drive analytics and provide appropriate reports for use within category plans and for sharing and analysis with appropriate teams.
• Utilise appropriate tools to maximise value delivery ( e-auctions, should cost modelling, TCO, value lever analysis)
• Demonstrate commercial awareness and lead negotiations across all allocated areas of third party spend.
• Develop a network of strong supplier relationships that create innovative opportunities to drive value.
• Make use of SRM tools and performance measures to drive supplier effectiveness.
• Maximise opportunities to mitigate risk across area of spend responsibility.
• Manage all aspects of spend throughout the life cycle.
• Operate as a subject matter expert across all allocated spend and act as a trusted partner to the business.
• Excellent working knowledge of the key personnel at each major supplier, their processes, internal systems and moreover understand cost drivers.
• Drive working capital reduction across the category.
• Develop and maintain responsible suppliers ensuring they are maintained to a standard to meet Princes / Industry standards (e.g. BRC).
• Ensure all suppliers comply with Princes ethical standards, are SEDEX registered (where appropriate) and may be audited.
• Manage contracts professionally and accurately, while maintaining cost conditions and source lists.
• Control currency requirements in line with group policy if required.
• Professionally resolve problems both internally and externally in a fair and ethical manner while protecting the long term interests of the team and company.
• Support fully the efforts of other departments in achieving 100% stakeholder satisfaction.

Role Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Thorough understanding of procurement processes and frameworks
• Essential Previous Experience in a Category Management role
• Essential Excellent working understanding of category management, strategic sourcing, supplier development and value chain mapping
• Essential Excellent working knowledge of allocated areas of spend
• Essential Understanding of contract principles and clauses and be able to construct and interpret agreements
• Essential SAP analytics and reporting
• Desired Degree level qualification, ideally business related
• Desired Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Essential Associate or student of CIPS, or working to CIPS qualification
• Desired Willingness to travel UK and overseas
• Essential

Benefits

• Car Parking Pass
• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• A day off for your Birthday
• Flexible Holiday Option - buy 5 days holiday
• 14.5% Pension (5% Employee, 9.5% Employer) Opt-In
• Life Insurance Policy
• Private Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover

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