Procurement & Supply Chain Manager

TN United Kingdom; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food industry seeks a Procurement & Supply Chain Manager in Kingston upon Thames. This role involves leading a team to optimize supply chain processes, enhance supplier relationships, and drive strategic improvements. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in similar roles, showcasing their ability to manage logistics and cost effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar end-to-end supply chain role.
• Ability to support and develop a team.
• Experience in optimizing and automating processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Supply Chain, optimizing Purchasing, Demand Forecasting, and Logistics.
• Drive strategic leadership to identify opportunities and objectives.
• Manage supplier relationships and logistics spend.

Skills

Supplier relationship management

Cost control

Logistics management

Process optimization

Team development

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Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

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Posted:

19.05.2025

Expiry Date:

03.07.2025

Job Description:

Your new company

With a proud heritage and long track record of success, this is a business that has a clear purpose which has served it well. They have developed a number of food brands that generate significant sales in the UK and globally.

Your new role

In this role, you will lead their end-to-end Supply Chain, supporting a team of 8 tasked with optimizing Purchasing, Demand Forecasting, Inventory, Logistics, and Distribution. You will bring strategic leadership to identify opportunities and objectives, then drive ongoing refinements to systems and processes that will enable short and long-term goals to be achieved.

What you'll need to succeed

Your CV should demonstrate experience in a similar end-to-end role, ability to support and develop a team, successful supplier relationship management, cost control, management of logistics spend, oversight of import/export documentation, and experience in optimizing and automating processes to deliver high service levels (experience working with major retailers and improving demand forecasting collaboratively is a definite advantage).