Senior Procurement Category Manager

Advocate Group; Uxbridge; Vor Ort; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Monster Energy Europe is seeking a Senior Procurement Category Manager to own direct category strategies across EMEA, shaping global sourcing initiatives and driving value in a fast-growing business.

You will lead supplier negotiations, monitor markets and risk, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure supply continuity, cost optimization, and responsible sourcing across key ingredients and commodities.

Qualifikationen

• 4–8 years of procurement experience in FMCG, food and beverage, or similar manufacturing.
• Experience in category management, strategic sourcing, procurement, or buying.
• Strong understanding of commodity markets, pricing drivers, and supply risks.
• Proven record of leading supplier negotiations and cost savings.
• Experience aligning category strategies with global or regional objectives.

Aufgaben

• Develop regional EMEA category and sourcing strategies aligned with objectives.
• Lead supplier negotiations for direct materials, ingredients, or commodities.
• Monitor markets, pricing drivers, and supply risks to inform decisions.
• Drive SRM programmes to improve supplier performance and innovation.
• Identify cost savings and productivity initiatives across category spend.
• Collaborate with Global Procurement, Finance and Planning to align strategies.
• Support S&OP processes reflecting demand and growth requirements.

Kenntnisse

Procurement

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Supply Chain / Engineering / Finance

MCIPS qualification

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Jobbeschreibung

The Advocate Group is proud to be partnering with Monster Energy Europe to recruit a Senior Procurement Category Manager to join the Procurement function!

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially driven, strategically minded procurement professional to take ownership of key direct categories across EMEA, influence global sourcing strategies and help evolve a growing procurement function within a globally recognised, high-growth business.

About Monster Energy

Monster Energy Company, headquartered in Corona, California, is a globally recognised, NASDAQ-listed business and the force behind the Monster Energy drinks brand – the number one energy drink in the USA. Since launching in the UK and Ireland in 2008, the business has expanded rapidly across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

Now present in over 140 countries, with more than 3,600 employees and 138 million cases sold across EMEA in 2023 alone, Monster continues to dominate the category with a bold, disruptive brand identity built around being aggressive, cool, mysterious, and fun.

The Role:

• Develop and implement regional EMEA category and sourcing strategies, aligned with global procurement objectives and business priorities.
• Lead commodity and ingredient sourcing strategies, using market intelligence, demand analysis and supplier insights to drive commercial value.
• Monitor raw material and commodity markets, assessing pricing drivers, geopolitical developments, capacity constraints and supply risks.
• Lead complex, high-value supplier negotiations, securing competitive pricing, favourable contractual terms and long-term commercial benefits.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, developing effective Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programmes and driving improvements in service, performance and innovation.
• Identify and deliver cost savings, productivity initiatives and cost-of-goods optimisation across significant category spend.
• Develop robust contingency plans and risk mitigation strategies to protect supply continuity and support business growth.
• Lead and support tender processes, including RFQs, contract negotiations, pricing reviews and supplier selection.
• Manage category forecasts, Purchase Price Variance (PPV), cost accruals and financial reporting, ensuring appropriate governance and approvals.
• Collaborate with Global Procurement, EMEA Planning, Operations, Strategic Planning, Innovation and Finance to align category strategies with wider business objectives.
• Support the EMEA Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, ensuring sourcing strategies reflect demand, innovation and growth requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes, challenge existing ways of working and help evolve the wider procurement function.
• Champion ethical sourcing, supplier governance, sustainability and continuous improvement.

About You:

• 4–8 years of procurement experience within FMCG, food and beverage, or a comparable manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience in category management, strategic sourcing, procurement, or buying, ideally involving direct materials, ingredients, additives, or commodities.
• Strong understanding of commodity markets, raw material pricing drivers, market volatility, and supply chain risk.
• Demonstrable experience leading complex supplier negotiations and delivering measurable cost savings or productivity improvements.
• Experience developing and implementing category strategies that support global or regional business objectives.
• Strong commercial and analytical capabilities, with the ability to interpret market data and translate insights into actionable sourcing decisions.
• Experience managing strategic supplier relationships and influencing supplier performance, pricing, and contractual terms.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across international markets and influence senior decision-makers.
• Experience using SAP or similar procurement and ERP systems.
• A degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance or a related discipline; MCIPS qualification preferred.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive, strategic and commercially minded approach, with the confidence to challenge existing processes and drive continuous improvement

Why Join Monster?

• Join a globally recognised, category-leading brand
• Be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Work across international markets and teams
• Real ownership, real impact, real pace

The Advocate Group is the exclusive talent partner for Monster Energy. All direct or third party applicants will be forwarded to The Advocate Group for processing.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.