Procurement Manager - Supply Chain

Closing date: 6th September

Weetabix, a leading UK breakfast cereal producer, is looking for a driven and motivated Supply Chain Procurement Manager to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring on-time delivery of all materials required for production, as well as negotiating contracts with suppliers and optimizing costs to meet company objectives. Weetabix is a dynamic and innovative company that values its employees and fosters growth and development within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Source to specification and business needs of allocated categories
• Source, implement and introduce new suppliers using the Weetabix Strategic Sourcing Process
• Manage and measure supplier performance in line with contract terms
• Input into forecast and budgeting process of allocated spend areas and deliver financial targets
• Negotiate the best terms
• Risk assess supply and put mitigation actions in place
• Business partner with stakeholders to ensure an optimal supply base performance
• Lead and manage projects in allocated categories and support procurement strategies
• Deploy and implement procurement best practice processes and techniques.
• Raise awareness and communicate impact of market drivers related to allocated categories
• Actively use procurement technology for sourcing, spend management, contract management
• Update and input KPIs to support functional KPIs and apply corrective action when off track
• Ensure all expenditure is sourced, permitted and transacted through approved processes

Requirements

Must have:

• Procurement experience in Warehouse and/or UK Road Haulage, EU Haulage, Freight Forwarding
• Professional and Technical experience in strategic sourcing / category management / managing tenders / Contract Management and fulfilment
• Stakeholder Management; Skilled negotiator; Highly analytical
• Skilled in supplier relationship management with strategic suppliers
• Able to identify and utilise commercial opportunities
• Strong influencing skills; confident logical decision maker; good communicator with strong interpersonal skills
• Competent project management skills with a short, medium- and long-term view of impact

Preferred:

• CIPs qualified / Indirect Procurement Experience

Technical / professional qualifications:

• Understanding and knowledge of contract law and processes
• Competent user of Microsoft Office packages
• Intermediate use of Excel

Benefits

Inclusion without exception

Our differences Make The Difference and have a ‘Brilliant People’ culture where we believe that our people can do their best work when they can bring their best selves to work every day.

We value diversity, as it sparks creativity, innovation, and ultimately better business performance.

We recruit and develop people who are best suited to the requirements of the role on offer and our talent and succession programmes are grounded in ensuring that ‘Talent Matters’ and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and are supported to fulfil their unique potential.

By joining our team, you will be part of helping ensure we continue our ‘Inclusion without Exception’ journey and help Make The Difference.

What we offer

This role, as with most of our roles at Weetabix, will be offering a hybrid/flexible work pattern, with “Weetabix Wednesdays” in the office for all office-based employees and the requirement to attend key meetings face-to-face.

The opportunities for personal development and progression are only limited by what you want to do! You will be working for a company that drives a learning culture where people can focus on their personal and professional development.

When in the office, you’ll find as much Weetabix, Alpen, Weetos and Ready Brek (to name a few) as you could possibly eat!

There’s also a comprehensive flexible benefits package including all the good stuff you’d expect with a double matched pension, annual bonus, Private medical insurance, and other great lifestyle benefits available including competitive salary and car allowance.

Please Note: Our company policy is not to advertise salaries as we want to benchmark all candidates based on skills and experience that need to be evidenced upon application and screening.

Check out our website for more information: https://weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk/careers/