Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

Location: Bedfordshire (with UK and European travel)

Are you a commercially minded procurement professional who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment? We’re looking for a proactive Procurement Manager to take ownership of sourcing strategies across a diverse range of ingredients and raw materials, while leading and developing a small team.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll play a key part in shaping procurement direction, building supplier partnerships, and ensuring consistent supply to support business growth.

On offer

• Competitive salary
• Enhanced holidays and company pension
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities

What you’ll be doing

• Leading sourcing activities across key ingredient and raw material categories, ensuring quality, cost-efficiency and continuity of supply
• Monitoring market trends and commodity movements, providing insight to support business decisions
• Managing supplier relationships, driving performance, and identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation
• Overseeing tender processes, negotiating contracts, and implementing supplier agreements
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to support product development and business initiatives
• Aligning local procurement activity with wider group strategies and contributing to strategic projects
• Developing and executing category strategies, balancing both local and global requirements
• Supporting and mentoring a direct report, fostering development and performance
• Managing budgets and delivering against financial targets and KPIs

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in procurement within a food or ingredients-based environment
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
• Ability to analyse data and translate insights into actionable strategies
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders in a matrix environment
• Confident communicator, able to influence at all levels including senior stakeholders
• Organised and self-sufficient, with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Commercial awareness, with a solid understanding of financial metrics
• Familiarity with sourcing processes, trade terms, and supply chain principles
• Previous team leadership experience is advantageous
• Proficiency in Excel (e.g. Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP)
• Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain or a related discipline is desirable

What to expect

• A varied role combining both strategic and operational procurement
• Opportunities to contribute to wider business initiatives and innovation
• Regular UK travel and occasional European travel (approximately 2–4 trips per year)
• A collaborative and forward-thinking working environment

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a real impact and take ownership of procurement activities within a growing and dynamic business, we’d love to hear from you.