Procurement Specialist

The Company

Our client is a fast-growing food manufacturer with an exciting opportunity to build greater structure, capability and commercial discipline across its procurement function.

As the business continues to grow, this is a hands-on opportunity to take ownership of direct procurement, strengthen supplier relationships and help shape the future of the function.

The Role

Reporting into the broader business, this is a standalone role responsible for procurement across direct spend, with a strong focus on establishing processes, improving supplier management and delivering commercial value.

• Own procurement across key direct spend categories
• Develop procurement processes, systems and ways of working from the ground up
• Build and manage strong supplier relationships and commercial partnerships
• Support sourcing, tendering, negotiation and supplier selection activities
• Identify cost, supply and process improvement opportunities
• Improve visibility of spend, pricing and supplier performance
• Partner closely with Operations, Planning, Quality and Finance
• Support supplier reviews, contracts and ongoing commercial negotiations
• Establish greater procurement discipline across the business

Your Background

This role will suit a mid-level procurement professional who enjoys working autonomously and has the capability to build structure in a developing environment.

• Proven procurement experience across direct spend
• Experience within food, FMCG or manufacturing environments
• Protein, meat or agricultural category experience highly regarded
• Strong supplier management, negotiation and commercial skills
• Comfortable developing processes and systems in a low-maturity environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Hands-on, self-directed approach with strong stakeholder management skills

What's On Offer

This is an opportunity to step into a standalone procurement role where you can genuinely shape the function rather than inherit an established procurement framework.

With significant scope to introduce structure, strengthen supplier relationships and deliver commercial improvements, this role will suit someone who enjoys autonomy, variety and building something from the ground up.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Chade Cupit-Love on [email protected].