At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead procurement strategies and enhance supplier performance for Greencore's goods and services.
- Company: Join Greencore, a leader in the food manufacturing industry with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, professional development, and the chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to manage multiple projects and influence company culture.
- Why this job: Shape procurement practices and drive value while collaborating with diverse stakeholders.
- Qualifications: Degree-level education with indirect procurement experience; food manufacturing background preferred.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
12 Month Fixed term Contract
Role Purpose:
Responsible for the commercial aspects and overall supplier performance for goods and services purchased from suppliers for their categories of spend, and continuously creates additional value for money for Greencore. Pro-actively engage with stakeholders across Greencore to encourage best practice and owns the commercial aspects of projects that involve suppliers.
Key Accountabilities:
- Create additional value for money for goods and services, balancing price, service and quality and meeting the business needs through undertaking negotiations, selection of suppliers and contracting of business.
- Build great relationships with stakeholders and provide professional procurement expertise and commercial focus. Be able to challenge the way Greencore do things and introduce best procurement practice. Be an ambassador for indirects procurement to change the business behaviours and culture.
- Take a strategic category view to manage areas of spend, identify savings opportunities, and drive consistency across Greencore. This includes analysing spend bases, consolidating the supply base across Greencore where appropriate, driving consistent ways of working across Greencore, sourcing from fit for purpose suppliers, managing supplier performance, resolving issues, negotiating the optimum price, service and quality parameters, and agreeing contracts and service levels.
- Project manage the delivery of initiatives to address a business need or to create additional value. This includes aligning multiple stakeholders, identifying the business needs and risks, project planning, running tenders, negotiation, contracting, communication, approval, implementation planning and then subsequent supplier management and issue resolution to ensure the supplier meets the contract.
- Negotiating and implementing contracts when needed, ensuring each contract is appropriately tailored to the requirements of the business, including creating business appropriate service levels and addressing any specific risks and liabilities.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Degree calibre with indirect procurement experience.
- Ideally have food manufacturing experience.
- Excellent commercial insight combined with negotiation skills.
- Ability to build good relationships with stakeholders with excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Ability to analyse data, identify and evaluate options and implement recommendations.
- Able to assess and adapt a contract to mitigate liabilities in line with business risk and create service levels to meet business needs.
- Ability to operate in a complex multi-site environment and bring everyone on board to a single solution.
- Experience in prioritisation and ability to work on multiple projects at once.
Head of Procurement & Supply Chain in Leeds employer: Greencore
Greencore is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture where over 28,000 colleagues contribute to creating high-quality convenience food enjoyed by millions. Located in Wisbech, our team benefits from competitive salaries, comprehensive training, and numerous career development opportunities, all while enjoying a supportive environment that values diversity and individual growth. With additional perks like a matched pension scheme, employee discounts, and a focus on wellbeing, Greencore is dedicated to making every day at work rewarding and fulfilling.
