Procure to Pay Manager

Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast‑moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4 bn.

Role Purpose: The Procure‑To‑Pay (PTP) Manager oversees the day‑to‑day operations of the PTP team within Finance Shared Services (FSS). They are part of the FSS leadership team and build strong relationships with the Global Process Owner (GPO) to contribute to future PTP strategy based on operational and delivery knowledge. The role manages relationships with internal Bakkavor stakeholders and external vendors, ensuring an efficient and effective delivery of the PTP process within the FSS. The manager supports the team, ensures timely supplier payments, adheres to Bakkavor controls and governance, and manages escalations, audits, and continuous improvement.

Key Accountabilities:

• Invoice Processing: Review Accounts Payable reports produced by the PTP Team Leader to monitor team performance. Oversee the work of PTP analysts and the Team Leader, providing guidance and support as needed. Oversee PTP operations, ensuring best‑in‑class service delivery and continuous improvement. Guide the team on issues related to outstanding invoices, ageing, queries, and discrepancies.
• Payments: Review supplier statements and payment reconciliations during month‑end close to ensure accurate reconciliations. Ensure all controls and governance requirements are fulfilled and appropriate evidence is retained. Ensure payment runs are completed in a timely manner. Ensure key suppliers and employee reimbursements are paid on time and in line with Bakkavor policies and objectives. Support cost performance and cost controls—assisting planning, budgeting, forecasting and variance reporting. Work closely with the Group Treasury function to develop cash flow forecasts based on accounts payable information and support ongoing activities with respect to cash flow.
• Query Resolution: Ensure disputes and queries are resolved on time. Manage stakeholder issue escalation and resolution. Lead negotiation of internal service level agreements and KPIs with the process GPO. Maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure timely resolution of problems and responsiveness to future needs.
• Audit and Internal Controls: Continuously assess internal control environment within the PTP team, ensuring all internal controls, policy and governance requirements are adhered to and creating a vigilant and risk‑mitigation culture. Participate, assist, and coordinate in all internal and external audit related activities.
• People Management: Foster a culture of leadership within the team, mentoring members and identifying potential leaders for future growth opportunities. Establish clear performance metrics such as SMART goals and KPIs to gauge the team’s performance effectively.
• Communication and Change Management: Cultivate effective relationship management with key stakeholders and suppliers. Engage with the FSS Head to communicate PTP‑related updates, progress, and challenges. Coordinate with other FSS managers to deliver quality, cost, and productivity that meets or exceeds the service level agreement specifications. Manage changes related to PTP processes, system implementations, or organisational restructuring in partnership with the GPO. Consult with the PTP Team Leader on identified process improvement opportunities and provide feedback accordingly.
• Performance Management: Work closely with the Head of FSS, process GPOs and business stakeholders to set PTP key performance measures, monitor performance against set measures regularly, and support course‑correction activities where needed. Respond to customer feedback survey results in a timely basis. Work closely with the GPO/process excellence teams and PTP team to identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey information clearly and concisely.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, particularly MS PowerPoint, MS Word and MS Excel.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent employee management skills; ability to plan, assign and direct work; ability to recruit, mentor and appraise employees.
• Demonstrable experience of managing PTP teams in a shared services environment and delivering high‑quality services.
• Ability to utilize metrics to identify opportunities for service improvement.
• Ability to identify and apply internal best practices to PTP operations.
• Previous experience at a management level.
• Internal controls experience.
• Strong knowledge of financial systems and deep understanding and expertise in finance processes.
• Understanding of best practices and metrics for PTP.
• Previous experience working with ERP systems, specifically with SAP S/4 HANA (preferred).
• Professional Qualified Accountant (for example ACA/ACCA/CIMA) preferred.

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job‑related benefits.
• 25 days holiday.
• Competitive matched pension contributions.
• Company share saving scheme.
• Greencore qualifications.
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform.
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform.

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