At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead procurement strategy for ingredients, ensuring supply chain resilience and value.
- Company: Dynamic food manufacturing company in Central London with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus, matched pension, healthcare, and flexible working.
- Other info: Join a fast-paced environment with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on procurement strategies that drive performance and innovation.
- Qualifications: 5+ years of procurement experience, strong negotiation skills, and degree educated.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 70000 £ per year.
Salary: 60,000 - 70,000 + 10% bonus, 10% matched pension healthcare
Location Setup: Central London - 2 days onsite per week
Type: Full-time, Permanent
We are looking for a Procurement Manager to take ownership of ingredients buying, leading end-to-end strategy across key commodities that supply our sites. This is a role with both breadth and depth: setting direction, managing risk, and driving value, while staying close to the detail that keeps supply chains resilient.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading category management and procurement strategy for ingredients and commodities.
- Identifying risks and ensuring cover is placed at the best time to secure value.
- Building strong supplier relationships, ensuring on-time, in-full delivery.
- Partnering with NPD to support innovation and value engineering.
- Tracking supplier performance, reporting variances, and maintaining accurate records in SAP.
- Supporting planning teams and bakeries to improve supply and efficiency.
- Delivering ad hoc projects that add measurable commercial impact.
What We’re Looking For
- Proven procurement experience (5+ years), ideally in food manufacturing and commodity buying.
- Strong negotiation skills, with a track record of supplier management and cost savings.
- Commercially sharp with excellent Excel and analytical skills.
- Confident communicator who can influence stakeholders and solve problems.
- Degree educated; CIPS qualification desirable.
- Organised, proactive, and results focused, with the resilience to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Why Join?
This is your chance to lead strategically important categories in a business that values procurement as a driver of performance. You’ll gain visibility across the organisation, partner with multiple functions, and directly shape supply resilience and competitiveness. Alongside a strong reward package, you’ll join a collaborative and ambitious culture where your expertise makes a real difference.
Procurement Manager - Ingredients employer: Henderson Brown Procurement & Supply Chain
Join a well-established and growing food business in Central London as a Procurement Manager, where you'll have the opportunity to shape the ingredients that go into millions of goods across the UK. Enjoy a hybrid work model that promotes work-life balance, alongside a competitive salary and bonus package, while being part of a supportive and collaborative team that values innovation and offers ample opportunities for professional growth.
Contact Details:
Henderson Brown Procurement & Supply Chain Recruitment Team
