Procurement Specialist (Technical & Logistics) - 13 months Fixed Term Contract

Business Area: Nestlé UK & Ireland

Location: Location Flexible – Preferably York but Crawley considered.

Salary: Circa £40,000.00 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits:

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestlé.
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement.
• 2 paid volunteering days.
• A focus on personal development and growth.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to join the Technical & Logistics Procurement team as a Procurement Specialist, based within our York or Crawley office. This role is offered on a 13-month fixed term contract basis. This is a diverse role with multiple opportunities to interact with stakeholders at all levels, whilst enabling internal and external exposure to demonstrate your ability to influence & engage cross functionally. You will have the opportunity to work with external suppliers and be part of zone project teams adding value back into the business; this includes areas such as process optimisation.

As a Technical & Logistics role, it will focus on looking after Technical & Logistics spend across Nestlé in the Market UK & Ireland. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Your impact:

You will be responsible for understanding, communicating and helping to implement sourcing strategies on a local level. Additionally, you’ll be responsible for buying goods or services in locally sourced categories. You will gather data and business requirements from your category and convey local requirements to Local Business Partners and Local and Above Market Category teams to help set actions and strategies.

Key responsibilities of this role:

• Identify and implement cost saving initiatives in your categories, whilst ensuring compliance across all aspects of the process.
• For At Market spend, negotiate, implement and manage contracts securing the most appropriate cost, quality and service for the business.
• Provide the Local Business Partner with information and requirements gathered through the daily business (volume requirements, budget, supplier, spend & savings data, market issues, local market constraints).
• Provide support to local teams to implement the Above the Market (regional) ways of working.
• Work with the Procurement Business Partner and Local Sourcing teams to integrate sourcing plans and outcomes and to enable effective communication about successes and failures of Procurement in terms of Savings, Contracts implementations, new WoW (ways of working).
• Act as an interface between the local stakeholders and Above the Market Teams to support and coordinate the data gathering and any input required for the Above the Market Procurement teams.
• Approve Purchase Orders within GLOBE SAP system.

Your ingredients for success:

To be successful, your knowledge of operations within Nestlé will be advantageous. We will consider candidates with either an understanding of business operations or a knowledge of procurement processes. Other essential attributes include:

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Being able to prioritise & be resilient whilst working across NiM (Nestlé in the Market).
• Strong results focus & excellent influencing skills.
• Good level of numeracy skills & to be tenacious.

Additional skills/attributes that would be of advantage:

• Previous experience of successfully leading projects.
• Understanding of Risk Management.
• SAP/Globe knowledge.
• Financial awareness.
• MCIP qualification is desirable but not essential.

What you need to know:

Advert posting date: 10/08/2026

Advert closing date: 24/08/2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

To find out more about Nestlé’s commitment to DEI: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Right to work in the UK:

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.

To find out more about your recruitment journey with Nestlé: Recruitment Journey | Nestlé UK & Ireland