Procurement Manager

5 days ago


Bradford, United Kingdom Morrisons Full time

About The Role


As a Procurement Manager, Packaging you'll manage the procurement of all Goods Not For Resale within the Packaging category, which is responsible for all strategically sourcing packaging to support our Manufacturing facilities ranging from our abattoirs to produce packing plants.

With the new legislation on Extended Producer Responsibility, packaging will have a more significant role, with a full review of the material strategy and pack type definition.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

  • Working to limit non-contractual spending through the stakeholder base, driving corrective action where needed, ensuring best practice through continued training and support
  • Negotiation and Supplier Management of Packaging spend
  • Optimising clear strategies to support raw material fluctuations
  • Defining and Developing a clear savings plan linked to packaging specification reviews and sourcing activities
  • You will act as a trusted advisor to our five stakeholder groups: suppliers, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and communities to build a pipeline for future procurement improvements within the category.
  • Complete activities required to support the full Business Continuity lifecycle including analysis, design, implementation and validation
  • You will act as a trusted advisor to our five stakeholder groups: suppliers, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and communities to build a pipeline for future procurement improvements within the category.
  • To ensure the detailed forward-looking 3-year category plans are agreed with stakeholders, aligned to the wider business objectives, and regularly reviewed based on changing business needs and supply markets.
  • Plan, schedule and support the delivery of workshops, meetings and training sessions


This is a hybrid role operating over a four and a half day working week. This role is based at our fantastic head office in Bradford. Boasting an on-site restaurant, coffee shop, convenience and sample store, prayer room, free parking and regular company-wide events and promotions. Ideally, applicants will live within a reasonable distance of our office.



About You


We’ve built an incredibly diverse business, and we’re working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn and connect with lots of different views, perspectives and beliefs. For this role, we’re looking for someone who has:

  • Knowledge of relevant markets and trends, including third-party
  • A strong understanding of the technical raw material makeup would be desirable to support mitigating the costs associated with EPR.
  • Strong negotiating skills
  • To be able to demonstrate the importance of leading-edge subject matter expertise through example
  • Use of digital Enablers (eProc and digital Proc)
  • Knowledge of relevant forms of contract to best procure goods and services


About The Team


Our Procurement Department moves faster than most. They make sure we have what we need when we need it. Whether that's IT and tech equipment or energy, waste and recycling services, through to PPE and hand sanitiser to keep our people safe, plus extra delivery vans that help us serve more customers than ever.


It's their job to build strong relationships with suppliers so they can source everything we need to keep our stores, depots and manufacturing sites running. Which, in turn, helps keep prices low for our customers.


It all means that every £1 the team saves is equivalent to taking £50 through our checkouts. And with a £1.2 billion annual spend, you can feel the impact of Procurement right across our business.


About The Company


Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.


Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.


We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.


Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…


Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;

  • 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family members (subject to fair usage)
  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • 4 and a half day working week with flexible working hours
  • Company pension contributions
  • Perks with over 850 retailers
  • Free parking onsite
  • A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

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