Head of Sourcing Uk

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At Solina, our community of over 3,400 people share a **passion for food** and live our entrepreneurial culture.

We design **customised savoury solutions** for our clients operating in the food industry, food service, butchery and nutrition markets. **With sustainability at the heart** of our business model, we aim to produce food that is good in every sense of the word : delicious, nourishing, affordable, sustainable and convenient.

Solina is a fast growing business, with 40 production sites and R&D laboratory, we are present in more than 18 countries mainly in Europe and North America.

By constantly rethinking culinary solutions, **we make food matter for people and the planet.**

The role will be based at one of our UK sites - Biggleswade, Bedford, Elland, Hitchin, Winsford, Cheshire. Travel to all sites and occasional travel overseas will be required.

If you're ready for a new adventure in a fast-growing, passionate, international company, **join us**

**Role and responsibilities**
- Ensuring UK Sourcing plan and activity is aligned with Central objectives
- Strengthening the UK sourcing network and capitalising on procurement synergies both locally and at Group level
- Delivering Value Optimisation projects to improve the profitability of existing products and deliver through local R&D
- To support the growth of the region in continuously improving the performance of its procurement;
- To define and implement efficient procurement strategy for raw materials, packaging and non-production;
- To work with all stakeholders (R&D, supply chain, quality, operations) in a concerted procurement approach;
- To develop tools and procurement processes that fit in a rapidly growing organisation to transform the procurement function into a true business partner of internal stakeholders;
- To participate in the region management team and be responsible for the procurement region budget;
- To implement group contract in your perimeter, provide data to the category managers;
- To be responsible for local buying;
- To be actively involved in group projects;
- support commercial teams with raw material market updates for key customers.
- Proactively work closely with key regional suppliers on new innovation workshops integrated with R&D teams

**Accountabilities**
- operate procurement transactions under the group Governance rules;
- lead the regional procurement/market forecast budget process (Yearly Set up, Yearly implementation with recipe impact calculation, Monthly year to date analysis, Monthly End Year Forecast calculation, Monthly Standard price management, Monthly reporting synchronised with category/country/group);
- country Contract management: to produce the Monthly consolidation of contract status;
- local Value Optimisation;
- deliver assigned annualised saving targets.

**The Person**
- Leadership_
- Can express vision of where their team is heading
- Understand the role of the leader versus the role of the manager
- Leads well by setting a good example
- Enthuses and inspires team members
- Actively encourages and supports the development of others
- Customer focus_
- Understands the effects of their area’s performance on internal and external customers and takes corrective action when appropriate
- Able to talk with knowledge and experience to external customers
- Initiative_
- Identifies and acts upon opportunities for improvement
- Continuously and constructively challenges the current way of doing things
- Quality focus_
- Strives to attain high standards
- Initiates corrective action where standards are not being achieved
- Sees quality as an integral part of their role
- Enthuses others to work towards quality goals
- Team working_
- Builds positive relationships, acts to promote good morale and co-operation within immediate team and other areas of the business
- Recognised as the leader of own team
- Works with peer group across all areas to tackle issues
- Effective communication_
- Recognises and uses varying methods of communication and communicates appropriately according to recipient/situation
- Presents all communication in a professional manner being clear, concise and accurate
- Actively seeks to clarify and obtain information to support the communication process
- Is an active listener
- Working to standards_
- Knows, understands and works to expected working standards
- Achieve set standards and strive to set higher standards
- Takes positive corrective action where standards are not met
- Able to talk clearly and concisely about working standards in own area
- A safe working environment to be maintained at all times
- Delegation_
- Effectively delegates appropriate tasks to team members without relinquishing personal responsibility/accountability
- Pride in own work_- Respects others_
- Shows respect for everyone
- Flexible approach_
- Willing to meet business needs in terms of hours and alteration to role/duties
- Able to adapt easily to changing priorities
- Attenti