Strategic Sourcing Manager

4 weeks ago

Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom Foodbuy Full time
Strategic Sourcing Manager

Foodbuy Group, a leading food procurement organisation in the UK, is seeking a highly skilled Strategic Sourcing Manager to join their team in Chertsey. As a critical enabler of the company's strategic priorities, this role will play a key part in ensuring the right products and services are supplied at the right price.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and execute strategies to secure value for all clients by taking categories or spend to market based on agreed triggers.
  • Manage a number of tenders, both through a team of buyers and independently, ensuring projects deliver against/surpass set targets through best practice and following the Foodbuy Procurement Framework Processes.
  • Build great relationships with clients, stakeholders, and the internal team, collaborating to identify future opportunities for value creation.
  • Raise the profile of the Strategic Sourcing activity and outcomes by creating a platform to 'tell our story' both internally and across the client base.
  • Team management, development, and coaching to ensure buyers are performing to their optimum ability.
  • Identify market trends and insight around best-in-class procurement and apply learnings to the approach, processes, and procedures to stay ahead of the competition.
  • Horizon scanning, reviewing upcoming projects, contract expirations, and market movements to ensure a strategic approach.
  • Commodity and business management risk - document and demonstrate risk management strategies in line with the supply base, with support of category.
  • Research and monitor commodity markets and macro trends.
  • Team management, development, coaching to ensure buyers are performing.
  • Support Foodbuy's wider sustainable sourcing challenges and Contracting compliance.
Requirements:
  • Working knowledge of end-to-end supply chain within a retailer, foodservice, or FMCG organisation.
  • Strong background in procurement, specifically focused on strategic sourcing and/or category management.
  • Ability to influence and gain buy-in from senior-level stakeholders both internally and externally to Foodbuy.
  • Strong decision-maker, with good commercial acumen, who is comfortable working under pressure.
  • Strong work ethic with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet challenging deadlines.
  • Proven ability to reduce cost against tough market backdrops.
  • Experience managing/mentoring a buyer(s) and ability to increase performance.
  • Demonstration of strategic procurement, which extends beyond tactical tenders.
  • Effective negotiation, facilitation, and conflict management skills.
What We Offer:
  • Contributory pension scheme.
  • Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes.
  • Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits.
  • Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com, and many more.
  • Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, and many more.
  • Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster.
  • Receive Wow Points every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands.
  • Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness, and exercise classes.

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