Procurement Manager

2 weeks ago


Alconbury, United Kingdom MM Flowers Full time

About MM Flowers

MM Flowers is a leading supplier of fresh cut flowers and bouquets to the UK's and Europe's top flower retailers.

With a purpose-built facility in Alconbury, Huntingdon, we employ over 900 people who are dedicated to delivering exceptional quality and service to our customers.

We are committed to excellence at every point in the supply chain, from distribution to processing, technical standards through to marketing, with consideration for our people and the planet at the heart of everything we do.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Procurement Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for building and maintaining business relations with existing and new suppliers, negotiating prices, and ensuring MM Flowers remains competitive.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work cross-functionally with all departments to achieve business objectives.
  • Communicate daily with a range of suppliers and manage long-term positive relationships while meeting customer requirements.
  • Support the fulfilment of buying responsibilities by ensuring all systems, prices, forecasts, product codes, and mechanics for each supplier are set up and maintained in an organized and methodical way.

Daily Responsibilities

  • Maintain prices in the system and adopt a proactive approach to ensure 100% compliance.
  • Communicate quality by exception.
  • Work with Supply Chain to monitor supplier accuracy on daily arrivals vs orders.
  • Work with Technical to correct quality concerns immediately.
  • Assist with equipment where applicable.
  • Attend internal design feasibility and advise NPD, commercial, and technical teams on product availability and potential challenges.

Weekly Responsibilities

  • Monitor orders vs pre-season forecasts.
  • Send forecasts to suppliers.
  • Supplier invoice approval.
  • Maintain the standard price book.
  • Forecasting of Product Price Variance.

Supplier Negotiations

  • Conduct supplier negotiations.

Managing Peaks

  • Prepare and implement peak planning for Christmas, Valentines, Mother's Day, and Easter.

Other Tasks

  • Complete Risk Assessments when onboarding new suppliers.
  • Conduct Annual Performance reviews with Key suppliers.
  • Support the wider Buying and MM Flowers team where necessary.

Values

  • Ensure culture and values remain at the forefront of all activities, contributing to the ongoing development of the culture and values through sharing of ideas, new ways of working.

Requirements

  • Full driving license (essential).
  • Post Graduate (Minimum 2:1).
  • Previous experience of working in FMCG (desirable).
  • Previous experience in the Flower Industry would be advantageous.
  • IT literate – high level of IT literacy with extensive working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power-Bi.
  • Rubicon experience would be advantageous but not essential.
  • Good understanding of retailers.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent numerical and literacy skills.
  • Accuracy & attention to detail.
  • Excellent planning & organizational skills.
  • Prepared to see the job through to the end.
  • Excellent Coordinator.
  • Able to analyze data.
  • Ability to work under pressure and with own initiative.
  • Good understanding and appreciation of wider business challenges and interactions.
  • Willingness to travel (within the UK and abroad).

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