Country Procurement Specialist

Regional Procurement Specialist UK
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for procurement and supplier management? Ardagh Metal Packaging Europe is seeking a UK Regional Procurement Specialist to join our dynamic European Procurement team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible impact across our UK operations while collaborating with international colleagues.
About the Role
As a Regional Procurement Specialist, you will manage procurement activities across all UK plants, ensuring timely and cost-effective sourcing of materials and services. You’ll play a key role in supporting plant operations, driving value creation, and enhancing supply chain resilience.
Key Responsibilities
Manage UK local spend for materials and services, ensuring best cost/best value and OTIF delivery to support 24/7 production and plant projects.
Support SAP-related procurement tasks including master records, purchase orders (POs), acknowledgments, and follow-ups for UK & NL when not handled by centralized teams.
**Execute procurement steps within the Source-to-Pay process**: market research, strategy development, RFQs, negotiations, contract implementation, material standardization, benchmarking, and claims handling.
Assess supply risks and develop business continuity plans including alternative qualifications and dual sourcing strategies.
Communicate procurement initiatives to local stakeholders (e.g., Plant Managers, Engineers) and ensure local needs are reflected in regional and global procurement strategies.
Collaborate with the Belgrade Shared Service Center on P2P processes and PO creation.
Support process standardization and harmonization across EU plants, contributing to the implementation of digital and automated solutions for repetitive tasks.Key Performance Indicators
Achievement of plant and category budget targets.
Delivery performance (OTIF).
Permanent cost savings and working capital improvements.
Who You’ll Work With
**Internal**: Plant Managers, Engineers, Finance, Regional & Country Procurement Teams.
**External**: Key suppliers across the UK and Europe.
Your Profile
Minimum 2 years’ experience in procurement within a multinational environment.
Experience in managing supplier relationships.
Experience in working in international teams.
Ability to support building clear business cases and associated sourcing recommendations.
Internal customer service focused with sense of urgency and a hands on mentality.
Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
Proficiency in SAP MM and MS Office.
Proactive, detail oriented, good organizational skills
Fluent in English.
Commercial acumen and a proactive, hands-on approach.
About Ardagh Group
Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 20,000 people with revenues of almost $10 billion. Today we have a presence across Europe, Africa and the Americas.
Did you know that Ardagh produce many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favourite beverages from?
Did you know we produce metal and glass packaging which are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?
Did you know we produce more than 160 million containers per day?
Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and have a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact whilst remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible.
We believe that the success of our business depends on the success of our people. We strive to create working environments where our employees feel valued, can work to their full potential, and where their achievements are celebrated.
Here at Ardagh, we offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team, you’ll enjoy the journey
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