Category Procurement Manager - Indirects

Category Procurement Manager

We drive our own success.

Salary Competitive

Benefits Bonus up to 20%, Car Allowance £8,400 and Pension

Location Spalding

Ways of Working Hybrid

Hours of work 37.5 Monday to Friday

Contract Type – Permanent

Why join us?

We’re constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more.

About the role.

To lead the procurement category management process ensuring maximum commercial value across your category and expenditure for you and your team. Influence the internal, external and customer stakeholders throughout the sourcing process to successfully deliver agreed category plans, group goals and business needs ensuring all risks are managed and commercial advantage is maximised.

Role Accountabilities

Product knowledge & Market Expertise: To lead your allocated category using your expert market and product knowledge, which is recognised both internally, externally within the value chain and the customer. Procurement Strategy: To lead, develop and deliver the medium to long term procurement strategy ensuring maximised value to Bakkavor and its customer base by ensuring business and customer needs are understood and managed to deliver long term sustainability. Risk Management: Ensure that all category areas have a clear and robust risk management strategy and operational plan in place, encompassing all Bakkavor business needs. Risk plans are presented and agreed with the appropriate stakeholders both internally and externally, to ensure full implementation and effective contracting. Crisis Management: To lead and own any crisis management issues across your category ensuring stakeholders are fully informed and internal teams are supported Commercial: Take full ownership for all category prices within the group’s financial forecasts and track ongoing performance, ensuring the live tracker is updated accordingly. Generate measurable financial and commercial value from the supply base. Supplier Management / KPI’s: Develop and own senior relationships with all suppliers ensuring we have performance measures in place which are reviewed regularly. Use these measures to ensure that key suppliers are meeting continuous improvement targets relating to value, quality, service, risk management and innovation. Continuous Improvement: To develop and lead robust Category Improvement Plans (CIP) for your expenditure which is aligned and approved by the relevant stakeholders. Maintain as a live and evolving document holding regular reviews with key stakeholders to drive delivery. Relationships: To be recognised as the Category expert for Bakkavor within the value chain, managing and influencing on procurement matters to meet our strategic objectives. Maintain strong relationships across the group and with customers, demonstrating effective leadership to deliver category plans and strategy. Leadership: Coach, train and motivate direct reports to support their development needs ensuring Bakkavor leadership behaviours are always demonstrated. Technical: Have deep knowledge of the technical risks for you allocated category and work closely with the Technical function to proactively manage change to products or suppliers in order to deliver sourcing strategies. Responsible sourcing: To ensure the agenda is fully embedded and that all category sourcing strategies / plans take into account the Bakkavor Responsible Sourcing Policy.

About you

Strong negotiation, communication, influencing and relationship building skills with the ability to present complex information clearly, will all be key You will be CIPs qualified or hold relevant demonstrable experience and have a sound understanding of financial accounts If you have solid knowledge of procurement processes and experience within categories, contract law and commodity or base raw material tracking methods – this could be the perfect role for you.

What you’ll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You’ll enjoy:

Life Assurance (2.5 x salary) Private medical insurance (employee & family cover) Car allowance Annual Bonus Scheme 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role) Staff Shop Stakeholder Pension Scheme Discount & cashback platform Personal Accident Insurance Free health check Employee Assistance Programme A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) Salary sacrifice car lease scheme Free independent mortgage advice Discounted tutoring for children Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary Free car parking

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

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