Procurement Specialist

Employer:

Sincereal

Location:

Bromborough Salary circa 45,000 (depending on experience).Some of our other fantastic benefits

Potential, discretionary annual bonus pension scheme
26 days holiday

Scope This is an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Specialist to join the Procurement Team at Sincereal Group during a time of transformation.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, you will take ownership of the sourcing strategy of key categories (Raw Materials, Packaging) across both the UK and French Sincereal sites. You will have a passion for delivering value and building strong supplier relationships.

The role is responsible for leading contract negotiation, cost management, and supplier performance improvement to ensure the business benefits from secure supply, competitive cost, and high-quality service. You must be comfortable working at pace in a high-growth environment, with confidence in navigating ambiguity and influencing stakeholders. This is a pivotal role, ensuring a balance of cost, risk, innovation, and sustainability across the supply base.  

Working closely with Planning, Operations, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain, you will ensure supplier capabilities, commercial terms, and contracts support stable production plans and operational efficiency. You will take responsibility in setting the strategic category direction and ensuring that supply is resilient, compliant and aligned to current and future business requirements.

This position is based at the Itancourt, France site, and frequent travel to suppliers and the Bromborough, UK site will be required.

This role offers flexibility on hybrid working.

A bit about us Sincereal Group is a dynamic and growing company providing private label offers to customers in Europe.  With locations in UK and France, our factories complement each other enabling us to provide a wide range of products to our customers.  This is a great opportunity to contribute to a new company that is a major, sustainable and competitive player in the growing cereal private label market

About – Sincereal Role Purpose To deliver value, resilience, and service performance by owning end-to-end sourcing, negotiation, and contracting activities, while driving supplier performance improvement.

You will ensure the business is supported by capable, compliant suppliers, robust commercial agreements, and accurate ERP contract records aligned to safety, quality, and operational requirements

Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end sourcing, tendering, and negotiations for assigned categories to secure competitive total cost and supply continuity

Develop, negotiate, and manage supplier contracts, ensuring clear commercial terms aligned to business needs

Manage supplier relationships, and proactively manage supply risks, including contingency planning and dual sourcing strategies

Identify and deliver cost-saving and value-creation opportunities (e.g. cost avoidance, standardisation, optimisation)
Create and maintain accurate supplier contract records within the ERP system, including pricing, validity, and supply parameters

Partner with NPD and Quality teams on new supplier approval, audits, non-conformance management, and supplier improvement initiatives

Collaborate with Planning teams to align supplier capability (lead times, MOQ, constraints) with production requirements

Monitor markets and global trends, to provide insights, and report on supplier performance, risks, sustainability, and value delivery

Ensure all activities meet safety, quality, food safety, and governance standards

Ingredients for success

You will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in procurement, with proven experience of sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management within an FMCG environment.  Proven ability to…