Category Procurement Manager; Commodities

Category Procurement Manager (Commodities)
Food Manufacturing – Midlands
75K + Bonus + Benefits Ready to take ownership of commodity procurement, build strategic supplier partnerships and lead teams across two sites within a growing food business?

We are recruiting for an established and highly respected food manufacturing group with a strong presence across the UK and Europe. The organisation supplies a diverse range of globally inspired products to major retail and food service customers and is recognised for responsible sourcing, authentic ingredients and long-term supplier partnerships.

The Role The Category Procurement Manager will be responsible for the procurement of commodities within a defined portfolio, developing and executing category strategies that deliver value, mitigate risk and ensure continuity of supply. The role also carries people management responsibility across two sites, leading a small procurement team, ensuring alignment, capability development and consistent ways of working.

Operating cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Finance, Technical and NPD, the role will manage a global supplier base and play a key part in shaping procurement strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

Ownership of the procurement of commodities for the assigned categories

Leadership and development of a small teams across two sites, managing workload, priorities and performance

Developing and implementing category strategies to maximise commercial benefit and security of supply

Leading Commodity Risk Management (CRM), monitoring global markets and price trends

Ownership of Purchase Price Variance (PPV) and input to annual budgeting

Delivery of cost savings, cost avoidance and efficiency improvement programmes

Supplier relationship management, KPI monitoring and resolution of performance issues

Execution of tenders and negotiation of supplier contracts

Identification and onboarding of best-in-class suppliers and strategic partners

About You The ideal candidate will be an experienced procurement professional from a food manufacturing environment, combining strong commercial capability with proven people leadership.

Essential skills and experience:5+ years’ experience in commodity procurement, in food manufacturing

Proven supplier relationship management and negotiation expertise

Experience in Commodity Risk Management and market analysis

Working knowledge of supplier contracts and legal principles

Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems

Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel and Power Point Experience  managing and developing small teams, ideally across multiple sites

Understanding of global supply chains and strategic sourcing

Additional Information This role will see you at one site 3 days a week and the smaller site 1 day, with one day working from home, both sites are in the Midlands area.

Discipline(s):
Food & Drink Job type:
Permanent