Procurement Manager

Are you an experienced Procurement Manager or Category Manager with a strong background in food, hospitality, FMCG, retail, or food service procurement?

At Marston’s Pubs and Bars, we’re looking for a commercially minded Procurement Manager to join our Procurement Team and play a key role in shaping the products, supplier partnerships and commercial agreements that support our pubs across the UK.

This is a high-impact role with responsibility for a significant portfolio of food contracts, alongside wider procurement activity across drinks, equipment, services and consumables. Reporting to the Director of Procurement, you’ll lead category strategy, supplier negotiations, contract management and value-driving initiatives that support quality, cost, availability, sustainability and operational performance.

If you’re confident managing suppliers, analysing market trends, negotiating complex contracts and influencing stakeholders across a fast-paced hospitality business, this could be a great opportunity to make your mark.

• Ensure optimum commercial terms whilst ensuring best fit for the business requirements.
• Identify strategic opportunities and value adding initiatives.
• Ensure effective category management, identify new opportunities to reduce costs, rationalise the product range, eliminate duplication and move as close to source in all categories as possible.
• Negotiation and management of categories as indicated by the Director of Procurement.
• Contribute to the NPD process with joint responsibility for sourcing new products, arranging trials and organising the most cost-effective supply chain route.
• Work with the wider Procurement team to effectively manage new product introduction and deletion within the supply chain and the proactive handling of residual stock.
• Continual review of the supplier base to ensure continuity of development, supply, due diligence, and effective crisis management.
• Effective identification of risk and the planning and execution of contingency strategies.
• Management of the relationships with our third-party distributors.
• Ensure the ethical, environmental and sustainability credentials of our suppliers and product range.
• Monitor and act upon market trends and influences which may affect the portfolio of products.
• Build effective working relationships and establish an effective network of links internally and externally.
• Supplier performance monitoring and ongoing supplier review / evaluation.
• Ensure that effective and robust contracts are in place and ensure that a critical path is manged for all areas of responsibility.
• Liaise effectively with all internal stakeholders to ensure that business requirements are addressed.
• Ensure all savings and charters are accurately documented, monitored, and achieved.

• A strategic thinker demonstrating a thorough understanding of supplier relationship and value adding strategies.
• Results driven and self-motivated; able to demonstrate a proven track record in relevant procurement areas; especially food categories.
• Able to seek and create new opportunities and benefits.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to sell ideas and initiatives with clarity.
• Able to effectively manage internal customer relationships.
• Comfortable with handling complex contracts.
• Equipped with excellent negotiation skills via both formal training within CIPS/Industry bodies and having experience in relevant fields.
• Knowledgeable of processes and procedures involved in procurement, such as cost analysis, tender processes, contractual issues.
• Experience managing direct reports.
• Able to demonstrate market/commercial awareness with the ability to identify and act…