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Procurement Manager - Fresh Produce

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Essex or Kent
Salary
£40,000 - £45,000
Closing date
21 Aug 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Purchasing, Supply Chain
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Procurement Manager

£40,000 - £45,000
Essex or Kent
Food Import & Distribution
Job ref: 8232

The company

The business prides itself in supplying the highest quality fresh produce throughout the UK.

They are not only passionate about ensuring products are supplied in excellent condition, but also about their people and the continued success of the business.

About the Procurement Manager job

The purpose of your role will be to manage, coordinate and execute procurement plans and ensure timely and accurate loadings from sources according to customers’ needs, volume, quality, and packaging.

You will be responsible for the continuity of supply, reacting to changes to availability, sales forecasts, transit times, and quality specifications. You will also play a key role in defining the business sourcing strategy by continually challenging processes to gain maximum efficiencies.

Key tasks:

  • Plan and schedule weekly loadings in line with customer demand and company contracted volumes.
  • Effective communication with shipping lines including regular forecasts, availability confirmations and timely deliveries.
  • Liaise closely with ripening facilities, ports, and 3rd party service providers to ensure continuity of supply in terms of volume, specifications, and product shelf life.
  • Liaise with Account Managers and the Technical team regarding customer product launches, promotions, trials, or de-lists.
  • Regular reviews of service levels to ensure best practice from growers and service providers (Scorecards, KPIs, challenge non-conformances)
  • Maintain and update all data as required in planning files, schedules, and systems.
  • Continually challenge procurement processes to enhance levels of performance and facilitate the achievement of company targets.

Skills & experience required for the Procurement Manager job

  • Strong working track record within a procurement, supply chain, planning, or related role.
  • Experience working in FMCG, fresh produce, or food/beverage environment (either manufacturing or storage/supply chain/distribution)
  • Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint - knowledge of Rubicon or Prophet preferred.
  • Ideally educated to a degree level and/or CIPS qualified (or training towards) is an advantage.
  • Strong negotiation and supplier relationship management skills.

More details

The Procurement Manager job can be based at either of the company sites in Essex or Kent and is paying £40,000 - £45,000 according to your experience.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.

How to apply

Please click the Apply button to be considered for the Procurement Manager job.

After you submit your CV, we will aim to contact you in 1-2 business days, assuming that your skills and experience match the job requirements.

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Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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