Procurement Manager
Ref: 245370
Wembley, London, United Kingdom
£80,000
- Permanent
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Procurement Transformation
About the candidate
A senior procurement professional with over 12 years’ international experience across FMCG, packaging, food manufacturing and agriculture. They have managed complex direct and indirect procurement portfolios across Europe and Africa, with annual spend responsibility of up to around £110m.
They bring strong expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, category management, contract negotiation and procurement transformation. Currently based in Wembley, London, they are seeking a permanent opportunity and are available on 3 months’ notice.
What makes them great?
- High-value procurement leadership: Has managed annual procurement spend of up to around £110m across multi-country operations, including centralising procurement activity across four African markets.
- Proven savings delivery: Delivered around €250k in cost savings within the first month of a previous role by replacing a disrupted supplier and protecting production continuity.
- Commercial and operational impact: Played a key role in reducing plant inventory from around £2.7m to £2.1m, freeing up approximately £600k while supporting supply security.
Areas of expertise
- Strategic Sourcing & Category Management: Experienced across packaging, food ingredients, PPE, facilities, machinery, seeds, fertilisers and indirect procurement categories.
- Supplier & Contract Management: Skilled in supplier evaluation, commercial negotiation, risk analysis, performance management and long-term strategic partnership development.
- Procurement Systems & Transformation: Confident leading procurement process improvement, governance set-up, master data standardisation and ERP implementation projects.