Job Description

Vacancy Name

Senior Commodities Manager

Employment Type

Permanent

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Liverpool

Business Area

Commercial

Workplace Type

Hybrid

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

Senior Buyer (Oils)

Liverpool

The role of the Senior Buyer is to:

Strategically source goods and services to improve quality and provide for innovative opportunities at the lowest total cost of ownership. Ensure all goods and services are sourced responsibly in line with regulatory, ethical, technical, sustainability and customer requirements. Formulate and maintaining in-bound supply chain strategies to maximise the effectiveness and optimise the total cost of the components they buy. Be a consultative partner, demonstrating knowledge across spend categories and providing insight to support and help to shape strategy. Be a champion for business processes and governance and support the Head of Commercial, oils UK with the development of other colleagues.

Dimensions

Total third party spend - c 60m External contacts - 3rd party suppliers & Customers. Internal contacts - Commercial, Innovation; Customer Strategy & Planning; Sales, Finance, Corporate Relations, Operations, Planning, Technical. Travel will be required in this role.

Principal Responsibilities:

Create and develop category and sourcing plans in conjunction with business stakeholders. Drive partnership strategy as appropriate to ensure long term collaborative business growth planning and ensuring continuity of supply. Obtain the lowest possible total cost of ownership through negotiation, market intelligence and supplier knowledge. Conduct regular reviews with key stakeholders and provide regular reporting on initiatives and cost reduction projects. Communicate market conditions in a timely fashion and in a way that is clear and concise for both internal and external understanding. Utilise ERP system to drive analytics and provide appropriate reports for use within category plans and for sharing and analysis with appropriate teams. Utilise appropriate tools to maximise value delivery (e-auctions, should cost modelling, TCO, value lever analysis) Demonstrate commercial awareness and lead negotiations across all allocated areas of third party spend. Develop a network of strong supplier relationships that create innovative opportunities to drive value. Make use of SRM tools and performance measures to drive supplier effectiveness. Maximise opportunities to mitigate risk across area of spend responsibility. Manage all aspects of spend throughout the life cycle. Operate as a subject matter expert across all allocated spend and act as a trusted partner to the business. Excellent working knowledge of the key personnel at each major supplier, their processes, internal systems and moreover understand cost drivers. Drive working capital reduction across the category. Develop and maintain responsible suppliers ensuring they are maintained to a standard to meet Princes / Industry standards (e.g. BRC). Ensure all suppliers comply with Princes ethical standards, are SEDEX registered (where appropriate) and may be audited. Manage contracts professionally and accurately, while maintaining cost conditions and source lists. Control currency requirements in line with group policy if required. Professionally resolve problems both internally and externally in a fair and ethical manner while protecting the long-term interests of the team and company. Support fully the efforts of other departments in achieving 100% stakeholder satisfaction.

Role Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Thorough understanding of procurement processes and frameworks - Essential Previous experience in a category management role - Essential Excellent working understanding of category management, strategic sourcing, supplier development and value chain mapping - Essential Excellent working knowledge of allocated areas of spend - Essential Understanding of contract principles and clauses and be able to construct an interpret agreements - Essential SAP analytics and reporting - Desired Degree level qualification, ideally business related - Desired Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office - Essential Associate or student of CIPS, or working to CIPS qualification - Desired Willingness to travel UK and overseas - Essential

Competencies:

Business Awareness - Developed Communication & Influencing- Developed Planning & Organising - Developed Creativity & Innovation - Developed Working with People - Developed

Benefits:

Cash Car Allowance Free Parking Pass 25 Days Annual Leave, Plus Your Birthday Off! 14.5% Pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer Hybrid & Flexible Working - 4 days in office / 1 day WFH Flexible Holiday Option - option to buy up to 5 additional days Enhanced Family Friendly Policy Life Assurance Cover Private Medical Insurance Critical Illness Cover Learning & Development Opportunities Corporate Incentive Scheme (company performance based)




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