Procurement Manager | Competitive Salary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Manager to join the Procurement Team in Marston’s Pubs and Bars. This role will be responsible for a significant amount of food contracts as well as across a broad spectrum of other areas including drinks, equipment, services, and consumables. This is a permanent role, reporting to the Director of Procurement.
We are looking for an individual that is results driven and self motivated, with the ability to demonstrate a proven track record and experience in relevant or associated areas.
The Role
- 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.
The ideal candidate will be:
- 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 upon influences affecting cost, quality, and availability.
- Ideally fully CIPs qualified to level 6.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent and showing evidence of ongoing professional development within this sector.
- IT literate with excellent analytical skills.
What you get from us:
- Car Allowance
- Employer funded Private Medical Insurance
- Training and induction from our NITA award training team
- Apprenticeship programmes – offering development at any stage of your career
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
- 30% off in Marston’s pubs and Marston’s Inns accommodation
- Marston’s Cheers Reward & Recognition Platform (earn points to spend for living and breathing our values and behaviours and access high street retailer discounts)
- Save as you earn scheme
- Employee assistance programme, to support your well-being including confidential 24/7 helpline
- Pension scheme with additional Life Assurance and Group Income Protection cover included
- Health Screening Discounts
- Long Service Awards
- Buy and sell additional leave
- Gym Discounts
- 24-hour GP helpline
- Mortgage Advice and support
- Healthcare Cash Plan
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