Procurement Executive

Ideal Candidate

• Great organisation skills & ability to communicate effectively as part of a team & with suppliers
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with varying stakeholders at one time
• The energy and self-motivation to work within a rapidly growing business that is constantly evolving with changing priorities
• Data and numerical accuracy
• Pro‑active and a keenness to learn
• Ability to work under pressure, meet targets & deadlines
• An open‑minded approach to the role and a flexible, can‑do, friendly attitude. Our business is constantly changing!

About Us

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best‑in‑class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best‑in‑class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

itsu (grocery), which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few…

D&I Statement

itsu (grocery) is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.

Scope of Role

itsu (grocery) is looking for a procurement exec to join its procurement team. They will assist in various areas across our wide-reaching team, giving them a great foundation for a future career in procurement. They will be a core resource for the procurement team to assist on varying tasks that will flex dependant on the needs of the team and the business. One area they will work on is our ESG and Sustainability requirements, supporting the Senior Packaging Technologist and Senior Sustainability Advisor. They should be detailed and analytical to support on managing various procurement systems and master data.

• Be a core support for the procurement team
• Work on procurement projects and cost saving initiatives, including collaborating with our wider operations team on product development and sample requests
• Assist with collating key business submissions for packaging taxes and product ingredient trace abilities
• Support the ESG agenda, working on key initiatives to assist with our decarbonisation strategy and packaging reductions
• Maintain our various procurement and packaging data systems
• Assist with new supplier onboarding and their set up requirements
• Help drive supplier performance by assisting with key supplier review meetings and organisation

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Competitive bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• Health insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
• Opportunity to work from abroad
• 50% employee discount in itsu shops
• Free itsu lunch
• Discounts at major retailers
• Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes
• A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development

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