Sourcing Coordinator

A food manufacturing company is looking for a Sourcing Coordinator to join its fun, fast:paced environment in Barking.

Key Responsibilities

• Support activities for ingredients, packaging, and services within the topping category.
• Support the delivery of National and Traded customer projects from concept through to implementation.
• Coordinate manufacturing trials, ensuring materials, samples, specifications, and supplier support are available to meet project timelines.
• Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships to drive service, innovation, quality, and value.
• Evaluate suppliers and sourcing options, onboarding, balancing commercials, operational, and technical requirements.
• Conduct supplier visits to strengthen partnerships, assess capabilities, and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Attend trade shows and industry exhibitions to identify emerging trends, new suppliers, innovative ingredients, and packaging solutions.
• Work closely with Commercial, NPD, Technical, Quality, Operations, and Finance teams to support business objectives.
• Monitor market developments and proactively identify opportunities to improve cost, quality, sustainability, and supply resilience.
• Maintain accurate sourcing records, supplier documentation, and project trackers.
• Prepare sourcing updates, recommendations, and business cases to support decision making.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or commercial support within a food manufacturing environment.
• Supplier management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to assess opportunities and make sound recommendations.
• Organizational and project management capabilities.
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

This is a full-time, office-based role, working Monday-Friday, 08:00-16:30. Salary: GBP 32,000 – GBP 34,000 per annum.

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