Purchasing Manager (Non Food - Services)

There is an opening for a Purchasing Manager (Indirect - Non Food) in London for a well known American Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) that is rapidly growing around the world.

The compensation package for the role includes: -

Between £48,000 - £55,000 + Bonus + Private Healthcare + Life Assurance + Participation in Pension Scheme + 25 Days Holiday (+Bank Holidays) + More

As thePurchasing Manager (Services) for our client you will need to have significant multi-site procurement experience in Hospitality or Retail. As they are a joint venture across UK, France, Germany and Spain, having procurement experience across some or all countries is also preferable.

You will lead the procurement of designated spend on services through project and programme management, identifying opportunities and risk while ensuring we have the right partners on board driving value for the business. You will need to have a deep understanding of procurement practices within services, have the ability to build great relationships and be well connected within the category.

The office is based in West London and there will be travel involved in the role across the countries, so a level of flexibility is required.

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Managing a range of key spend categories across the business (e.g. commercial cleaning, energy procurement, laundry, security, waste, smallwares, IT, etc.).
• Supporting across the Joint Venture countries – UK, France, Spain and Germany.
• Project managing any changes where opportunities have been identified. Partner with the key stake holders to deliver project objectives whilst minimising operational impact.
• Providing coaching and support on best practice with other teams in the business.
• Building meaningful and influential relationships both internally and with external partners to drive value and operational efficiency.
• Providing insights and direction from business data, driving decision and influencing stakeholders.
• Understanding and identify market trends and intelligence to deliver value and innovative solutions that will achieve business objectives.
• Supporting Procurement team across relevant categories.
• Maintaining and developing internal Procurement procedures
• Controlling spend and building a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs

Your skills and experience:

This is a demanding role which requires a great level of experience in the following:

• Experience in a procurement role within hospitality (or related industry) with spend profile of over £50m+ per annum across relevant categories.
• Good knowledge of strategic procurement and category management theories and concepts, financial risk and liability, including understanding the commercial risks associated with indirect supply chain.
• Good network with external suppliers, bodies and individuals in the services category
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to cut through information and draw out key trends / insight to support the development and improvement of the category.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and the ability to communicate to a range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Experience of commercial and contract negotiation, including the drafting and execution of commercial contracts.
• Experience of building relationships and influencing a range of internal and external stakeholders with the ability to manage competing priorities and business objectives.
• Strong project management skills.
• Organised with the ability to work independently and adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
• Partner with legal team to ensure robust supply agreements are in place.

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Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £48,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Have you worked for a Food Business in the Past?
• Do you have experience purchasing energy, laundry, uniforms etc?

Experience:

• Indirect Purchasing: 3 years (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 09/06/2023
Reference ID: Purchasing Manager - (Indirect - Services)