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Employer
Lime Talent
Location
England, London
Salary
£25000 - £28000 per annum + + Benefits
Closing date
22 Jun 2018

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Buying, Supply Chain & Logistics

Job Details



This is an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Manager to join a high growth food business.

You will be responsible for purhcasing both direct and indirect categories with a focus on cost-savings, development and innovation. In this role, you will also be responsible for contract management and contract life cycle developments with the aim of creating maximum value to the business.

Further responsibilities as a Procurement Manager include:
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with third parties, suppliers and relevant stakeholders
  • Reduce variability in demand by negotiation to maximise value for money over lifetime cost of services
  • Effective strategic planning - analysing and categorising different suppliers and developing appropriate sourcing strategies
  • Implement sourcing strategies through supplier interaction
  • Highlight and manage key suppliers for continuous improvement through detailed cost and value analysis


In order to be a great Procurement Manager:
  • Prior experience in procurement with ideally both direct and indirect categories
  • Previous experience working for an FMCG business
  • Fantastic negotiation and persuasion skills
  • Excellent communication abilities
  • Team-player
  • Great strategic sourcing knowledge
  • Previous experience working trans-nationally and with cross-geographical teams is also desirable
  • CIPS qualified desirable


This is a rare opportunity to join one of the most exciting and innovative food bsuiness in the UK. If you feel like you can excel as a Procurement Manager then please click on the link below.

Lime Talent is a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. To view a broader selection of our current vacancies go to www.limetalentgroup.com or call us on 0207 042 3800.

The Lime Talent team always review and process job applications swiftly. However due to the high volume of CVs that we receive online, we regrettably are not always able to respond to every applicant individually. If you've not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Lime Talent Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Company

We are Lime Talent, a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. With over 25 years’ combined experience of recruiting within the FMCG, consumer goods & services sectors, we like to think we know our stuff! We are here to make finding your next job or your next superstar employee an easy and pleasurable experience.

We are an honest and straight talking bunch with a can-do attitude. We aren’t going to say the usual thing that recruiters say, like “we want to partner with you”, as whilst that may be nice, what we really want to do, is to deliver you real results in the shortest amount of time possible. Once we have provided you with the high level of service that you can expect from us, we are confident that strong relationships will follow.

 Areas that we recruit:

• Sales

• Marketing

• Category Management and Insights

• Purchasing and Buying

• Supply Chain

Contact us today to discuss your next career move or to find out how we can help you find the best talent for your business.

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Telephone
020 7042 3800

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