We are recruiting a Purchasing Manager to join a global food ingredients manufacturer, part of a large international group supplying essential products to the bakery and food production sectors worldwide.

This is a key leadership role responsible for driving procurement performance, delivering cost savings, and ensuring supply continuity across multiple spend categories including ingredients, packaging, equipment, and services.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver the annual purchasing strategy aligned to group objectives
• Identify and implement cost-saving and value improvement initiatives
• Negotiate and manage supplier agreements to ensure quality, continuity, and value
• Monitor commodity markets and manage supply risk
• Lead and develop the purchasing team
• Drive procurement best practice, compliance, and e-procurement adoption
• Track and report on savings, supplier performance, and key KPIs

We’re looking for:

• Proven procurement experience within food, FMCG, or manufacturing
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation capability
• Experience managing suppliers across complex or commodity-driven categories
• Ability to influence stakeholders across operations, technical, and commercial teams
• CIPS qualification (desirable)

Salary: £70,000 – £75,000 + bonus + strong benefits.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established global business offering strong career development, a collaborative culture, and the chance to make a measurable commercial impact.

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