Business Procurement Buyer

About The Role

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

As a Business Procurement Buyer, you'll be at the heart of driving business engagement and leading key procurement initiatives, ensuring your function is recognised as a vital partner in the company's success. You will own and manage supplier relationships, negotiate contracts, and deliver value through strategic sourcing, risk management, and innovation. Your role is all about collaborating with stakeholders, championing responsible and ethical sourcing, and keeping the business ahead with sharp market intelligence. If you thrive on building partnerships, influencing outcomes, and making a real impact, this dynamic position puts you in the centre of it all!

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead and support procurement initiatives, ensuring alignment with business strategies and acting as the first point of escalation for procurement matters within the bakery.
• Manage supplier relationships, conduct tenders and negotiations, and oversee contract and price management to deliver value and mitigate risk.
• Develop and implement category strategies, including profit improvement plans and risk management initiatives, while ensuring compliance with group contracts and processes.
• Provide the business with up-to-date market intelligence, champion responsible and ethical sourcing, and ensure robust contingency plans for supply continuity.
• Coach and motivate team members, fostering individual development and driving a culture of continuous improvement and innovation in procurement.

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• Minimum of 2 years experience working within a procurement function
• Experience of project management including working with stakeholders at various levels.
• Experience of working in a fast paced role with competing priorities and clear methodology for keeping on track
• Strong data analytics skills with the ability to manipulate and provide insight from large and varied volumes of data
• Computer literate particularly with Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK's best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.