Senior Procurement Manager
Brakes Group is a leading supplier to the foodservice sector in the UK, Ireland, France and Sweden. The Group is committed to provide its customers with outstanding service, products and foodservice solutions, its people with a `great place to work` and its suppliers with a great company to partner.
Owned by Sysco, the world`s leading foodservice company, Brakes Group comprises a family of specialist businesses which are able to deliver everything the caterer needs. It provides a professional, friendly regional service supported by a national network of depots, which ensures it offers an exceptional and individual service to each and every one of its customers
Role Purpose Statement
The purpose of this role is to negotiate the lowest cost price for market relevant products from the most appropriate suppliers, reducing complaint levels, improving availability, helping to drive sales and improve profitability.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

- Stand in for Category Procurement Director in meetings where relevant , communicate at Board level internally and with suppliers
- To agree cost prices for all products.
- To agree payment terms with our suppliers and improve working capital
- To choose suppliers that meet our technical policy
- Monitor supplier performance in complaints and availability and agree corrective action where necessary
- To agree joint business plans with key suppliers
- To maintain accurate actual cost files and savings trackers
- To support category management in range decisions and driving sales
- To support sales force in tenders
- To give the business market insight to support pricing decisions
- To improve annual terms on a year to year basis
- To lead the team in day to day activities
- Work with the product development team to innovate and value creation
- Work across Group, Menigo, Brake France, Brake Ireland, M and J, Wild Harvest, Country Choice
- Ultimately if the procurement manager chooses the wrong supplier we will have no product to sell and no customers, they take the ultimate responsibility in ensuring the supplier is right for the business and are empowered to do so.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

- 5-10 years work experience in purchasing, ideally in fmcg environment
- Proven track record of managing a significant cost of goods with strong motivation to deliver cost savings
- Experience of working with external customers
- MS office- min of intermediate excel, word and powerpoint
- Flexibility to travel
- Awareness of fmcg purchasing processes
- Confidence and experience in presenting to large audiences

Brakes Group is committed to reducing the environmental impact the business has on both the communities it serves and the countries it operates in. It has ISO 14001 accreditation - an internationally recognised standard for environmental performance.
Brakes Group operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.
Brakes UK uses a third party to undertake a number of checks. Any offer of employment made by Brakes UK would be conditional upon receiving a satisfactory; reference, identity document(s), basic DBS certificate and basic credit check