Job Description
Build your fresh produce procurement career in a hands-on supplier-facing role with a clear pathway into a full Buyer position.
Procurement Executive
Location: Spalding
Working Pattern: Onsite, Monday to Friday (08:30–17:00)
Salary: £35,000 – £45,000 depending on experience
The Opportunity
We’re supporting a growing fresh produce business to recruit a Procurement Executive into a newly created role, designed to strengthen the link between the supply base and packhouse operations.
This is a hands-on, commercially focused opportunity offering strong exposure across supplier relationships, contract fulfilment, intake quality, free-buy activity, and seasonal planning. Working closely with the Head of Procurement and wider operational teams, you’ll play a key role in ensuring raw material supply aligns with production and retail requirements.
The role would suit someone commercially curious, detail-oriented, and confident building relationships within a fast-paced fresh produce or FMCG environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Monitor supplier contracts, volumes, and fulfilment timelines
* Track market conditions and support free-buy pricing activity
* Build and maintain strong supplier and grower relationships
* Act as a key link between growers and packhouse operations
* Review intake quality, crop sizing, and packing yields
* Support seasonal transitions and promotional planning activity
* Manage supply issues, quality concerns, and load rejections with suppliers
* Review grower returns and support commercial accuracy before payment sign-off
* Work closely with procurement, intake, production, and commercial teams
What We’re Looking For
* Strong numerical and analytical capability
* Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
* Confident communication and relationship-building ability
* Commercial awareness and interest in procurement or supply chain
* Ability to operate effectively within a fast-paced operational environment
* Resilient and solutions-focused approach
Experience within fresh produce, food manufacturing, agriculture, or FMCG would be advantageous but is not essential.
Additional Information
* Monday to Friday onsite role
* Exposure across procurement, supply chain, intake, and supplier management
* Clear progression pathway into a full Buyer role
* Supportive, hands-on team environment
Benefits
* Company pension
* Life insurance
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Employee discount
* Cycle-to-work scheme
* Free parking and company events
Why Join?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established fresh produce business offering genuine development within procurement. You’ll gain practical exposure across supplier management, commercial decision-making, quality, intake, and operational planning while building towards broader Buyer responsibility in the future.