Overview
To lead the Procurement function for Veetee by sourcing, negotiating, and contracting for ingredients, packaging, and services. Delivering competitive sourcing advantage via cost, service, quality, and/or innovation, and acting as a key stakeholder in NPD process, ensuring Veetee is at the forefront of innovation opportunities.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Sourcing / Vendor Management:
Segment Materials, Packaging, and Indirect requirements into sourcing strategies, focusing on delivering competitive advantage:
* Cost
* Service
* Quality
* Technology/1st to market
* Generation/Implementation and maintenance of Supplier Scorecards.
* Regular evaluation (scorecards) and if required, onboard new suppliers to ensure competitive advantage is maintained
* Ensuring Supplier Base is aligned with business requirements:
* - Dual/Single Source.
* - Don’t over-dilute vendors losing buying power.
* - VMI/Call off.
* - Generate supplier risk assessment.
* Supplier relationship management:
- Lead negotiations with suppliers’ supply contracts.
* Contract Management:
- Reviewing, interpreting and recommending changes to our contract terms with vendors and, where necessary, reviewing, amending (where necessary,) and or agreeing vendor contract terms.
Category Management/ Reporting
* Generation of Stock policies for purchased products.
* Ownership/generation of monthly spend/sourcing presentation to CEO/Heads of departments – Offering guidance/insight into Headwinds/Tailwinds/risks and opportunities on all elements of sourcing.
* Prepare reports/updates/presentations that the business may require.
* Budget Generation / Cost Management.
* Generate/Implement and evolve KPIs that accurately portray departments' performance.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Initiatives
* Regular attendance at various packaging/food expos – to ensure we are aware of new technologies/opportunities.
* Develop ERP to automate reporting/track activity.
* Active collaboration with cross-functional teams – including but not limited to NPD, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Technical, Operations to achieve common corporate objectives.
* Working closely with technical teams to agree on specifications for raw materials and to maintain a specification library for raw materials.
Required:
* CIPS Qualification
* Strong negotiation and communication skills.
* Analytical, strategic thinker.
* Muti-tasker, organised and can manage multiple priorities.
* Excellent IT skills, (MS Office suite).
* Sound knowledge of working in an ERP system.
* Purchasing and supply chain processes and the enthusiasm to enhance knowledge.
* Commercial astuteness, disciplined approach with attention to detail and excellent communication (both written and verbal) skills.
* Good interpersonal skills and team worker.
* Understand food production cycles/Shelf-Life considerations.
Work Pattern
Monday- Friday
Hybrid working, after 6 month probation, 3-4 days in the office, 1 day WFH.
9am-5:30pm