Purchasing Manager

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Procurement team at Greggs as Purchasing Manager 

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 12.5% of your salary

• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

• Defined contribution management pension scheme

• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

• Career progression and learning and development

• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

What you'll do

• Identification of the most appropriate manufacturing partners and development of efficient supply chains to maximise efficiency and minimise cost
• Supply contract negotiation consistent with business needs and to ensure optimal conversion costs are maintained
• Co-ordination of both third party and Greggs Purchasing requirements to ensure sufficient raw material is available for all parties through liaison with internal Procurement colleagues for raw materials which are mutual requirements
• Responsible for the sourcing of specialist raw materials which fall outside of the remit of those required for In House production or where not part of existing supplier relationships
• Development of cost improvement supply solutions utilising the capability of the Contract manufacturer to add value where appropriate
• Supplier relationship management to ensure that Production volumes for both Internal demand and External Wholesale requirement are satisfied reflecting the changing requirements as appropriate
• Supplier relationship management to ensure that Quality and Manufacturing standards are appropriate and to manage issue resolution as appropriate
• Continuous management of costing information to reflect the changing raw material prices are reflected in purchase terms in optimal timeframes
• Waste minimisation at end of life for Seasonal / short term production
• Responsible through co-ordination with F&R, Category and Replenishment to plan for capacity and capability with the supplier community to effectively meet forward demand over multiple time periods and Seasonal promotions
• Co-ordination of medium and long term planning to ensure that supplier production capability meets forecasted demand profiles This requires internal liaison between Category, F&R, Supply Chain and Retail as well as external co-ordination

About you

• Experience of supplier relationship management including the analysis and interpretation of MI, performance reporting and issue resolution
• A proven track record of negotiation and cost reduction/value maximisation 
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
• Experience in the outsourcing of Internal requirements
• Experience of SAP desirable
• Ability to research key cost drivers and ensure that procurement of items that are affected are undertaken accordingly
• Comfortable with working under pressure and to tight deadlines, managing multiple priorities
• Highly numerate and literate, of graduate calibre with strong analytical skills
• Outstanding planning and organising skills with experience of dealing with multiple tasks simultaneously in a FMCG environment
• Ability to understand and interpret the various economic factors that influence markets
• Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and ideally Ariba, and SAP.

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us!   We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.