Head of Procurement Excellence, UK&I

2 months ago


City Of Canada Bay Council, Australia Pladis Foods Limited Full time
Job Description

**Job Title:** Head of Procurement Excellence, UK&I

**Job Summary:** We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Procurement professional to lead our Procurement team in the UK&I region. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving strategic procurement initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.

**Key Responsibilities:**

  • Develop and implement procurement strategies to achieve business objectives
  • Manage supplier relationships and negotiate contracts
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements
  • Monitor and report on procurement performance and implement improvements as necessary
  • Lead the End-to-end Source to Pay (S2P) process, ensuring compliance and continuously improving the process
  • Develop, implement, and maintain sourcing guidelines to ensure fairness, transparency, and value for money
  • Manage purchase, supplier relationships, contract management, and invoice processing
  • Lead Regional procurement transformation projects
  • Act as a single point of contact for sustainable procurement information and guidance

**Requirements:**

  • Essential experience in Procurement (with shown success in running a Category at regional or global level, in a worldwide organization)
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity within a complex and multicultural environment
  • Shown ability to work with cross-functional teams, with a collaborative mindset
  • Natural leadership & influence skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Ability to be hands on operationally as well as building a long-term strategic vision
  • Advanced Excel & Power Point skills
  • Available to work in Chiswick 3 days a week (Preferable) travel on request to factories & suppliers

**What We Offer:**

  • Annual Car allowance, paid monthly
  • Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) – this is the business's annual bonus scheme
  • Opportunity to self-enrol into Health Cash Plan
  • Private medical Insurance
  • Stakeholder Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance Cover ~ upon enrolment to Stakeholder Pension Scheme
  • 25 days + bank holidays
  • Holiday Enhancement Scheme
  • 1 Volunteering Day per year
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted gym membership – Carlisle and Chiswick only
  • Discount and Cashback Scheme
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme
  • Financial Wellbeing Support
  • Access to great training and development opportunities

**Our Values:**

  • Purpose led – We're energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite.
  • Agile – We're ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers.
  • Positive – We're highly motivated, optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better.
  • Resilient – We're persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward.
  • Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding

**Equal Opportunities Employer:** Pladis Foods Limited is an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.



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