Category Manager (Food Ingredients and Catering)

Role: Category Specialist - Food and Catering

Location: South West/Remote

Salary: To 45,000 and excellent benefits package (pension, flexible working, bonus, and excellent holiday allowance)

Grafton Recruitment are working with a buying organisation to appoint an experienced category manager or procurement professional on sourcing and cost down projects focused on food and catering goods for resale.

You will be responsible for category management, tendering, and contract negotiation for defined areas of spend. You will manage the full cycle of the procurement process, engaging with stakeholders over their needs, preparing tender details, and negotiating and implementing contracts. You will drive procurement projects to deliver cost savings and process improvement.

Experience Required:

• Managing tendering processes and setting up contracts.
• Background in purchasing of food based categories.
• Managing procurement projects and managing supplier communication.
• Sourcing product at best value and setting up initial supplier supply chain.

If you would like to find out more, please contact Adrian Harrison (Principal Consultant - Procurement Recruitment), or apply through the advert.

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