Senior Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager – Food Manufacturing

Cheshire – Hybrid, Multi-Site Group

Salary - £60K + Benefits

Are you looking for a senior procurement role with visibility and impact across a high-growth food group? Do you want a chance to shape procurement strategy and contribute to continuous improvement? If the answer is yes to both and you wants a supportive, team-oriented environment with long-term career potential, then read on….

A fantastic opportunity for a commercially focused Senior Procurement Manager to lead procurement across a growing, multi-site food manufacturing group. This hybrid role offers the chance to shape strategy, drive savings, and deliver real value across operations, ingredients, packaging, engineering, and more.

The Role & Duties

• Lead, develop and mentor your procurement team
• Own and lead group procurement activities across all sites and categories.
• Develop and implement strategies to reduce cost, offset inflation, and optimise supplier performance.
• Negotiate contracts, manage supplier relationships, and ensure robust service levels.
• Work closely with stakeholders in Operations, Engineering, Technical, NPD, Finance, and Commercial.
• Support CapEx purchasing and future acquisitions by aligning procurement practices across the group.
• Drive risk management and develop contingency plans to protect the supply chain.
• Deliver cost savings

Your Skills & Experience

• Proven procurement experience in food manufacturing, ideally in a multi-site setting.
• Solid experience in direct, indirect and CapEx procurement
• Strong commercial instincts with a track record of achieving measurable savings.
• MCIPS qualified or equivalent, with excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Hands-on, analytical, and solutions-focused.
• Team Management experience and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced environment.