HFUK/HFI Packaging, Ingredients and Indirects Procurement Manager
Role title: HFUK/HFI Packaging, Ingredients and Indirects Procurement Manager
Salary: Competitive
Location: Huntingdon
Hilton Foods are looking for a HFUK/HFI Packaging, Ingredients and Indirects Procurement Manager to ensure all ingredients/Packaging items are available to the schedulers to meet the production demand plan, and in line with the Sales & Operational Planning process. Reporting directly to the Head of Procurement this is a great opportunity to work closely with the Hilton Services Procurement team to ensure that all packaging ingredients and indirects are procured at the correct price from the correct suppliers.
As an HFUK/HFI Packaging, Ingredients and Indirects Procurement Manager some of the responsibilities will be to:
- Manage indirect services on site such as canteen, coffee machines, waste, water coolers, Security, white coats and other materials.
- Maintain supplier relationships with our packaging, Ingredients and Indirects suppliers and ensuring that stock is available for the site schedulers.
- Engage with suppliers and internal NPD on product development ideas and attending NPD meetings.
- Maintain a relationship with the product development team to ensure a full awareness of new products being developed and ensuring we will have full availability on packaging and ingredients.
- Review options for stock at risk, packaging write off etc.
- Act as a point of contact for all ingredient and packaging escalations.
- Ensure NPD ingredients are fit for purpose in terms of usage, shelf-life and minimum order quantities.
To succeed as HFUK/HFI Packaging, Ingredients and Indirects Procurement Manager we ask that you have the following experience/expertise:
- Proven scheduling/procurement experience.
- Ability to liaise with the site management teams.
- Pro-actively engage the Procurement team with ideas for development.
- Strong experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong stakeholder management skills
What you get in return:
On top of working for a fantastic organisation with a family feel and state of the art facilities you will receive a great package with competitive holiday allowance, life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary, opportunities for development and internal promotion, Cycle to work scheme, Share save scheme, variety of discounts at well-known retailers as well as gyms and free car parking on site along a subsidised canteen.
About us:
We are a company that takes pride in their people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do, if you want to find out more please follow the link below.
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We value our inclusivity as we believe diversity should be embraced and celebrated. We live and work by these values and that’s what makes Hilton Foods a great place to work.