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You will have a passion for delivering value and building strong supplier relationships.\nThe role is responsible for leading contract negotiation, cost management, and supplier performance improvement to ensure the business benefits from secure supply, competitive cost, and high-quality service. You must be comfortable working at pace in a high-growth environment, with confidence in navigating ambiguity and influencing stakeholders. This is a pivotal role, ensuring a balance of cost, risk, innovation, and sustainability across the supply base.\nWorking closely with Planning, Operations, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain, you will ensure supplier capabilities, commercial terms, and contracts support stable production plans and operational efficiency. You will take responsibility in setting the strategic category direction and ensuring that supply is resilient, compliant and aligned to current and future business requirements.\nThis position is based at the Factory in Bromborough UK, and frequent travel to suppliers and the Itancourt, France site will be required. This role offers flexibility on hybrid working.\nA bit about us\nSincereal Group is a dynamic and growing company providing private label offers to customers in Europe. With locations in UK and France, our factories complement each other enabling us to provide a wide range of products to our customers. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a new company that is a major, sustainable and competitive player in the growing cereal private label market\nAbout - Sincereal\nRole Purpose\nTo deliver value, resilience, and service performance by owning end-to-end sourcing, negotiation, and contracting activities, while driving supplier performance improvement.\nYou will ensure the business is supported by capable, compliant suppliers, robust commercial agreements, and accurate ERP contract records aligned to safety, quality, and operational requirements\nKey Responsibilities\nLead end-to-end sourcing, tendering, and negotiations for assigned categories to secure competitive total cost and supply continuity\nDevelop, negotiate, and manage supplier contracts, ensuring clear commercial terms aligned to business needs\nManage supplier relationships, and proactively manage supply risks, including contingency planning and dual sourcing strategies\nIdentify and deliver cost-saving and value-creation opportunities (e.g. cost avoidance, standardisation, optimisation)\nCreate and maintain accurate supplier contract records within the ERP system, including pricing, validity, and supply parameters\nPartner with NPD and Quality teams on new supplier approval, audits, non-conformance management, and supplier improvement initiatives\nCollaborate with Planning teams to align supplier capability (lead times, MOQ, constraints) with production requirements\nMonitor markets and global trends, to provide insights, and report on supplier performance, risks, sustainability, and value delivery\nEnsure all activities meet safety, quality, food safety, and governance standards\nIngredients for success\nYou will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in procurement, with proven experience of sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management within an FMCG environment. \nProven ability to manage supplier relationships and drive measurable performance improvements\nComfort in navigating ambiguity, with resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment\nSkilled in using ERP systems and procurement data management tools.\nStrong commercial mindset with understanding of total cost of ownership and risk management\nHigh attention to detail, with an ability to analyse data, identify root causes, and proactively implement effective solutions\nConfident communicator who can influence stakeholders and challenge suppliers constructively\nStrong collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across operations, planning, and quality\nCIPS qualification (or working towards) or equivalent procurement training is desirable, but not essential\nWilling to travel regularly both domestically and overseas.\nWhat you need to know\nJob posting date: 28/09/2026\nJob closing date : 12/10/2026\nRight to work in the UK\nIn accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Sincereal sponsorship.\nEqual Opportunities\nWe work together as one team. Everyone is welcome here, and we treat each other with fairness, respect, and equality\nEmployer: Sincereal\nLocation: Bromborough\nSalary circa £45,000 (depending on experience).\n\nSome of our other fantastic benefits\nPotential, discretionary annual bonus\npension scheme\n26 days holiday\nScope\nThis is an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Specialist to join the Procurement Team at Sincereal Group during a time of transformation.\nReporting to the Head of Procurement, you will take ownership of the sourcing strategy of key categories (Raw Materials, Packaging) across both the UK and French Sincereal sites. You will have a passion for delivering value and building strong supplier relationships.\nThe role is responsible for leading contract negotiation, cost management, and supplier performance improvement to ensure the business benefits from secure supply, competitive cost, and high-quality service. You must be comfortable working at pace in a high-growth environment, with confidence in navigating ambiguity and influencing stakeholders. This is a pivotal role, ensuring a balance of cost, risk, innovation, and sustainability across the supply base.\nWorking closely with Planning, Operations, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain, you will ensure supplier capabilities, commercial terms, and contracts support stable production plans and operational efficiency. You will take responsibility in setting the strategic category direction and ensuring that supply is resilient, compliant and aligned to current and future business requirements.\nThis position is based at the Factory in Bromborough UK, and frequent travel to suppliers and the Itancourt, France site will be required. This role offers flexibility on hybrid working.\nA bit about us\nSincereal Group is a dynamic and growing company providing private label offers to customers in Europe. With locations in UK and France, our factories complement each other enabling us to provide a wide range of products to our customers. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a new company that is a major, sustainable and competitive player in the growing cereal private label market\nAbout - Sincereal\nRole Purpose\nTo deliver value, resilience, and service performance by owning end-to-end sourcing, negotiation, and contracting activities, while driving supplier performance improvement.\nYou will ensure the business is supported by capable, compliant suppliers, robust commercial agreements, and accurate ERP contract records aligned to safety, quality, and operational requirements\nKey Responsibilities\nLead end-to-end sourcing, tendering, and negotiations for assigned categories to secure competitive total cost and supply continuity\nDevelop, negotiate, and manage supplier contracts, ensuring clear commercial terms aligned to business needs\nManage supplier relationships, and proactively manage supply risks, including contingency planning and dual sourcing strategies\nIdentify and deliver cost-saving and value-creation opportunities (e.g. cost avoidance, standardisation, optimisation)\nCreate and maintain accurate supplier contract records within the ERP system, including pricing, validity, and supply parameters\nPartner with NPD and Quality teams on new supplier approval, audits, non-conformance management, and supplier improvement initiatives\nCollaborate with Planning teams to align supplier capability (lead times, MOQ, constraints) with production requirements\nMonitor markets and global trends, to provide insights, and report on supplier performance, risks, sustainability, and value delivery\nEnsure all activities meet safety, quality, food safety, and governance standards\nIngredients for success\nYou will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in procurement, with proven experience of sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management within an FMCG environment. \nProven ability to manage supplier relationships and drive measurable performance improvements\nComfort in navigating ambiguity, with resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment\nSkilled in using ERP systems and procurement data management tools.\nStrong commercial mindset with understanding of total cost of ownership and risk management\nHigh attention to detail, with an ability to analyse data, identify root causes, and proactively implement effective solutions\nConfident communicator who can influence stakeholders and challenge suppliers constructively\nStrong collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across operations, planning, and quality\nCIPS qualification (or working towards) or equivalent procurement training is desirable, but not essential\nWilling to travel regularly both domestically and overseas.\nWhat you need to know\nJob posting date: 28/09/2026\nJob closing date : 12/10/2026\nRight to work in the UK\nIn accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. 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