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As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best?\nWe are looking for a strategic and commercially minded Senior Procurement Manager - Directs (Maternity Cover - 12months FTC) to join our Procurement Leadership Team. Leading a team of three, you will set the strategic direction for business-critical direct spend and deliver sustainable commercial value, supply resilience and competitive advantage.\nThis is a high-impact leadership role where you will shape senior business decisions, strengthen strategic supplier partnerships and ensure procurement priorities support margin, cash, quality, innovation, sustainability and continuity of supply.\nThis role is based at our head office in Weybridge, Surrey, with the option to work from home up to one day per week, based on business need.\nWork pattern: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.\nYOU’LL MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MATTER BY…\nSetting and delivering multi-year category strategies aligned with our business priorities, growth plans and approach to risk.\nActing as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, using commercial, market and operational insight to influence decisions and constructively challenge the business.\nDelivering sustainable value across cost, margin, cash and working capital while balancing quality, sustainability and continuity of supply.\nProviding commercial leadership across complex sourcing, supplier and contract decisions, supported by robust governance and clear accountability.\nLeading, coaching and developing three direct reports, creating an inclusive, accountable and high-performing team.\nStrengthening succession and building the strategic, commercial and technical capability of the team.\nShaping strategic supplier relationships, performance and risk through effective executive-level governance and escalation.\nLeading cross-functional change and continuous improvement across procurement.\nEmbedding responsible sourcing, supplier innovation, market insight and consistent procurement standards.\nProactively identifying and managing commercial, operational, ethical and supply chain risks.\nYOU’RE BEST SUITED FOR THE ROLE IF YOU ARE…\nAn experienced procurement leader with a strong background in strategic direct procurement within a complex, multi-site or multinational environment.\nCommercially astute, with advanced capability across category strategy, value creation, supplier economics, contracts and negotiation.\nExperienced in leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams.\nAble to translate business priorities, market dynamics and risk into clear long-term category strategies.\nA confident and credible partner who can build trusted relationships and influence senior stakeholders.\nComfortable making balanced decisions in ambiguous situations and taking ownership for delivery and escalation.\nExperienced in leading change, maintaining momentum and embedding improved ways of working.\nSkilled in strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, governance and risk management.\nExternally focused, using market intelligence, supplier capability, innovation and sustainability insight to improve business outcomes.\nQualified in procurement, commercial management or business, although this is desirable rather than essential.\nWE SUPPORT AND CARE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BY PROVIDING YOU WITH…\nCompany car or travel allowance\nPrivate healthcare\nCompletion Bonus\nA hybrid working approach, subject to business need.\nAn inclusive working environment.\nOpportunities for career progression in the UK and overseas.\nEnhanced employer pension contributions.\nA health cash plan, allowing you to claim money back towards essential healthcare, including dental and eye care.\nAccess to Thrive, a clinically approved wellbeing app available 24 hours a day.\nLong-service recognition every five years.\nLife assurance of up to four times your contractual pay.\nDiscounted branded products.\nFree onsite parking.\n25 days’ holiday plus eight bank holidays.\nOne paid working day each year to volunteer for a local community or charitable organisation of your choice.\nThe opportunity to swap traditional UK holidays for dates that are significant to your cultural or religious beliefs.\nAccess to My Staff Shop, offering exclusive benefits, advice and savings from thousands of UK retailers and service providers.\nFor additional information about our benefits, please visit the Saputo Dairy UK employee benefits page.\nWe support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion throughout its operations and invites candidates from all backgrounds to join our team.\nTo enable you to bring your best, we will ensure you are provided with any physical or non-physical adjustments required to support your participation in the application and interview process\nAgencies: Thank you for your interest in working with Saputo Dairy UK. We have a preferred supplier list that will support us where needed. We do not pay fees or acknowledge speculative CVs supplied to Saputo Dairy UK unless you have been briefed on the role by a member of the Talent Acquisition team.\nIn the UK, Saputo is a producer of leading British food brands and value-added ingredients. We manufacture a range of cheeses, dairy spreads, and dairy-free products, with a portfolio of well-loved brands including Cathedral City, Clover, Country Life, Frylight and Wensleydale.\nWhether your expertise lies in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, sales, quality assurance, or in any other function, your role is integral to our success.\nYou will make contributions that matter, all while working alongside colleagues who genuinely care about your success and who will roll up their sleeves to help.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5925,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain","Food & Beverages","Dairy Products","Veterinary Medicine"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-06T22:24:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":45,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-10T05:45:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/saputo-senior-manager-procurement","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/saputo-senior-manager-procurement.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-12T03:14:14Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4985,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1781663},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1781663"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsaputo-senior-manager-procurement"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsaputo-senior-manager-procurement"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsaputo-senior-manager-procurement"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/saputo-senior-manager-procurement\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsaputo-senior-manager-procurement"}]}