Procurement Manager

Location: Bridgend

Salary: £60,000 per annum

Contract: Full-Time, Permanent | Monday–Friday (40 hours per week)

Drive Strategic Procurement in a Growing, Operationally Focused Business

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Procurement Manager to lead strategic sourcing activity across domestic and international markets.

Reporting to the Divisional General Manager, you will play a critical leadership role in ensuring continuity of supply, cost optimisation, supplier performance, and working capital control — while leading and developing a buying team.

This is an opportunity for a procurement professional who combines strong commercial acumen with hands-on sourcing expertise and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

As Procurement Manager, you will take ownership of sourcing goods, raw materials, and equipment to meet operational and strategic business needs. You will drive value delivery across cost, quality, service and compliance, ensuring supply resilience and long-term supplier partnerships.

You will also lead and develop a team of buyers, setting clear objectives and driving performance improvements across the procurement function.

Key Responsibilities

·      Develop and execute sourcing strategies across domestic and international markets

·      Research, analyse and forecast commodity trends and future buying requirements

·      Negotiate pricing, contract terms, delivery schedules and exclusivity agreements

·      Lead Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to improve supplier performance

·      Drive cost savings initiatives and manage Purchase Price Variance (PPV) analysis

·      Deliver budget ownership across allocated spend categories

·      Monitor working capital and forward price forecasting

·      Identify and mitigate supply chain risks and capitalise on commercial opportunities

·      Ensure compliance with legislation, company policies and procurement governance

·      Support tendering and contract renewal processes

·      Collaborate with Planning, Finance, Production and Commercial teams to align procurement strategy with operational needs

·      Lead continuous improvement initiatives with a focus on total cost of ownership

·      Develop team capability and succession planning within procurement

About You

You are a strategic procurement professional with strong leadership capability and a data-driven mindset.

You bring:

·      Significant procurement experience (ideally within FMCG or manufacturing environments)

·      Strong commercial acumen and negotiation expertise

·      Experience sourcing across international and domestic markets

·      Confidence influencing senior stakeholders

·      Analytical capability to drive insight-led decision making

·      Experience managing supplier performance and contract governance

·      People management experience with the ability to develop and lead a team

·      Strong IT and systems capability (ERP/MRP/MPS experience advantageous)

Desirable Experience

·      Degree (or equivalent) in Business, Supply Chain, Finance or related discipline

·      Budget ownership and financial forecasting experience

·      Project management capability

·      Commodity management and hedging knowledge

What You’ll Influence

·      Supply continuity and risk mitigation

·      Cost optimisation and margin protection

·      Supplier performance and compliance

·      Working capital efficiency

·      Continuous improvement across the supply chain

Why Join Coppice Alupack?

This is a senior procurement leadership role within a collaborative and operationally focused environment. You’ll have the autonomy to shape sourcing strategy, influence business performance, and build strong supplier partnerships while developing your team.

If you are ready to take ownership of strategic procurement and drive measurable commercial impact — we would welcome your application!

No agencies please.