Procurement Manager

TEAM: EU Sourcing - Packaging Category Services
CLIENTS: Portfolio
REPORTING TO: VP, Indirect Category Management
ABOUT US
tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world's leading brands. With 1,200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions - from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery.
Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald's, T-Mobile, O2, Hilton, Samsung, Starbucks, and adidas.
Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.
WHAT MATTERS THE MOST
Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving.
tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com.
WHY WE THINK YOU'LL LOVE THIS ROLE
As the Procurement Manager you will support our customers (food service & consumer brands) within the designated UK & EU customer markets in development of procurement strategies and help source commercially viable and scalable packaging solutions.

• Act as Packaging Material Buyer eg. from data collection, request for quotation, quotes comparison, supplier selection / recommendation, pricing for customer discussions and business case development
• Working collaboratively across key procurement functions - Product Management, SRM, Procurement Services to leverage supplier and system data to improve and harmonise on supplier efficiencies
• Help & facilitate sourcing of packaging for all regional portfolio brand customers and projects, support innovations (local, regional), cost savings projects, promotional and sampling activities
• Drive and support sustainability agenda as required to meet specific brand or market legislation goals
• Manage strategic relationship with all packaging suppliers while driving continuous improvement.
• Lead and manage packaging operations requirements for all projects including lead time for new product and/or new artwork, quotations, spend compilation and reporting, as well as helping packaging teams on packaging material readiness for trial runs and commercial scale-up
• Review and negotiate quarterly price movement and provide accurate price forecasting (when needed)
• Ensure suppliers reliability and compliance to buying specification, sourcing, and quality requirements.
• Ensure optimum packaging capacity across supplier sites
• Scan market for potential packaging suppliers, carry out supplier qualification and onboarding working with cross functional teams within TMS Supply Chain
• Creation/Execution of Portfolio Strategy for Packaging.
• Adoption of supplier segmentation processes to develop appropriate SRM strategies.
• Support NPD activities.
• Driving and supporting customer goals to meet net zero emission targets in packaging solutions across the supplier footprint

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE AGENCY

• Significant team and cross functional interaction as can be encouraged when implementing a strategy and sensible buying initiatives.
• Effective internal and external collaborator management and overall project management is core to this role.
• Large level of influencing, for someone who is confident in engaging across all levels of seniority and works towards achieving excellence in packaging and inquisitive buying across all packaging categories sourced

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'D LIKE YOU TO HAVE

• Academic - Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Logistic/Transportation or equivalent
• Relevant work experience in Procurement or Supply Chain
• Experience in any CPG or Packaging Supplier
• Comprehensive professional understanding of procurement principles, procedures, and processes
• Ability to proactively identify and solve issues using strong analytical and strong decision-making skills
• Proven project and information leadership skills

If you have any questions about the job, we are open to discussing this role further, so please feel free to get in touch.
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