Procurement Administrator

Join Our Procurement Team at The Compleat Food Group!

Are you looking to kickstart your career in Procurement? We have a new opportunity for a Procurement Administrator to join our brilliant Procurement team!

Who We Are:

The Compleat Food Group are a new food group on a mission to create great quality, tasty and affordable food, that people love to eat. We fondly refer to it as 'Food to Feel Good' because we believe in savouring every bite whilst making a positive impact.

Our team of over 5,500 remarkable individuals forms the core of all that we undertake. At The Compleat Food Group we don’t just make food. We make food to feel good, taste good and do good for everyone.

Our genuine passion drives the creation of products for UK consumers, prominent retailers, and our thrilling market-leading brands such as Wall's Pastry, Squeaky Bean, Vadasz and Unearthed.

Location: Nottingham based (flexible)

Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8.30am – 5pm and Fridays 8.30pm – 4pm. Who doesn’t love an early finish on a Friday?

Salary: £25,000 – £26,000

Number of roles: We have 2 roles available – 1 role to support the packaging team and 1 role to support the ingredients team.

Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to support the procurement manager in the development of sourcing materials and suppliers on agreed categories, improving company profitability and working capital.

Your Duties Will Include:

• Support the sourcing implementation and introduction of new suppliers, either in packaging or ingredients teams.
• Conduct market reviews and presentations ensuring business needs are met of allocated categories through quality, innovation, service, cost and supply.
• Price file maintenance and costing/tender reviews. 
• Identify new raw materials required to meet external customer needs driven by New Product Development (NPD) and Existing Product Development (EPD) briefs.
• Support with risk assessments of the supply base and suggest mitigation actions 
• Help deploy and implement best practice Procurement processes and techniques learnt 
• Ensure materials sourced are from an approved supplier, costed correctly and meet internal and external requirements.
• Encourage innovation and food values from supplier meetings or presentations
• Ensure new suppliers agree to our T&Cs and all paperwork is completed including invoice approvals

Experience: 

• Looking to start or continue career within procurement 
• Previous procurement administration experience advantageous but not essential 

• Previous experience of working in a food manufacturing environment (desirable)
• Qualification such as CIPS (desirable).

Key Skills and Requirements: 

• Strong Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Strong written and verbal communication with people at all levels
• Organised and confident decision maker
• Responsive and reactive
• Attention to detail
• Valid driving licence due to expectations to travel to our other sites across the UK

Benefits to Include:

• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Opportunity for CIPS study support
• Career progression opportunities 
• Hybrid working
• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
• Online and High-street retailer discount scheme
• Employee well-being and community support groups
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support)
• Free Financial wellbeing – mortgage calculators, budget tools, financial aid tools

The Compleat Food Group are proud to have built an inclusive and respectful culture where our colleagues feel safe, supported and valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive.

We continue to attract diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. 
Recruitment Agencies We have an active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required. We do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies.