Senior Purchasing Manager (Food & Beverage) - Maternity Cover

Senior Purchasing Manager (Food & Beverage) - Maternity Cover

Central London based, hybrid working available (3 days per week in the office). This is a maternity contract cover for around 9-12 months. 

We’re hiring a senior purchasing manager to oversee our food and beverage services. Proactive management of a portfolio of products within specified categories, working closely with internal food and commercial teams to deliver the best quality products at optimum prices for our restaurants in GB and Ireland.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for delivery of commercial savings, improved quality, and innovative solutions through effective product and contract management across a range of multi-disciplinary categories 
• Managing and forecasting inflation / deflation, through negotiation, and identifying new suppliers, products, and alternative development opportunities
• Leading the identification of goods required by the business, working closely with internal food, marketing teams, and operations
• Researching and identifying new products and suppliers, deliver successful (strategic and non-strategic) negotiation, and completion of the contract, with clear KPI identified to drive and deliver the category objectives
• Working with suppliers to ensure successful implementation of new products in line with menu changes, including delist management
• Monitoring and forecasting stock levels of ingredients within categories

Your Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience in a similar role, ideally within hospitality, foodservice or a buying organisation in a purchasing/supply chain function
• Strong analytical, numerical skills and commercial acumen
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Ability to implement excellent procurement practices, manage large volume of data and information
• Planning and project management skills
• Excellent relation management and influencing skills 
• Strong Excel/Microsoft Office skills
• Speaking a second language would be a great skill to have for this role
• CIPS or working toward is an advantage

Benefits:

• Up to 20% bonus scheme
• Car allowance (£5.7K)
• Bupa healthcare (dental and medical)
• 6% pension scheme
• Hybrid working available (3 days per week in the office)
• 50% off in PizzaExpress restaurants
• Monthly pay day drinks, with pizza & Peroni and Prosecco
• Regular team socials with the opportunity to visit our suppliers
• Benefits portal 
• Mental Health First Aiders across the business
• Employee Assistance Programme, providing health, finance, and wellbeing advice

Who we are:

Where those who love pizza can be their true self. We’ve been around since 1965, bringing pizza to the UK and have since grown to a multichannel, international brand.  Our people are at the heart of our success and everything we do, we believe you should always be able to express yourself.   

Our values and culture are made up of three key parts: use your head, show your heart and create a home.  For us, this shows up as: 

• Head - were customer centric, commercially driven and obsessed by performance in all we do 
• Heart - we show our heart, are honest and vulnerable with our teams and lead everything through our people 
• Home - we create a home, where everyone has a place at our marble table and you can truly express yourself everyday  

Inclusivity and respect are at the heart of our business and are valued by our teams, customers, and suppliers. PizzaExpress and Milano is a place where everyone is welcome, and everyone belongs.  That’s why we assess each application on the aptitude to do the job and nothing else.