Procurement Category Manager - Beverages

Procurement Category Manager - Beverages

Are you a procurement professional looking for a strategic, high-impact role in the food and beverage sector? This is an opportunity to take ownership of a £30m cold beverage category within a £270m retail spend, driving procurement excellence and supplier innovation.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Develop and implement category strategies to maximise value.
• Manage supplier relationships, leading contract negotiations and driving commercial success.
• Identify market trends and growth opportunities to enhance offerings.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure category alignment with business objectives.
• Own financial and commercial KPIs, ensuring strong performance across the category.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven procurement experience, ideally within food and beverages.
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial acumen.
• A strategic thinker with excellent supplier relationship management skills.
• Analytical mindset, able to translate data into actionable insights.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Why Join?

• Competitive salary & benefits package: £60,000 + 20% bonus +
• Flexible working environment: 2-3 days a week in either the Surrey or London office
• Be part of a market-leading procurement organisation who are growing via acquisitions

If you have the relevant category experience across cold beverages within a food & beverage service environment looking to work for a market leader, please get in touch direct on brad@talentdrive.co.uk or apply via the link.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Purchasing and Supply Chain

Industries

Consumer Services and Food and Beverage Services