ANY LANGUAGE: Director: (Int’l)Food Sourcing

Exceptional role for an experienced DIRECTOR within FOOD sourcing. This is an unusual and rare opportunity to join this restaurant business as it goes through a business transformation. This is a new role and offers the opportunity to be innovative and creative in finding solutions to food sourcing challenges. You will be managing a team of 10 motivated people and will be managing a budget of £350m. The role offers real opportunities to make an impact. Hybrid and entrepreneurial work culture. Apply here : ANY LANGUAGE: Director: Food Sourcing

TITLE: ANY LANGUAGE: Director: Food Sourcing

Contract Permanent contract

Salary total comp of £160,000 ( comprised of base salary of £ 120,000+ £30k bonus of and car allowance of £9,500pa).)

Location: High Wycombe (Hybrid work: 3 days wfh. 2 days in the office)

Company: Not for profit organisation. Food purchasing

Purpose of the role. This is a key role in the transformation of this global restaurant business and a newly created role.

You will lead the newly formed food sourcing team of 10 people, developing and delivering a functional strategy that ensures that processes and work styles are embedded across the business

The role

• Developing and delivering functional strategy
• Strategic category management for a spend of £350M across Europe
• Ensuring strategies are developed and agreed upon with key system stakeholders
• Meeting or exceeding KPIs on cost and risk management
• Leading risk management for the food and packaging supply chain ensuring key risks are understood, documented and suitable mitigation plans are in place
• Timely and accurate provision of food cost reporting and forecasting to a broad range of stakeholders
• Meeting targets on productivity/cost savings/ performance against inflation
• Managing a team of 10 people within the food and sourcing team
• Delivering and reviewing strategies against an agreed timetable
• Delivering projects identified in strategies, reporting progress to PMO
• Ensuring that sustainability KPIs are met
• Internally liaising with restaurants, finance team; Comms and others across the business
• Liaising externally with Suppliers and Distributors

Requirements

• Experience leading a team in a high-challenge, high-support environment
• Food sector ( or related) background
• Sourcing /procurement background