<b>Retail</b> Stoke-on-Trent

Are you a commercially driven procurement leader with a passion for building strong supplier partnerships and delivering exceptional results? Do you thrive on developing sourcing strategies that drive innovation, improve margins and ensure world-class product availability?

We're looking for a Head of Product Procurement to lead and shape our procurement function, playing a pivotal role in the success of our product portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity to influence our global sourcing strategy, build and develop high-performing supplier relationships, and work collaboratively across Product, Commercial, Operations and Finance to deliver products that delight our customers while driving sustainable business growth.

If you're an experienced procurement professional with strong commercial acumen, a strategic mindset and a proven ability to negotiate, influence and deliver measurable value, we'd love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities 

Set and execute product procurement strategy across categories to support commercial goals and new product development pipelines 
Source products in line with quality standards set by Product team  
Working collaboratively with the product team, lead supplier selection, contract negotiation and ongoing supplier performance management 
Identify and implement supplier relationship development plans for all suppliers  
Drive cost reduction, margin improvement and total cost optimisation 
Create and manage procurement policies, approval matrices and risk/compliance controls 
Work with the compliance team to ensure supplier risk assessments, continuity supply planning and sustainability/ESG initiatives 
Collaborate with commercial, operations, legal and finance to align sourcing with go-to-market plans and with the product team on new product requirements 
Liaising closely with product team, understand first costs as product team develop product to achieve required margins understanding if changes in spec are required  
Deliver procurement KPIs: savings, service/availability, lead times, supplier scorecards and compliance 
Drive digital transformation of procurement processes and supplier portals. 

Why work for usWe believe that our people are our greatest asset and the Group’s success is directly related to the effectiveness of our people.  We want people to join our team who are as passionate as we are about our six wonderful brands, our products, and our heritage and share the same values.

Portmeirion Group has heritage and family at our core. We have a responsibility to our employees, customers, communities and the people that bring our products into their homes, and we work hard to reflect this in everything we do.

Our business and brands have a global footprint and strong history. They are grounded in family values, craft, and a commitment to making beautiful products that bring people together and are passed from generation to generation. We operate with integrity, decency, honesty, positivity and inclusion. We use our talent for innovation and creativity to solve challenges and explore how we can become custodians of the future. 

We build our global business in a way that evolves this heritage to safeguard the next generation; Combining the best of the past with today’s innovations and designs to make our business as good as it possibly can be and create a positive legacy for the future. For our employees, communities, customers and the planet.

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