Procurement Manager - Global Beverages & Ingredients

A fantastic opportunity to join Costa Coffee’s Procurement team as the Procurement Manager – Global Beverages & Ingredients.

A bit about us...

Here at Costa Coffee, our vision is to inspire the world to love great coffee. We’re all about passion, energy and teamwork to serve uplifting moments to coffee fans globally. From our humble beginnings in 1971, we’re now the UK’s most loved coffee Brand. With the help of our Partners and the Coca Cola system our growth ambitions have no limits. Along with our much-loved Stores, we now have propositions spanning Ready-to-Drink, Costa Express, FMCG and our leading B2B networks. Costa are pioneering the future of the coffee industry.

A bit about the role...

Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager – Beverages, you will be responsible for working with the Costa Global Business Units to develop the global procurement strategy in line with LRP/ABP and manage the process to ensure that this is delivered, including delivering the right product proposition for each of the Costa markets that meet the needs of our customers and grow beverage sales and margin. This will involve ensuring that ownership of cost models, savings & all procurement targets are delivered for each category of responsibility.

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for the application of best practice procurement across the breadth & depth of the categories, including provision of market insight, development of category strategies & associated sourcing plans, tendering, negotiation and supplier management
• Responsible with procurement finance for managing all associated COGs for each market
• Accountable for the sourcing of manufacturing capability & COGs delivery for Costa Coffee, including the selection, appointment and management of key suppliers
• Accountable for the negotiation & contracting of E2E COGs & pricing structures
• Ensure there is a robust Business Continuity Plan in place for all key business lines – in line with procurement business plans
• Responsible for working with the Costa Global Sustainability team and to ensure our Responsible Sourcing commitments regarding our products are delivered

A bit about you…

We want all our Team Members to thrive and to grow here at Costa, this is why our values are so important to us, Passion, Courage, Trust, Warmth. Along with an ability to work with diverse teams we would look for you to bring the following to this role:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent with significant Food and Beverage related procurement experience
• Procurement strategy development and implementation
• Sourcing plan development & implementation
• Procurement execution (business requirements analysis, market analysis, sourcing strategy, tender, negotiation, contract award, supplier management etc)
• Able to communicate & influence effectively at senior / Executive levels
• Broad understanding of the category sector and associated procurement best practice
• Fully conversant with a broad range of sourcing strategies required to category
• Procurement project and change management is desirable

What we can offer...

We’re on a growth journey like no other; more countries, more propositions, more opportunities for you to develop your career and work with some great teams. In addition, you’ll benefit from

• Car allowance
• BUPA Healthcare
• Costa Pension Scheme
• Bonus Scheme
• 25% staff discount, including endless free coffee onsite at support office
• 25 days Holidays

Location: Remote

Costa Coffee is made up of true experts, masters of their craft stretching their limits to what’s possible. It’s why we work so well remotely. We trust our teams and embrace technology to help us collaborate. And if needed, we have offices all over the world for those important connection points. Our remote working allows you to balance your work and personal life, while retaining Costa’s much-loved warmth and passion.