Purchasing Planner

Greene King is the country's leading pub company and Brewer, first established in 1799. At Greene King it's not just pints that we want you to pour, we want people who can share our purpose and Pour Happiness into Lives. We are on a transformational journey for both customers and colleagues which will make us the pride of British hospitality. With over 40,000 people working across our 1,600 pubs, our breweries and two support centres, a career at Greene King has no limits.

Purchasing Planner

Burton on Trent

Role Purpose:

Working as part of the purchasing team you will manage a portfolio of brewing and packaging purchasing categories and suppliers. You will support the Purchasing Manager with reporting, tenders and must have the ability to understand market conditions to enable you to assist with the development of strategies that maximise value for Greene King. You will be expected to manage all cost factors across the full purchasing life cycle and work with suppliers to achieve the required to standards and maximise revenue opportunities.

Key Accountabilities :

Ensure suppliers deliver performance in all categories and best price is obtained

Work with suppliers to drive innovation, whilst ensuring cost savings and mitigating cash spend
Support Brand Managers to get the best service from suppliers
Review and understand all categories enabling the development of a clear strategy for Greene King
Manage suppliers to ensure all key performance levels are achieved
Working with finance to ensure appropriate reporting and impacts are communicated
Maintain clear concise business communication around market intelligence to enable correct purchasing decisions
To have a high profile with key stakeholders and suppliers both existing and potential
Minimise and manage all supplier risks to Greene King
Attend operational meetings and manage supplier relationships

About You:

Previous experience of working in a Purchasing environment
Experience of managing relevant categories ideally within the hospitality sector
Strong analytical skills and ability to use Excel
Ability to communicate at all levels
The ability to plan and prioritise both own and teams workloads to meet deadlines
Experience of working to budgets
Drive to ensure consistent standards and attention to detail
Ability to implement and incorporate company commercial and operations plans with Supply Chain and Purchasing plans

What you can expect from us?

Competitive salary and pension contribution scheme
Private Medical insurance
Discounted Health Screening
Option to purchase discounted Dental Insurance
Life Assurance
33% discount for you on food and drinks across all our managed sites and 15% for your friends and family
50% discount for you at Greene King Hotels/Inns and 25% discount for your friends and family
Access to company perks portal for regular retailer discounts
33 days holiday (including bank holidays) and the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
Free onsite parking
An employee health, wellbeing advice and guidance service
As one of the industry's leading apprenticeship providers, we can offer training and development at any stage of your career, whatever step you decide to take

Corporate Social Responsibility

We also want to be a positive force for good, having a social purpose that threads through every part of our business, whether it be through caring for the planet, caring for our communities through our hugely successful partnership with Macmillan (raising over 10 million pounds!) or caring for our people, creating life opportunities for all through innovative social mobility programmes. We are on an incredible journey and our goal is to be the pride of British hospitality.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Greene King we're setting the bar for Inclusion & Diversity. We are on a journey towards Everyday Inclusion where everyone feels welcome, can thrive and truly belong. With external commitments like the Valuable 500, If Not Now, When? and our Calling Time on Racism manifesto, our community partnerships and the support of our 4 internal Employee Led Inclusion Groups we have a clear plan based on education, awareness and activity that's already making an impact. We value the diversity of our people and are working to increase this, by joining us on this journey you can help us to shape our future inclusive culture.

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