Finsbury Food
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Central Finance - Procurement Finance Manager Job Description Location: Flexible (Cardiff, Hamilton, Manchester, Salisbury & Sheffield). Occasional travel to other sites & locations as required. Shift: Monday - Friday Salary: Competitive + Benefits We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Finance Manager to join our Central Finance team here at Finsbury Food Group. Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make a large percentage of the UK's sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we're in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special. This is a key, high-impact role responsible for driving EBITDA growth and optimising stock and cash efficiency through strong financial leadership, insight, and business partnering. Working closely with Procurement and cross-functional teams across the business, you will play a critical role in supporting both operational performance and strategic decision-making. Operating within a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and against a constantly evolving macroeconomic backdrop including commodity volatility, inflation, and supply chain pressures, this role offers excellent exposure across multiple sites and functions. It is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within a growing and evolving organisation. This is what you'll actually do! You will work at the centre of procurement finance activity, partnering closely with Procurement teams to provide high-quality financial analysis and meaningful insight to support decision-making. You will be responsible for delivering accurate and timely weekly and monthly reporting, alongside ownership of forecasting cycles and budget support. You will analyse key drivers including commodity movements, pricing, rebates, and purchase price variance, identifying trends and root causes while translating data into clear, actionable insights. You will support the development of pricing assumptions and forward-looking projections, contributing to budgets, forecasts, and longer-term strategic planning. You'll review tender financials, offering insight and recommendations to support strong, commercially sound decisions. In addition, you will play a key role in ensuring alignment between financial reporting and business intelligence tools, supporting data accuracy and consistency across platforms such as Power BI. You will also contribute to value engineering initiatives, working collaboratively with Procurement, Supply Chain, and site teams to identify and deliver cost saving opportunities. This role requires a strong balance of analytical capability and commercial awareness with the ability to interpret external market factors and macroeconomic trends and translate these into meaningful business insight and action. To be successful, you will be a proactive and detail-oriented finance professional who is confident in influencing and challenging stakeholders, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment. Ideally this is you! CIMA or ACCA qualified with relevant post-qualification experience Proven experience within FMCG and/or manufacturing environments Strong background in financial reporting, forecasting, and business partnering Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyse and interpret complex data Strong attention to detail with a structured and analytical approach Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Confident working cross-functionally with Procurement, Commercial, Supply Chain, and IT teams Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI (desirable) Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities to tight deadlines Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement What's in it for you? Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival! Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families) Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform! Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!) Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral - t&cs dependent) Employee Recognition Awards Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!) An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more! Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!
Central Finance - Procurement Finance Manager Job Description Location: Flexible (Cardiff, Hamilton, Manchester, Salisbury & Sheffield). Occasional travel to other sites & locations as required. Shift: Monday - Friday Salary: Competitive + Benefits We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Finance Manager to join our Central Finance team here at Finsbury Food Group. Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make a large percentage of the UK's sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we're in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special. This is a key, high-impact role responsible for driving EBITDA growth and optimising stock and cash efficiency through strong financial leadership, insight, and business partnering. Working closely with Procurement and cross-functional teams across the business, you will play a critical role in supporting both operational performance and strategic decision-making. Operating within a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and against a constantly evolving macroeconomic backdrop including commodity volatility, inflation, and supply chain pressures, this role offers excellent exposure across multiple sites and functions. It is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within a growing and evolving organisation. This is what you'll actually do! You will work at the centre of procurement finance activity, partnering closely with Procurement teams to provide high-quality financial analysis and meaningful insight to support decision-making. You will be responsible for delivering accurate and timely weekly and monthly reporting, alongside ownership of forecasting cycles and budget support. You will analyse key drivers including commodity movements, pricing, rebates, and purchase price variance, identifying trends and root causes while translating data into clear, actionable insights. You will support the development of pricing assumptions and forward-looking projections, contributing to budgets, forecasts, and longer-term strategic planning. You'll review tender financials, offering insight and recommendations to support strong, commercially sound decisions. In addition, you will play a key role in ensuring alignment between financial reporting and business intelligence tools, supporting data accuracy and consistency across platforms such as Power BI. You will also contribute to value engineering initiatives, working collaboratively with Procurement, Supply Chain, and site teams to identify and deliver cost saving opportunities. This role requires a strong balance of analytical capability and commercial awareness with the ability to interpret external market factors and macroeconomic trends and translate these into meaningful business insight and action. To be successful, you will be a proactive and detail-oriented finance professional who is confident in influencing and challenging stakeholders, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment. Ideally this is you! CIMA or ACCA qualified with relevant post-qualification experience Proven experience within FMCG and/or manufacturing environments Strong background in financial reporting, forecasting, and business partnering Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyse and interpret complex data Strong attention to detail with a structured and analytical approach Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Confident working cross-functionally with Procurement, Commercial, Supply Chain, and IT teams Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI (desirable) Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities to tight deadlines Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement What's in it for you? Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival! Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families) Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform! Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!) Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral - t&cs dependent) Employee Recognition Awards Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!) An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more! Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!
DS Smith
EMEA Category Specialist - Construction, Facilities & Property (EMEA) DS Smith Here at DS Smith, we are looking for a proactive and delivery-focused EMEA Procurement Category Specialist to support the procurement of Construction, Facilities & Property services across our EMEA operations. About the role Reporting to the EMEA Category Manager for Construction, Facilities and Property, you will play a key role in delivering sourcing activity, supporting site and project teams, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring procurement processes are followed effectively across the Construction, Facilities & Property category. This category covers a wide range of services including Property Rental, Office & Site Costs, Hard & Soft FM services, and Construction-related labour, materials, contractors, equipment, and project resources. You will help drive value, ensure compliance, support sustainability objectives, and work closely with stakeholders to meet operational and project needs. Key Responsibilities Category Delivery & Sourcing Execution Support the delivery of procurement activities across Construction, Facilities & Property, including running tenders, e-auctions, negotiations, and supplier onboarding. Conduct market research and cost analysis to inform sourcing decisions and ensure competitive pricing. Assist in identifying opportunities for cost optimisation, supplier consolidation, and specification standardisation. Support the implementation of category plans and procurement initiatives defined by the Category Manager or Head of Procurement. Stakeholder Support & Collaboration Work closely with site teams, property groups, engineers, project managers, and other business stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver timely procurement support. Help ensure compliance with preferred suppliers, procurement policies, and governance requirements. Communicate category updates, contract details, and supplier information to regional procurement teams and business functions. Markets, Risk & Supplier Insights Monitor market trends, supplier capabilities, and key cost drivers within Construction, Facilities & Property. Support risk management activities such as assessing supplier financial health, capacity, and compliance with standards including modern slavery and information security. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant suppliers and industry developments across EMEA. Contracting Support Partner with Legal and project stakeholders to help prepare, review, and administer framework agreements and project-specific contracts (e.g., JCT, NEC, FIDIC where applicable). Ensure key performance indicators and technical requirements are clearly embedded in contracts. Support contract management, including documentation upkeep and adherence to contract governance processes. Initiative & Project Support Provide operational support on procurement initiatives, ensuring timely execution of sourcing events and contract finalisation. Assist with tender documentation, bid evaluation, commercial analysis, and award recommendations. Track progress on cost-saving and value initiatives, providing reporting as needed. Procure-to-Pay & Systems Communicate preferred supplier arrangements to the business and help maintain catalogues and system content for compliant buying. Collaborate with Shared Services and Procurement Excellence to resolve issues and ensure accurate system data. Supplier Management Help coordinate supplier performance reviews with stakeholders and regional teams in line with the agreed segmentation model. Support continuous improvement activities with key suppliers. Maintain supplier records, performance data, and contract documentation. About You Experience in procurement roles within Construction, Facilities or Property categories Familiarity with UK/EU construction contract forms (JCT, NEC, FIDIC) is an advantage. Experience supporting the procurement of outsourced Facilities Management or construction contracts. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, cost structures, and supplier proposals. Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders in a matrix environment. Comfortable delivering against value and cost-saving targets. Fluent in English-additional European languages welcome. Experience in a manufacturing setting beneficial but not essential. Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Business, or a related field (CIPS/RICS or EU equivalent desirable) would be a nice to have This role can be based UK wide but there will be an expectation of 30/40% travel. About us We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 60,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us! "To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria."
EMEA Category Specialist - Construction, Facilities & Property (EMEA) DS Smith Here at DS Smith, we are looking for a proactive and delivery-focused EMEA Procurement Category Specialist to support the procurement of Construction, Facilities & Property services across our EMEA operations. About the role Reporting to the EMEA Category Manager for Construction, Facilities and Property, you will play a key role in delivering sourcing activity, supporting site and project teams, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring procurement processes are followed effectively across the Construction, Facilities & Property category. This category covers a wide range of services including Property Rental, Office & Site Costs, Hard & Soft FM services, and Construction-related labour, materials, contractors, equipment, and project resources. You will help drive value, ensure compliance, support sustainability objectives, and work closely with stakeholders to meet operational and project needs. Key Responsibilities Category Delivery & Sourcing Execution Support the delivery of procurement activities across Construction, Facilities & Property, including running tenders, e-auctions, negotiations, and supplier onboarding. Conduct market research and cost analysis to inform sourcing decisions and ensure competitive pricing. Assist in identifying opportunities for cost optimisation, supplier consolidation, and specification standardisation. Support the implementation of category plans and procurement initiatives defined by the Category Manager or Head of Procurement. Stakeholder Support & Collaboration Work closely with site teams, property groups, engineers, project managers, and other business stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver timely procurement support. Help ensure compliance with preferred suppliers, procurement policies, and governance requirements. Communicate category updates, contract details, and supplier information to regional procurement teams and business functions. Markets, Risk & Supplier Insights Monitor market trends, supplier capabilities, and key cost drivers within Construction, Facilities & Property. Support risk management activities such as assessing supplier financial health, capacity, and compliance with standards including modern slavery and information security. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant suppliers and industry developments across EMEA. Contracting Support Partner with Legal and project stakeholders to help prepare, review, and administer framework agreements and project-specific contracts (e.g., JCT, NEC, FIDIC where applicable). Ensure key performance indicators and technical requirements are clearly embedded in contracts. Support contract management, including documentation upkeep and adherence to contract governance processes. Initiative & Project Support Provide operational support on procurement initiatives, ensuring timely execution of sourcing events and contract finalisation. Assist with tender documentation, bid evaluation, commercial analysis, and award recommendations. Track progress on cost-saving and value initiatives, providing reporting as needed. Procure-to-Pay & Systems Communicate preferred supplier arrangements to the business and help maintain catalogues and system content for compliant buying. Collaborate with Shared Services and Procurement Excellence to resolve issues and ensure accurate system data. Supplier Management Help coordinate supplier performance reviews with stakeholders and regional teams in line with the agreed segmentation model. Support continuous improvement activities with key suppliers. Maintain supplier records, performance data, and contract documentation. About You Experience in procurement roles within Construction, Facilities or Property categories Familiarity with UK/EU construction contract forms (JCT, NEC, FIDIC) is an advantage. Experience supporting the procurement of outsourced Facilities Management or construction contracts. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, cost structures, and supplier proposals. Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders in a matrix environment. Comfortable delivering against value and cost-saving targets. Fluent in English-additional European languages welcome. Experience in a manufacturing setting beneficial but not essential. Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Business, or a related field (CIPS/RICS or EU equivalent desirable) would be a nice to have This role can be based UK wide but there will be an expectation of 30/40% travel. About us We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 60,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us! "To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria."
