Purchasing Manager

About the job

Purchasing & Supply Chain Manager Vacancy - West London

Annual Salary: up to £50k per annum, DOE

Location: West London

Job Type: Full-time, Onsite

Join a fast-scaling food start-up that’s revolutionising the UK food scene with Latin American recipes and a modern, sustainability-led approach. We are entering an exciting scale-up phase and are seeking a Purchasing & Supply Chain Manager to take ownership of our purchasing function. This role offers the chance to manage our end-to-end supply chain, from imports from Mexico to UK supplier management and daily production planning.

Day-to-day of the role:

Manage purchasing and supplier relationships across UK and Latin America supply chains.

Place purchase orders, track confirmations, and manage lead times, focusing on our 4-month+ import cycle.

Communicate in Spanish with Latin American suppliers and manufacturing partners to ensure smooth order flow and on-time delivery.

Support and eventually own advance payment scheduling for suppliers, coordinating with the finance function.

Lead cost-saving projects across all purchases, including EPD projects.

Be the guardian of our stock ensuring accuracy, rotation, write-off minimisation and maintaining ERP integrity.

Coordinate inbound deliveries and import logistics from port to warehouse.

Monitor inventory levels by SKU and production line, flagging risk and opportunity proactively.

Feed demand and stock data into production planning to support our Production Manager and the wider ops team.

Identify and implement EPD and cost-saving initiatives across purchasing, packaging, and supply chain.

Support factory process improvements and operational workflow redesigns.

Own the optimisation and day-to-day management of our inventory and ERP systems.

Evaluate and implement additional tools, integrations, or automation to improve data flow across purchasing, stock, and production.

Build and maintain reporting frameworks covering stock, purchasing, and operational KPIs.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Fluent Spanish speaker (written and verbal), for direct communication with Latin American suppliers.

Demonstrably tech-savvy with experience optimising an ERP, WMS, or inventory system. Experience with Cin7 Core is a strong advantage.

Proven experience in food manufacturing, FMCG, or food operations.

Advanced Excel and spreadsheet skills, capable of building models, dashboards, and reports from scratch.

Hands-on experience with demand planning and production scheduling.

Knowledge of warehouse operations. i.e goods-in, picking, stock control.

Benefits:

10% discretionary bonus upon meeting agreed targets.

Opportunity to work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment with direct impact on business operations.

Full-time preferred; part-time considered for the right candidate.

Apply now if interested!