Procurement Manager - Non-horticultural (FTC)

Procurement & Wild Group

You'll be joining the engine room of Bloom & Wild's fastest growing categories. Our Procurement team provides the operational and supply chain foundation for our non horticultural range, from fresh baked treats to luxury hamper components, home, lifestyle and essential packaging that delivers the "wow" moment.

Our team is divided into two clear pillars: Strategic Procurement and Stock Planning. As the Supply Chain Lead, you will report to the Head of Procurement & Inventory, acting as the architect of our operational procurement function and building the scalable systems we need to grow.

What you'll be doing

• Source new SKUs and suppliers to rapidly scale our non horticultural gifting range
• Drive our margin ambitions by leading negotiations to deliver significant, measurable cost savings without sacrificing quality
• Develop key supplier relationships, setting the tone for long term strategic partnerships and managing their holistic performance
• Act as the key commercial partner to our Range team, helping them select the best products by providing market assessments and supplier benchmarks
• Negotiate, implement, and manage comprehensive commercial and operational contracts
• Manage supplier and SKU onboarding, ensuring all new partners and products are commercially vetted and operationally ready for our supply chain
• Own the responsibility of updating and engaging internal partners, ensuring a "no surprises" approach to range expansion

You'll love this role if you

• Have 3+ years experience in a procurement or buying role in FMCG or retail
• Are a strong negotiator and relationship builder, delivering significant margin improvements and cost savings while ensuring the best value without sacrificing quality
• Work with agility, understanding the broader business context and identifying problems with requirements upfront to keep projects moving at pace
• Don't need a map, learning quickly and making steady progress without constant, significant feedback from your manager
• Are an outcome driven specialist, capable of prioritising and avoiding getting caught up in unimportant details; you focus on the highest impact wins
• Enjoy high pace execution, thriving in a sprint environment and managing your time effectively during peak periods
• Are a detail oriented onboarder with a high bar for quality and a great deal of care, ensuring every new SKU is operationally ready before it hits our warehouse
• Are a self sufficient problem solver, rarely making the same mistake twice and identifying potential problems with requirements upfront to keep the project moving
• Are a natural collaborator, bridging the gap between creative vision and operational reality, engaging the right stakeholders from day one
• This is a fixed term contract role ending April 2027