Overview

As Purchasing Manager, you'll be responsible for delivering purchasing workstreams and ensuring IPN has a sustainable supply of goods and services. You'll support commercial teams on inflation recovery, deliver purchasing insights, and negotiate supplier agreements that create competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined purchasing activities, ensuring sustainable supply at optimal cost.
• Support the business with inflation recovery, hedge strategies, and purchase price variance improvements.
• Negotiate and maintain supply agreements, rebates, and supplier contracts.
• Work closely with Supply Chain teams on inbound supply issues and nonconformance resolutions.
• Provide purchasing insights and timely decisions to support strategic updates.
• Manage and develop direct reports, setting objectives and supporting career progression.

Qualifications / Experience

• Degree calibre with strong knowledge of purchasing systems and processes.
• Proven negotiation skills and experience engaging global suppliers.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to influence at all levels.
• Background in food manufacturing or FMCG procurement desirable.
• Experience in procurement of Packaging and Indirects is strongly preferred.
• Team leadership or people management experience advantageous.

About IPN

At IPN, we're passionate about pet nutrition. We're an awardwinning, innovative FMCG manufacturer with a growing family of brands including Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butchers and Classic Cat. We’re proud to employ hundreds of colleagues across 3 different site locations in the UK - Thirsk, North Yorkshire; Crick, Northamptonshire; and Kinmel, Wales. Our heritage, values, and growth journey make us one of the UK's leading independent pet food businesses. Procurement is a critical part of how we ensure our brands deliver great value and quality to millions of pets and owners across the UK and beyond.

Your remit

Your remit will cover a broad spend portfolio (c. £10m - £75m) with the opportunity to manage and develop a small team.

Benefits

• Salary: Competitive
• Bonus: 15% annual company bonus scheme
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday
• Pension: Employee contributions 3% / Employer contributions 8% (salary sacrifice company pension scheme)
• Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced leave policies - maternity, paternity, pawternity, pawreavement
• Perks: Free parking, onsite electric charging, bring your dog to work, discounted products & free hot drinks
• Flexible benefits - cycle to work, workplace nurseries, dental insurance (via salary sacrifice or pay deductions)
• Heavily discounted pet food
• Free Netflix/Spotify subscription