Senior Category Buyer

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Highly Competitive + Excellent Benefits Package + Car Allowance

About Us

Join 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. We operate across poultry, chilled, and bakery categories and are home to well-known brands such as Holland's Pies.

Our products are supplied to major retailers and foodservice customers including Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose. We are committed to delivering high-quality food for the British public while offering exceptional opportunities for development and progression to our employees.

About the Role

As a Procurement Specialist, you will cover a broad range of indirect categories, including CAPEX, and will play a key role in supplier management, contract review, sourcing activity, and supporting tender processes. The business is also entering an exciting period, with major projects requiring re-tendering and a review of 300+ IT contracts, offering a strong development environment for someone looking to progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of RFI, RFQ, and ITT documentation
• Assist in sourcing new suppliers and materials across indirect categories
• Support tendering, contract negotiations, and supplier selection
• Implement and maintain supplier agreements
• Contribute to the delivery of category plans within IT, HR & Factory Services
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships through site visits and regular engagement
• Support wider procurement projects, including renewal of large contracts and database development

About You

We are looking for a strong generalist buyer with a grounding in procurement and an ambition to grow within a large, complex organisation.

Experience & Attributes

• Strong experience in a procurement role
• Ideally some exposure to indirect categories, supplier negotiation, tendering, and contract management but will also consider strong Direct Procurement experience.
• Confident communicator with the desire to be client-facing, visiting suppliers and contributing to negotiations
• Highly organised, proactive, and keen to learn
• MCIPS (or working towards) is beneficial but not essential

Working Pattern

• Hybrid role with an expectation to be on-site 3 days per week
• Based at Colmore Row Head Office, moving to our new office in March which is by Birmingham Airport

Benefits

• 33 Days' Holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Health Assured EAP & Grocery Aid - confidential support 365 days a year
• 50% discount at Boparan Restaurant Group brands (
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Excellent career development opportunities with a strong focus on internal progression

Why Join Us?

As one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, we offer a dynamic, fast-paced environment with significant opportunities to develop and grow your procurement career. With a wide range of strategic projects and a centralised team covering multiple categories, this role provides a diverse workload and exposure to high-profile initiatives across the business.

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