Job Description:

A food manufacturing company is looking for a Sourcing Coordinator to join its fun, fast-paced environment in Barking. 

You will be required to drive activities across the toppings category, supporting National and Traded customer accounts through effective supplier management, project coordination, and market engagement. The role plays a key part in delivering manufacturing trials, identifying innovation opportunities, and ensuring sourcing projects are executed efficiently.

Key responsibilities as Sourcing Coordinator:

• Support activities for ingredients, packaging, and services within the toppings category.
• Support the delivery of National and Traded customer projects from concept through to implementation.
• Coordinate manufacturing trials, ensuring materials, samples, specifications, and supplier support are available to meet project timelines.
• Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships to drive service, innovation, quality, and value.
• Evaluate suppliers and sourcing options, onboarding, balancing commercials, operational, and technical requirements.
• Conduct supplier visits to strengthen partnerships, assess capabilities, and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Attend trade shows and industry exhibitions to identify emerging trends, new suppliers, innovative ingredients, and packaging solutions.
• Work closely with Commercial, NPD, Technical, Quality, Operations, and Finance teams to support business objectives.
• Monitor market developments and proactively identify opportunities to improve cost, quality, sustainability, and supply resilience.
• Maintain accurate sourcing records, supplier documentation, and project trackers.
• Prepare sourcing updates, recommendations, and business cases to support decision making.

 What we’re looking for in a Sourcing Coordinator:

• Experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or commercial support within a food manufacturing environment.
• Supplier management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to assess opportunities and make sound recommendations.
• Organisational and project management capabilities.
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

 This is a full-time, office-based role, working Monday-Friday, 08:00-16:30. You will receive a salary of £32,000 - £34,000 per annum.

To apply for this role as Sourcing Coordinator, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV.

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