The Opportunity
Join William Grant & Sons as a Procurement Specialist, supporting our Procurement Packaging team to execute key processes, projects, and supplier activities that help us manage change and deliver value at every opportunity. This role will play an important part in managing procurement data, supporting NPD processes, pricing, invoicing, and working collaboratively with packaging commodity Category Managers and stakeholders across the business.
About You
You are an organised, collaborative professional who enjoys bringing people, ideas and suppliers together to deliver successful outcomes. You are comfortable working across multiple projects and stakeholders, and you combine strong attention to detail with a practical, solution-focused approach.
You'll bring:
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Experience in procurement, packaging, supply chain, product development, project management, or a related discipline.
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Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external suppliers.
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The ability to balance quality, cost, service and sustainability considerations when supporting business decisions.
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Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities in a fast-paced environment.
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Strong analytical and reporting skills, with confidence working with data and systems.
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Curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in innovation, new technologies and sustainable solutions.
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Effective communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and support project delivery.
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Experience of ERP systems and sourcing processes would be advantageous.
Most importantly, you'll enjoy working collaboratively, value diverse perspectives, and be motivated by helping bring new products to market while supporting the development of our future packaging supply base.
Are you that ‘Rare Character’ we are looking for?
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
We want to make sure that all applicants are treated equally. To support this we will anonymise all applications during the screening stage. Details such as name, dates and educational establishments will only be visible to the recruitment team and hiring leader once an applicant is invited to interview, these details are hidden during the screening stage. To be able to anonymise applications they all need to be in the same format. You can upload a CV but we would also ask you to complete an application form – your CV will not be visible during screening. We hope you agree that this is good use of your time to help ensure a fair recruitment process.
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