What is the job?
Are you someone who relishes a challenge and thrives in an environment where thinking creatively to drive change is championed? If this sounds like you, and the food & beverage procurement category is your bread & butter (sorry!) then keep reading!
You could well be the person to step into our brand-new Procurement Manager (food & beverage) vacancy, working across our Cineworld Cinemas & Picturehouse brands, reporting to our Head of Procurement, Natalie King.
You will collaborate with stakeholders across both companies, ensuring commercial success and enabling our cinemas to offer the best food & beverage products that contribute to delivering joy to our customers through the extraordinary cinema experiences.
What will you be doing?
- You will work closely with our Retail departments and manage the end-to-end procurement process for both of our brands, Cineworld & Picturehouse cinemas; from market research/market trend analysis, sourcing, developing RFP’s/RFQ’s to negotiating, contract reviewing, supplier audits/compliance and supplier relationship management.
- You will be supporting the Retail team with identifying opportunities, then developing procurement strategies by being proactive and devising creative solutions to reduce costs for the business, improve product quality & assess risk.
- You will be expected to keep on top of commercial & competitor trends within the food & beverage space, building upon market research to ensure that you are an expert in the category, and you are able to use your expertise to support the Retail departments of both brands.
- You will work with the Retail departments of both brands closely to ensure that all procured products meet internal and external quality and safety standards, and that sustainable and ethical sourcing is a key factor throughout the process.
- You will sometimes be expected to be involved in other procurement categories to support the wider procurement function.
About you
- You must have some demonstrable procurement experience within the Food & Beverage category. If you have experience in other industries as well, that’s a bonus!
- You are someone ready for the next step up in their procurement career, with the desire to take ownership of your own category and grow with us.
- You have the proven ability to negotiate contracts that balance cost, quality, and long-term supplier relationships.
- You are someone that likes to create change, loves a challenge and is always looking for new solutions to challenges within the procurement space.
- You will be a great fit, if our values resonate with you: We Create, We Perform, We Inspire. Read more about them here - About us
Who are Cineworld?
Cineworld…just a whole load of Cinema’s, right? Wrong!
As part of the Regal Cineworld Group, we are so much more than just screens and popcorn, we are a company dedicated to 'sharing joy through extraordinary experiences' via the wonderful world of film and entertainment.
This ethos resonates throughout the company in every aspect possible, whether you are in the People Team, the Marketing Team of part of the cinema teams that are face to face with our customers; we are all about bringing joy, happiness and extraordinary experiences.
With offices in Brentford, London (Cinema Support Office – CSO for Cineworld) and Leicester Square, London (Picturehouse), we have a variety of roles that see our people working on either a hybrid or field based/remote basis.
One thing we pride ourselves on at Cineworld is our people and being able to support our people to pursue the career paths they want within the Cineworld & Picturehouse brands. We help YOU grow.
Read more about the Cineworld & Picturehouse culture here – Cineworld stories
Do you feel like you don’t have all the experience listed but would love to explore a career at Cineworld? Please still contact [email protected]. We understand that confidence gaps and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting incredible candidates, and we wouldn’t want this to prevent us from meeting you.