About this role
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for procurement and supplier management? Ardagh Metal Packaging Europe is seeking a Regional Procurement Specialist to join our dynamic European Procurement team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible impact across our operations while collaborating with international colleagues.
About the Role
As a Regional Procurement Specialist, you will manage procurement activities for our UK plants, ensuring timely and cost-effective sourcing of materials and services. You’ll play a key role in supporting plant operations, driving value creation, and enhancing supply chain resilience.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage UK local spend for materials and services, ensuring best cost/best value and OTIF delivery to support 24/7 production and plant projects.
- Support SAP-related procurement tasks including master records, purchase orders (POs), acknowledgments, and follow-ups for Spain when not handled by centralized teams.
- Execute procurement steps within the Source-to-Pay process: market research, strategy development, RFQs, negotiations, contract implementation, material standardization, benchmarking, and claims handling.
- Assess supply risks and develop business continuity plans including alternative qualifications and dual sourcing strategies.
- Communicate procurement initiatives to local stakeholders (e.g., Plant Managers, Engineers) and ensure local needs are reflected in regional and global procurement strategies.
- Collaborate with the Belgrade Shared Service Center on P2P processes and PO creation.
- Support process standardization and harmonization across EU plants, contributing to the implementation of digital and automated solutions for repetitive tasks.
- Key Performance Indicators
- Achievement of plant and category budget targets.
- Delivery performance (OTIF).
- Permanent cost savings and working capital improvements.
Who You’ll Work With
- Internal: Plant Managers, Engineers, Finance, Regional & Country Procurement Teams.
- External: Key suppliers across the UK and Europe.
Your Profile
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in procurement within a multinational environment.
- Experience in managing supplier relationships.
- Experience in working in international teams.
- Ability to support building clear business cases and associated sourcing recommendations.
- Internal customer service focused with sense of urgency and a hands on mentality.
- Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
- Proficiency in SAP MM and MS Office.
- Proactive, detail oriented, good organizational skills
- Fluent in English.
Commercial acumen and a proactive, hands-on approach
About Ardagh Metal Packaging
Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) is a leading supplier of sustainable, infinitely recyclable metal beverage cans to brand owners globally. An operating business of sustainable packaging business Ardagh Group, AMP is a leading industry player across Europe and the Americas, with innovative production capabilities, 23 production facilities, more than 6,000 employees and recorded revenues of $4.8 billion in 2023.
AMP is 76%-owned by Ardagh Group and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMBP.
About Ardagh Group
Ardagh Group is a global supplier of infinitely recyclable metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for brand owners around the world. We have grown to a team of approximately 20,000 people with revenues of more than $9 billion. Today we have a presence across the Americas, Europe and Africa.
· Ardagh produces many of the beverage cans and bottles that contain your favourite beverages.
· Our packaging is manufactured from metal and glass - permanent materials that can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality.
· Ardagh produces more than 60 billion containers per year (more than 160 million containers per day).
The future we’re creating for Ardagh is built around our four Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence. We offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team - you’ll enjoy the journey!