The Role
Support procurement across UK, Poland and global teams: run tenders, assist contracting and supplier onboarding, source and compare quotes, maintain supplier relationships, champion SAP S4 HANA/Ariba and e-sourcing tools, and analyze spend to identify savings.
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Great People Work Here
Are you searching for a career with bags of variety, in an environment that celebrates differences and empowers collaboration, which values individuals and will encourage you? Do you want the freedom to explore, and the opportunities to find new ways and to innovate? If so, Twining Ovo delivers.
We’re looking for people who don’t just come here to work earnestly, but who have a real passion for the brand and a resolve to do the best job they can. In return, we offer an inspiring package of employee benefits - to show just how much we value you. This role will offer you the scope for growth and the tools to aim high.
We are expanding our Procurement team and looking for Assistant Category Lead based in Swarzędz (PL). These roles will support procurement operations for the UK, Poland, and global teams — helping to manage growing project demands, implement automation, and improve procurement efficiency.
The Assistant Category Lead will work across key categories such as HR, Professional & Financial Services, NPD, Technical Services, Marketing, IT, Travel, Manufacturing, Facilities and will also support other sub-categories across our global footprint. The position will also provide administrative and operational support to the procurement function, assisting with procurement activities and supplier communication to ensure the smooth supply of goods and services for the business. This role will work closely with various departments and stakeholders to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
The Assistant Category Lead will work across key categories such as HR, Professional & Financial Services, NPD, Technical Services, Marketing, IT, Travel, Manufacturing, Facilities and will also support other sub-categories across our global footprint. The position will also provide administrative and operational support to the procurement function, assisting with procurement activities and supplier communication to ensure the smooth supply of goods and services for the business. This role will work closely with various departments and stakeholders to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Team to conduct tender process with national and international suppliers using our e-sourcing tools
- Support Category Leads in preparing and monitoring contracts
- Assist in sourcing products, obtaining quotes, and comparing pricing and lead times.
- Maintain positive working relationships with vendors and escalate concerns as needed.
- Assist with the Supplier Relationship Management process for critical vendors within the business
- Champion of SAP S4 HANA/Ariba systems to enable value delivery to the business
- Support stakeholders with engaging and contracting with new suppliers
- Data analysis of spend to ensure there is contract coverage and look for opportunities to make savings
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 1–2 years of experience in procurement or a related area or a fresh graduate
- Familiarity with SAP or Ariba
- Effective organizational skills and ability to manage tasks
- Communicative English (B2 level or higher) and Polish - required
- Knowledge of French or German would an additional asset
- Engaged mindset and willingness to learn and grow
Benefits
- Private health care - family covered
- Hybrid mode work
- Subsidized meals in local canteen
- One additional, fully paid day off over the Festive period
- Discounted online Twinings tea shop
- Welcome pack for newborn Twinings babies
- Co-financed MultiSport card
- Co-financed kindergarten
- Discounts for sport, education and travels
- Vouchers for Christmas
- Holiday bonus
- Comprehensive wellbeing program
- Vouchers for beauty treatments
- Onsite beauty treatments
- Twice yearly parties for the whole team
About
Twinings has become one of the world’s most renowned tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We take pride in our tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century. More than 300 years later, the love of tea is still here - and so are we! We still sell tea from Thomas’s shop, and we still work hard to bring the most innovative new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before. Our approach to Diversity, Equity & InclusionAt TwiningsOvo, we believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation and meaningful work. We are committed to building a workplace where people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences feel safe, valued, have a sense of belonging and are empowered to thrive. Inclusion is more than a goal, it’s how we work together every day. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against an applicant on the basis of their ethnicity, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, neurodiversity, age, socioeconomic background or any other status protected by law and are committed to promoting diversity across our workplace.Applicants may be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act. A reasonable adjustment is a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity. Please inform our Talent Acquisition or HR Shared Services team if you need any assistance completing your application or to otherwise participate in the application process.
Skills Required
- 1-2 years experience in procurement or related area (fresh graduates considered)
- Familiarity with SAP S4 HANA or Ariba
- Experience using e-sourcing tools and running tender processes
- Ability to prepare and monitor contracts and support supplier onboarding
- Supplier Relationship Management experience or willingness to support SRM processes
- Data analysis of spend to ensure contract coverage and identify savings
- Effective organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks
- Communicative English (B2) and Polish
- Knowledge of French or German
- Engaged mindset and willingness to learn and grow
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The Company
What We Do
Twinings Ovaltine is a wellbeing drinks business, headquartered in the UK, known for its international brands Twinings and Ovaltine. The company has a rich heritage and a forward-looking approach, operating manufacturing sites globally and creating brands that people love.
