Category Specialist

Job Description

Category Specialist – Procurement (Engineering Spare Parts)

Function: Finance & Procurement
Location: Any HEINEKEN UK Site (Hereford, Manchester or Tadcaster) / Office (London or Edinburgh) (Hybrid – a mix of office and home working)

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 base depending on experience + performance bonus plus full benefits listed below

Contract: 6 month Fixed Term Contract starting October 2025 – April 2025)

Closing Date: 27th July 2025

As the nation’s leading pub, cider and beer company and the name behind a host of brilliant brands, we’re looking for equally brilliant people to help us on our journey to building a better future.

We’re looking for someone who’s as ready to evolve for the future as we are. If you’re ready to brew a new career, apply for the Category Specialist role within our procurement team.

About the Role
We’re seeking a driven and detail-oriented Procurement Category Specialist to take ownership of Engineering Spare Parts procurement across our dynamic brewery sites. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring operational continuity and efficiency in a fast-paced, production-driven environment. You’ll be the go-to expert for sourcing, supplier management, and cost optimisation within the engineering spare parts category. This is a newly created role which offers the opportunity to design, develop and implement new ways of working to support our brewery operations.

What You’ll Do
You’ll lead the development and execution of category strategies for spare parts, working closely with engineering, maintenance, and site operations teams to understand technical requirements and ensure timely availability of critical components. Your role will involve managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and identifying opportunities for standardisation and cost savings. With a strong focus on data and performance, you’ll track KPIs and drive continuous improvement across the category.

What We’re Looking For
We’re after someone with a solid background in procurement or supply chain, ideally within a manufacturing or engineering environment. You’ll need excellent stakeholder engagement skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to juggle priorities across multiple sites. If you’re passionate about procurement and ready to make a tangible impact in a business that values quality, innovation, and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you.

If you;

• Are a self-starter with the drive and resilience to succeed
• Have significant influencing and negotiation experience
• Have a passion for procurement
  

Then this could be the role for you!

Our Benefits
As part of the team, along with your salary, you’ll also receive;

• Discretionary Annual bonus
• Flexible benefits (15% of base salary can be taken as cash, benefits, or a mix of both)
• Company funded Private Medical Healthcare
• Double matched pension (up to 10%)
• 35 days holiday
• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers! (low and no alcohol options available)
• Comprehensive Opportunities to develop.
  

You’ll also get the opportunity to get involved with one of our colleague networks where groups of colleagues from all over the business work together to ensure we’re always working towards being a diverse and inclusive company.

Our ways of working
This role is office based, we currently operate a hybrid working framework which allows us to capture the benefits of both working in the office and at home. For full-time roles, we work a minimum of 3 days in the office – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with Monday and Friday being our work-from-home days.

The application
If you like what you’ve read and are ready to brew a better career with us, let’s get going! We may close vacancies early where we receive lots of applications, so don’t delay!

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us at recruitment@heineken.co.uk.

Who we are
We’re the world’s most international brewer and the name behind a host of brilliant beers and ciders, from Birra Moretti, to Strongbow, to Cruzcampo and many more.

It’s a fantastic time to join us. We’re leading the way in low and no alcohol innovation, pioneering new technologies to meet our ambitious environmental goals and investing in our pubs to keep them at the centre of their communities.

When you join us, we’ll back you to reach your full potential. You’ll enjoy unique development opportunities, unforgettable experiences and a reward package that goes far beyond the salary you receive.

If you want to hear more about life at HEINEKEN from our colleagues, head over to LinkedIn and check out the hashtag #LifeatHEINEKENUK.

There’s no better place to untap your future. Join us and brew a better career.