At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered.

Requirements

• Food procurement expertise – significant experience in food, ideally bakery, pastry, sweet or impulse categories, with a strong grasp of supply chains, factory processes, ingredient structures, and cost drivers
• Commercial track record – proven ability to deliver procurement value in a complex, matrix environment through major supplier negotiations, change programmes, and rigorous contract management
• Cost modelling capability – experience building, challenging, and validating should-cost models across commodity-driven categories, with confidence in commodity pricing and financial modelling
• Analytical mindset – comfortable working with data to drive decisions, validate pricing, and benchmark performance across a complex supply base
• Stakeholder influence – ability to negotiate and influence at all levels, from suppliers to internal executive stakeholders, and support NPD from sourcing concept through to commercial launch

Responsibilities

• Own the category supplier strategy – lead end-to-end sourcing for Bakery & Sweet, covering pastry, sliced cakes, tarts, muffins, cookies and impulse bakes across a UK and European supplier base
• Drive commercial value – lead tender processes including commercial analysis, contract negotiation, risk mitigation, and full cost model transparency through commodity benchmarking and should-cost modelling
• Build cost transparency – develop and maintain should-cost models, commodity benchmarking, and pricing validation to challenge costs and protect margin
• Strengthen supplier partnerships – build and sustain strategic relationships with key manufacturing partners through regular site visits, QBRs, and performance management
• Partner cross-functionally – work closely with Suppliers, Category Managers and R&D teams to translate culinary insight into sourcing strategy, supporting opportunities for range rationalisation, ingredient standardisation, and specification improvement to reduce cost and complexity

Benefits

• Own a piece of Costa’s success by becoming a share owner in Coca-Cola with our Share Investment Plan (SIP)
• An annual discretionary bonus scheme, based on business results and individual contribution.
• A smart pension that saves you money on tax and national insurance, and matches your contributions up to 10%
• The Costa Financial Support Fund, supporting team members who find themselves in unexpected financial pressure
• 50% discount in all Costa-owned stores, and 25% off in other participating stores
• Private medical cover thanks to our Private Healthcare scheme
• Explore even more of our perks here: https://bit.ly/costaperks

About Costa Coffee

At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered.

Our teams make a difference. Whether that’s working on new tech for the perfect pour, helping our teams grow, creating award-winning campaigns, crunching the numbers, or developing the latest exciting menu item; together, we stir up success. We may be a global brand, but we haven’t forgotten our roots. That’s where the Costa Foundation and our fantastic community agenda come in. Whatever your role, you can help us change lives in coffee growing communities and help your local community too. We also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, our apprenticeship scheme, and development programmes.

We’re passionate about being a great place to work, where you can bring your unique self into our mix. We firmly support diversity, equity and inclusion, and continue to work with our teams to shape the future of our culture and values: Disciplined to Deliver, Passion for Progress, Win with Warmth, Courage to Challenge and Trusted Team Players.

Contact

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