Job Ref: 214290476

Date: 2021-07-27 09:48:56

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Kingsley Consulting are at present recruiting on behalf of a Leading Manufacturing Group who are looking to appoint a Procurement Manager to lead, develop and implement the organisations procurement strategy in the UK & Ireland

Remuneration: circa £60K basic, car allowance, bonus, pension, healthcare, 25 days holiday + bank holidays
Location: 2/3 days working remotely, but will be required to be in Milton Keynes on the office days
Hours: Full Time 40hrs per week (Mon-Fri)

The role:
The appointed candidate will hold responsibility for supplier performance, cost management and compliance to help deliver top line growth for the business, utilising procurement best practice tools as well as ensuring local stakeholder management is aligned between business and procurement objectives.

Key responsibilities:

* Be the primary point of contact and reference of procurement for UK & I and HQ business

* Work closely with local management teams, supported by tools and policies to establish improvement areas and execute most appropriate solutions

* Manage and develop procurement activities to drive performance (cost, delivery, services, top line growth, lean, compliance)

* Ensure provision of key materials/ utilities for the business

* Comprehensive supplier management including negotiations and contract management

* Support local deployment of procurement strategies (from categories team) impacting UK & I and HQ Business

* Project and change management including introduction of new technical products (technical specification, validation & project planning)

* Driving policy changes with key stakeholders to ensure cost efficiencies

* Ensure effective implementation and compliance with new (ERP/ SAP consolidation & integration) processes

* Coordinate and lead data management collaboratively with key stakeholders including IT, Finance

* Ensure business continuity

Qualifications:

* University degree (Economic/ Business, Engineering) would be ideal, but not essential.

Experience:

* 5-7 + years’ experience working in industrial procurement – experience with indirect and trade goods required

* Experience in building materials, plant, manufacturing or similar industry

* Experienced managing stakeholder relationships

* Strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with all teams, areas and levels

* Proven continuous improvement added throughout career

* Experienced of working in a matrix organisation (shared objectives with category team)

* Experience using SAP

* Six Sigma experience (preferred)

Our client is looking to hold immediate 1st stage virtual interviews for this role, so if you feel that you have the skills and experience to match this requirement and you would be interested to work for a leading manufacturing business (they really are!) – then please send your CV for immediate review.

Diversity & Inclusion
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