Purchasing Manager
- Employer
- Elevation Recruitment Group
- Location
- Rotherham, South Yorkshire
- Salary
- 35000 - 40000
- Closing date
- 11 Mar 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Purchasing
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Elevation Procurement & Supply Chain are exclusively working with a highly successful Imports and Distribution company based in South Yorkshire, in the search for an experienced Procurement professional.
My client is a family run business established over 50 years ago, supplying market leading products across UK and Europe. They have gone through a major period of growth, expanding their product portfolio to maintain at the forefront of their industry.
With continued increase in turnover year on year, they are now in the process of expanding their operation and in addition, are looking to bring in new talent to support the strategic plans of their evolving business.
This is an exciting opportunity to take on a newly created role, with responsibility for Purchasing and Inventory across the business.
The successful incumbent will be tasked with achieving competitive costs and developing a robust supply chain, through negotiation and leveraging supplier relationships.
Key objective will be to analyse the existing contracts and agreements with the view to then implement a working process and structure to ensure key measurements are in place to manage spend, stock availability, supplier performance and lead times efficiently.
The role will suit an ambitious, career driven professional who is looking to take on a new challenge with an innovative, dynamic business.
Key Duties & Responsibilities;
Managing spend across direct product and indirect services
Negotiating costs and Service level agreements with suppliers
Sourcing of new product on an international scale
Agreeing lead times with suppliers in line with customer demand
Introducing process and procedures to reduce inventory and maintain safety stock levels
Influence change and leave methods
Analyse spend to identify areas to reduce cost
Elevation Procurement & Supply Chain would be keen to speak with candidates with the following skills and experiences:
A minimum of four years' Purchasing / Supply Chain experience
Excellent process management and influential skills
Ability to communicate at all levels and work cross-functionally with other departments
Strong negotiation and supplier relationship management skills
Ability to drive change and introduce new process
My client is a family run business established over 50 years ago, supplying market leading products across UK and Europe. They have gone through a major period of growth, expanding their product portfolio to maintain at the forefront of their industry.
With continued increase in turnover year on year, they are now in the process of expanding their operation and in addition, are looking to bring in new talent to support the strategic plans of their evolving business.
This is an exciting opportunity to take on a newly created role, with responsibility for Purchasing and Inventory across the business.
The successful incumbent will be tasked with achieving competitive costs and developing a robust supply chain, through negotiation and leveraging supplier relationships.
Key objective will be to analyse the existing contracts and agreements with the view to then implement a working process and structure to ensure key measurements are in place to manage spend, stock availability, supplier performance and lead times efficiently.
The role will suit an ambitious, career driven professional who is looking to take on a new challenge with an innovative, dynamic business.
Key Duties & Responsibilities;
Managing spend across direct product and indirect services
Negotiating costs and Service level agreements with suppliers
Sourcing of new product on an international scale
Agreeing lead times with suppliers in line with customer demand
Introducing process and procedures to reduce inventory and maintain safety stock levels
Influence change and leave methods
Analyse spend to identify areas to reduce cost
Elevation Procurement & Supply Chain would be keen to speak with candidates with the following skills and experiences:
A minimum of four years' Purchasing / Supply Chain experience
Excellent process management and influential skills
Ability to communicate at all levels and work cross-functionally with other departments
Strong negotiation and supplier relationship management skills
Ability to drive change and introduce new process
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