Purchasing and Supply Chain Manager
- Employer
- Nigel Wright
- Location
- Gateshead, Tyne And Wear
- Salary
- 38000
- Closing date
- 19 Jan 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
The Company:
Nigel Wright Supply Chain and Procurement Division are working closely with an established manufacturer to recruit a Purchasing and Supply Chain Manager to shape their Purchasing and Logistics' activities during a period of significant growth.
The Role:
Reporting into Director level, your main remit will be to identify and implement Procurement and Logistics' process improvements.
Additional key responsibilities will include -
- Operational purchasing for the site - Running MRP, expediting and monitoring OTIF delivery
- Stock management
- Supplier relationship/performance management
- Logistics and freight management
- Identifying opportunities for process improvements within Purchasing/Logistics and Supply Chain
- Improving logistics/consignment agreements/material flow and availability etc. ensuring that current suppliers have capacity to meet predicted growth
The Person:
The ideal person will have/be:
• Purchasing/Supply Chain/Logistics and Freight forwarding experience
• Proven track record in process improvement within a growing business
• Experience of running MRP essential
• Confident in challenging process and status quo
• Passionate about process improvement
• Excellent communicator with strong negotiation skills
This role provides the ideal opportunity for an experienced Purchasing and Supply Chain candidate to shape their own role, developing the Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain processes and activity to support a well established business through an exciting, challenging period of transition and rapid growth.
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