Procurement Manager

Sagewood Limited are an established international company helping customers source products to meet their commercial needs within the energy, medical, agricultural, aviation and laboratory research industries.

We are now seeking a Procurement Manager in our London office to oversee our supply chain operations with an international scope in the health and medical sectors.

Jobs duties and responsibilities

• Developing new purchasing policies to ensure budgeting requirements are met
• Receiving queries from our overseas offices in Africa and assigning the correct supplier to provide accurate quotations and proposals
• Liaise daily with overseas based partners in China to ensure production and deliveries are produced on time and in accordance with customer expectations
• Arranging factory acceptance tests and other pre-shipment testing requirements for customers by third party agencies
• Supporting the Management and Accounting department to manage supplier cost as well as pricing for products and services
• Managing junior staff
• Researching and identifying new products, trends and suppliers to help drive KPIs

Skills and Experience

• Experience in delivering projects subject to tight deadlines and specifications
• Prior experience and knowledge of the African market within international sales and projects
• Strong understanding of supply chain management and procedure
• Technical knowledge of health and medical products
• Familiarity working alongside Chinese manufacturers and suppliers
• Mandarin language skills desired
• Managing customer expectations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Proven ability of maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and partners
• Able to collaborate efficiently in teams
• Can do attitude with flexibility to do what is needed to get the job done

Closing Date for applications: 15/05/2019.