Procurement Manager - Expiring soon!

Posted 06/09/2024 by Barclay Meade

Remote job
Location:
Winchester, Hampshire
Salary/Rate:
£50,000 - £60,000/annum 10%

Successful food manufacturing business require a Procurement Manager. Applicants need strategic and operational procurement expertise, the ability to manage a small team and familiarity with raw materials sourcing in Food, Chemicals, Pharma or Cosmetics.

The Procurement Manager will lead all strategic and operational procurement activities and be responsible for a spend of c£30M. Supported by a small team of Buyers, the Procurement Manager will be responsible for strategic management of the supplier base, de-risking the supply chain and ensuring continuity of supply.

Specific duties of the Procurement Manager include:

  • Contribute to the development of procurement and supplier management strategies and ensure their execution
  • Negotiate and manage contractual agreements with suppliers
  • Tendering/Front-end sourcing activities
  • Strategic partnering and supplier relationship activities
  • Supply Chain risk mitigation activities - investigate new sources of supply and closely manage single-source suppliers
  • Set operational procurement parameters around EPQ, MOQ, Leadtime. Safety Stock levels etc.
  • Day-to-day management of supply chain against OTD/OTIF metrics, handling escalations from Buyers
  • Inventory Optimisation activities through use of ERP system and LEAN methodologies
  • Contribute to broader Site supply chain planning and commercial activities such as S&OP
  • Seek to improve processes around; procurement, supplier relationship, materials and inventory management

Procurement Manager applicants should meet the following criteria:

  • Previous experience working within an industry with a focus on raw materials such as; Food, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals or Cosmetics etc.
  • Previous experience in the procurement of raw materials ideally in food manufacturing but pharmaceuticals, chemicals or cosmetics could also work
  • Strategic procurement expertise - tendering, negotiations, category management, contract management, collaboration and supplier partnering
  • Operational procurement and materials experience - inventory management, MRP, ERP, materials planning etc
  • The ability to manage a small team
  • Effective stakeholder partnering skills to drive change, improve processes and ensure commercial success
Type:
Permanent
Start Date:
asap
Contract Length:
N/A
Job Reference:
576829_1725638828
Job ID:
222285581

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