Purchasing Manager – South Yorkshire/Hybrid – £40,000 - £45,000 + 20% Bonus

Elevation Recruitment Group are proud to be working with a national leading business based in South Yorkshire who are looking to recruit a Purchasing Manager to join their team.

This role will suit someone with a strong background in strategic procurement and someone who can lead a small team of 4 in achieving day to day goals.  

Benefits:

• Flexible hybrid working (work from home 3 days per week)
• Generous bonus scheme (up to 20% of salary)
• CIPS study support & genuine internal training opportunities
• 25 days’ Holiday + Bank Holidays (with the option to purchase 5 extra days)
• Death in service (2 x salary)
• Flexible benefits including high street savings, cycle to work scheme and Gymflex membership and many more
• Pension scheme
• Recognition scheme
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the Best Doctors Service via our Wellbeing Platform

Purchasing Manager Duties:

• Manage the procurement of a variety of commodities, services and projects, including management of the supplier base and appropriate contracts / terms and conditions
• Identify opportunities to effect common purchasing, secure synergies and create value through procurement initiatives
• Management of strategic procurement projects / initiatives
• Assist in the development of procurement policies and procedures
• Manage compliance / non-compliance of group-wide policies and procedures
• Integration, review and maintenance of group supplier base, maximizing efficiency and cost-effectiveness
• Manage supplier relationships in order to achieve maximum efficiency / benefit
• Address and resolve procurement problems, challenging under-performing suppliers and taking robust action to remedy issues / prevent recurrence
• Assist in the development of specifications and identification of suitable suppliers of goods and services
• Review quotations and negotiate prices with key suppliers

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Flexi time)

Required skills & experience:

• Previous experience in a strategic procurement role
• Experience with running tenders
• Proficient in use of MS Office suite, particularly MS Excel

If you would like to discuss this Purchasing Manager role in more detail, then do get in touch with Lewis at Elevation Recruitment Group now!