Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

An outstanding opportunity is now available for a procurement professional to join a successful and innovative manufacturer of specialist electro-mechanical, high value equipment.

The Procurement Manager is responsible for all aspects of supplier management, inventory planning & control and purchase strategy

Responsibilities

• Forecasting levels of demands for products & budgeting. Forecast price trends and their impact on future activities - ie; exchange rates, cost of raw material using market evaluation.
• Develop strategies to ensure that cost savings and supplier performance targets are met or exceeded
• Undertake value for money reviews of existing supplier contracts and arrangements
• Manage stock levels
• Develop a purchasing strategy to include reducing the overall COGS, looking at buy or build options, using value chain mapping and improving efficiencies
• Capturing manufacturing costs - analysing organisational spend
• Produce supplier reports and statistics on spend by supplier/product
• Improve efficiencies throughout the complete buying process through intelligent sourcing and planning
• Cost reduction -by Troubleshooting cost, quality & delivery concerns
• Work closely with other departments to reduce the overall cost of equipment through purchasing, planning, design & production engineering
• Delivering structured procurement and buying processes to include the issue of TTI,RFI,RFQ and similar
• Monitor ongoing compliance with purchasing policies and procedures, quality standards & external regulations
• Facilitate timely placement of purchase orders
• Work with operations in regards to Non Conformance - supplier related issues
• Standardise where possible, using 'off the shelf items'
• Stock profiles - MRP/ERP
• Fully utilise SAP

Personal attributes

• Proactivity and initiative (including the ability to anticipate and resolve potential problems and challenges)
• Confidentiality and integrity
• Flexibility and the ability to respond well to change and pressure
• Ability to build effective relationships within the team
• A personable approach with good communication skills
• Self-motivation and energy
• Planning and organisation skills

Skills required

• CIPS qualification or equivalent in supply chain management or purchasing
• SAP or similar stock control system
• 5 years Purchasing experience within a manufacturing environment
• Experience of Production scheduling

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