Total 3 Manager level Transportation / Logistics job vacancies in Birmingham, B5 4BF

Are you experienced in personal lines insurance or HNW Motor and ready to elevate your career with one of the world's largest and most successful insurance brokers?

My client, based in central Birmingham and a leading provider of insurance for the prestige and classic car market, is expanding their specialist team. They have several openings for Performance Vehicle Account Managers.

In this exciting role, you'll manage cover for high-value performance vehicles, including those for esteemed car clubs like the Aston Martin Owners Club, Ferrari Owners Club, Porsche Club GB, Maserati Club UK, and Lamborghini Club UK.

You will excel in communication and relationship-building, managing your own book of clients, processing renewals and mid-term adjustments, and delivering exceptional service.

While insurance experience is essential, full support for your insurance qualifications and training will be provided as needed.

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Your new company

You will be joining the UK's Leading Facilities Management and Professional Services Company.
Your new role
Are you a procurement leader with a passion for problem-solving and building strong relationships? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your expertise can directly impact a major government account?
This key management position offers a dynamic opportunity to lead the procurement function for the Department for Transport (DFT) account. You will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic sourcing initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring a robust and cost-effective supply chain.

What you will do:

• Become an expert in the DFT account supply chain, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
• Deliver exceptional procurement performance, negotiating the best deals, ensuring on-time deliveries, and controlling costs (KPIs and SLAs provided).
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with category management, clients, and suppliers.
• Lead a high-performing team (details in EVP sell sheet).

The first 6 months will be dedicated to your success:

• We'll provide comprehensive training and support to help you embed yourself within the team and understand the intricacies of the DFT account.

You'll gain a deep understanding of team member strengths and personalities, fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment

What you'll need to succeed

• A proven track record in procurement, with experience in negotiation, conflict resolution, and solution finding.
• Strong analytical skills to analyse data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions (proficiency in MS Office essential).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build trust and rapport with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• The ability to adapt your approach and influence others at all levels.

This is more than just a job; it's a chance to:

• Make a significant impact on a major government contract.
• Work in a varied and stimulating environment that combines strategic thinking with problem-solving and relationship building.
• Develop your procurement expertise and leadership skills within a supportive team environment.

Ready to take your procurement career to the next level?
We are looking for a passionate and results-oriented procurement leader to join our team. If you have the skills and drive to excel, we want to hear from you!In your CV, highlight your:

• Procurement experience with a focus on negotiation, conflict resolution, and problem-solving.
• Analytical skills and proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Experience building strong relationships with various stakeholders.

Previous experience in procurement lead, performance management (procurement/supply chain), supply chain analyst, or category manager roles is a plus.We are particularly interested in candidates from government contracting, retail, manufacturing, and logistics industries.


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Job Description

As our Category Sourcing Manager, Real Estate & Energy, you will have the opportunity to impact our Category & Sourcing strategies on a regional and/or global level.

The Spend Management organization within the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC). Spend Management covers the procurement activities of all indirect (non-product related) materials and services within Philips covering such areas as logistics, industrial, real estate, marketing, IT, facility management, and travel.

As we spend approximately €5 billion annually on indirect services and products, this organization plays a key role to achieve Philips’ critical metrics. A Spend Management transformation has been started recently to ensure that Philips gets the most value out of every dollar spent. You have an opportunity to join a diverse, dynamic and multi-functional team, seeking to create a significant impact on our company.

In this role, you are responsible for:

- Supporting our Real Estate & Energy Category & Sourcing strategy on regional and/or global level

- Analyzing and creating overviews of real estate, construction, facilities categories, furniture, energy, wastewater spend using data gathered from internal systems and external supplier partners.

- Leading and supporting price negotiations with fact-based information derived via in-depth analysis of quotations vs. baseline cost profile

- Leading and facilitating completion of contractual documents, including but not limited to MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, amendments, etc.

- Leading the development of costing models and quote submission templates for request for quotation processes

- Identifying and developing data-driven business cases with internal and external stakeholders to optimize the way of working within the Philips business / markets / functions

- Creating and aligning sourcing plan together with Real Estate Function to optimize Supply Base and to implement Supplier enabled innovation

- Ensuring operational impact through fully compliant Supplier selection, contracting and risk management for all Category related Suppliers

- Being accountable for ensuring that Philips receives the maximum value contracted

- Managing Supplier Relationship, Performance and Contracting based on clear targets and ongoing Business Review Meetings with key suppliers

- Organizing, implementing, and driving process efficiency by leveraging standard work, service providers (internal/external) and scaling effects

- Improving user experience and ensuring that Buying Channels, policies and ordering workflows are understood and accepted by the users

You're the right fit if you have a customer-first attitude and the following:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Management, Business, Economics, Real Estate or other applicable discipline is required.

- 4+ years of relevant Supplier Relationship Management experience

- Experience in related functional areas such as Real Estate, Integrated Facility Management, or Energy Hedging

- Independent problem solving with strong networking & influencing skills (internal and external)

- 2 + years of project and change management experience

- Certifications in ISM: CPM, CPSM or CPSD

- Strong skills with Microsoft Office Products to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Advanced data analytics / modeling skills (Power BI, DBA, Qlikview, queries, Excel, complex pivot tables) preferred

- Ability to travel up to 15%

You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

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• Discover our rich and exciting history.

• Learn more about our purpose.

• Read more about our employee benefits.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.  For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Nashville, TN.

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Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran and maintains a drug-free workplace.