Total 19 Manager purchasing procurement inventory job vacancies in eccles greater manchester m30 7rf

Your new company
A leading engineering manufacturing company based in Trafford Park is seeking a dynamic and energetic Senior Buyer / Purchasing Manager to lead their function. This business has earned a great name for themselves and is a market leader within their industry.

Your new role
The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for all sourcing activity on behalf of the organisation, and will primarily be focused around purchasing raw materials, though there will still be an element of indirect procurement. Managing a Junior Buyers, the Purchasing Manager will be responsible for the team performance and savings targets.

The Purchasing Manager will work with stakeholders across the business to establish procurement needs, and you will be able to read technical engineering drawings.

In this role, you will strive to deliver tangible cost savings and drive efficiencies for the company, thus improving bottom line profits. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven procurement and purchasing professional to join a globally recognised company and make the necessary changes to optimise performance levels and cost savings. This will involve reviewing current spend levels and supplier base and analysing the market to identify commercial opportunities to ensure that all suppliers are fit for purpose and delivering the best value. You will also review and manage the performance of contracts.

Please note that this role is based in the office 5 days per week and does not offer hybrid working.

What you'll need to succeed
To be considered for this role, you will have:

• Prior procurement experience from within an engineering manufacturing environment
• Ability to read technical engineering drawings (essential)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Leadership experience
• A confident negotiator
• Good level of IT skills including Microsoft Office

What you'll get in return

• A competitive starting salary of circa £50,000 depending on experience, with the potential for slightly higher for exceptional candidates
• 22 days holiday + bank holidays + 3 days Christmas and New Year shutdown period
• Christmas party and summer party
• The opportunity to grow and develop your procurement career within a global business

What you need to do now
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We are seeking driven Procurement Managers to lead complex procurement activities across a diverse portfolio of projects and services aimed driving change across Greater Manchester, supporting the levelling up of communities with healthy active lives, better access to education and employment.

Your Role

As a Procurement Manager, you’ll be empowered to lead procurement strategy and delivery across a diverse portfolio of categories, partnering with functional teams such Information Services, Bee Network services, Facilities Management and Marketing, and often stakeholders beyond TfGM.

You’ll be working within the regulatory framework of public sector procurement, leading in the development and delivery of complex procurements, with a strong focus on commercial outcomes and on creating a greener, fairer, more prosperous city region.

To find out more, see the job profile below.

Who are we?

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) delivers the transport strategy and commitments for Greater Manchester. We’re facing new and exciting challenges with our delivery of the Bee Network; our fully integrated transport system across Greater Manchester, so it’s never been a better time to join us.

In the Procurement team, we are committed to supporting the delivery of a Greater Manchester transport system that operates safely, sustainably and efficiently. We ensure that our services to the organisation deliver a high-quality transport offer, ultimately improving the experience of the travelling public and supporting healthier and more sustainable choices.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You will be an experienced procurement professional, knowledgeable in cross functional working, and the development and implementation of procurement strategies. Ideally, you will be MCIPS qualified, and have experience in public sector related procurement activity.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role with a salary of £46,249 - £51,576 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

Benefits

• 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
• Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
• Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
• Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

What's next?

To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Job profile

Procurement Category Manager - Marketing
£46,400 - £54,500 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)
Manchester city centre, in this role you'll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk)

We're looking for a Procurement Category Manager to join us at Co-op and drive our procurement strategy within Marketing. Our team looks after everything from media and creative agencies through to print and store consumables, so you can be sure there's a lot of variety. You'll play a key part in supporting our strategic activity, making sure we get the best value for money, so we can give the best experience to our members, customers, and colleagues.

In this role, you'll focus on driving great value by building positive relationships with our internal and external partners. Your role will focus on our spend on key services such as print management, community agencies and instore partnerships. If you've got the skills and the experience we need, we can offer you the opportunity to grow your career with a business that always puts people at the heart of its strategy.

What you'll do

• Lead interesting and high-profile sourcing projects across print and other categories, working with business leaders and colleagues to shape strategy
• Take end-to-end ownership of your categories, gaining an in-depth understanding of business needs
• Build strong relationships with our internal colleagues and external suppliers
• Create and deliver your category plan, partnering with our senior business leaders to provide knowledge and expertise across the category spend
• Lead our sourcing activity, negotiating contracts, maximising value, and minimising risk
• Support the delivery of transformation projects, offering advice and challenging costs and budgets
• Implement sourcing strategies, such as tendering, analysis and selection, whilst using negotiation techniques to deliver new cost savings
• Work closely with our legal teams to make sure our contracts are effective

This role would suit people who have

• Procurement category management experience
• Great attention to detail and the ability to analyse and interpret data
• The ability to work at pace, manage multiple projects, and be comfortable working in an agile environment where business needs are constantly evolving
• Strong contract/statement of work drafting capability
• Great communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge senior colleagues
• Experience of complex negotiation and sound commercial thinking ability
  
  

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
• YuLife app - rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building a diverse environment

We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

Your new company
A leading engineering manufacturing company based in Trafford Park is seeking a dynamic and energetic Purchasing Manager to lead their function. This business has earned a great name for themselves and is a market leader within their industry.

Your new role
The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for all sourcing activity on behalf of the organisation, and will primarily be focused around purchasing raw materials, though there will still be an element of indirect procurement. Leading a team of 2 Buyers, the Purchasing Manager will be responsible for the team performance and savings targets.

The Purchasing Manager will work with stakeholders across the business to establish procurement needs, and you will be able to read technical engineering drawings.

In this role, you will strive to deliver tangible cost savings and drive efficiencies for the company, thus improving bottom line profits. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven procurement and purchasing professional to join a globally recognised company and make the necessary changes to optimise performance levels and cost savings. This will involve reviewing current spend levels and supplier base and analysing the market to identify commercial opportunities to ensure that all suppliers are fit for purpose and delivering the best value. You will also review and manage the performance of contracts.

Please note that this role is based in the office 5 days per week.

What you'll need to succeed
To be considered for this role, you will have:

• Prior procurement experience from within an engineering manufacturing environment
• Ability to read technical engineering drawings (essential)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A confident negotiator
• Good level of IT skills including Microsoft Office

What you'll get in return

• A competitive starting salary of circa £50,000 depending on experience
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (with some days to be saved for Christmas shutdown period)
• Christmas party and summer party
• The opportunity to grow and develop your procurement career within a global business

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Your new company
A £multi-billion company operating in the healthcare industry is seeking short-term procurement support within the FM Procurement team. The organisation is based in Manchester but they operate on a hybrid working pattern, with just 1-2 days per week required in their modern office space.

Your new role
The FM Procurement Manager will be responsible for supporting the tendering activity within the facilities management space, predominantly on the hard FM side of things. You will also support the Head of FM Procurement with developing sourcing initiatives relating to FM spend. You will work closely with the property and estates teams to establish their spend requirements, and you will strive to deliver optimal value for money for the organisation. Most of the procurement activity will be done through the use of established frameworks, so you will need to be familiar with purchasing from frameworks.

This role is anticipated to last 3-4 months, though timescales may vary depending on business need.

What you'll need to succeed

• An extensive background in FM procurement, ideally gained within the private sector
• Strong commercial acumen
• A confident negotiator with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Stakeholder management and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ideally, you will be CIPS qualified
• Available to commit to a minimum of a 3 months contract

What you'll get in return

• A competitive daily rate of up to £500 per day, depending on experience level
• A 3 month contract opportunity with a highly successful and well-known business
• Flexible and hybrid working pattern, with only 1-2 days required in the office

What you need to do now
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A new opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Category Manager to join a reputable Public Sector organisation in Greater Manchester on a 3-month contract.

The Role:

• You will lead on procurement projects to achieve optimal value for money on behalf of the organisation
• Prepare tender documentation and manage full processes above threshold
• Support procurement strategy delivery within assigned category areas
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Negotiate with suppliers to ensure value for money is achieved

You will need to succeed:

• A strong background in public sector procurement
• PCR2015 / FTS knowledge
• MCIPS or working towards would be desirable
• Available at short notice to start this contract

In return you will receive:
£400 - 450 per day depending on experience. This role is inside scope of IR35. The role is working on a hybrid basis, so you have the option to work from home up to 4 days per week - giving you lots of flexibility!

What you need to do now
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My client, an established and innovation-led business, are currently looking to recruit an experienced Category Manager / Category Management Specialist to join their established Procurement / Supply Chain Team based in North East Manchester.

Reporting to the Operations Director, the Category Manager will be responsible for identifying and selecting suppliers to support the organisations ongoing procurement strategy and the effective delivery of cost savings and efficiency projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse and assess the essential skills, capabilities, and capacity of potential vendors, taking into account their competitive positioning
• Use standard industry cost models and benchmarking analysis to ensure the selection of suitable suppliers aligns with the strategic sourcing strategy
• Collaborate with Finance and business leaders to pinpoint and implement cost-saving measures aimed at lowering the overall cost of ownership
• Provide guidance and support to internal stakeholders, including engineering, planning, purchasing, and sales teams to develop sourcing strategies
• Analyse markets across multiple business lines to organise and improve sourcing processes
• Perform regular supplier reviews, implementing projects to drive the business forward
• Provide purchasing analysis reports to show spend across various sectors, highlighting specific areas requiring focus and improvement.

Requirements:

• Educated to Degree level in Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Business Economics
• At least 5 years' experience in a similar role, with a track record of delivering cost reduction and efficiency improvement projects
• Extensive experience within a manufacturing-based business, with exposure to working across various product lines and multiple components & parts.
• Proven Supply Chain Management and negotiation skills with strong technical and financial acumen and understanding
• In-depth knowledge of LEAN tools and KPI's to aid improved business efficiency, cost, and quality control initiatives.
• Extensive experience of preparing and presenting detailed reports to highlight areas of the business where cost savings and improved reliability of supply can be achieved
• Experience of managing multiple suppliers across a range of technologies and products

Assistant Purchasing Manager (Maternity Cover)

Assistant Purchasing Manager (Maternity Cover)

We're looking for you London!

Assistant Purchasing Manager · 1 Year Fixed Term Maternity Cover · £32,500 per year including tronc · Full Time (mainly Mon-Fri) with occasional weekends at month end

The Standard is one of the most culturally engaged hotels in the world. Hotels with real cultural life, an inclusive spirit and true creative attitude. A destination layered with events and amusements that leaves you with an uplifted feeling...

At the cultural heart-beat of The Standard are our team who bring to life our spaces, engage with our guests and vibrate social energy, day and night across our numerous bars, restaurants, event and guest spaces. Here at The Standard, we take a slightly different approach to our people and look far and wide for individuals that bring a unique perspective with them to our team (not a 5 page CV). We do not ask you to conform, read from a script or follow the rules (ok sometimes there are rules) but not when it comes down to you being able to express yourself or celebrate your individuality.

We are defined by our richness of personality, diversity of background and lifestyle and are now looking for an Assistant Purchasing Manager (Maternity Cover) who will embody our ‘Anything but Standard' ethos across all aspects of our Procurement and Purchasing service.

Your role

Reporting to the Purchasing & Back of House Manager, you will work closely with our F&B and Operational teams to provide a full end to end Purchasing and Procurement service across the hotel. You will support the full running of our purchasing department, and will be largely responsible for overseeing daily F&B orders through Birchstreet (our purchasing system) from fresh produce deliveries through to beverage orders; operating supplies and equipment to stationary.

With 6 F&B outlets [served by 2 kitchens], 266 bedrooms and event spaces The Standard, London is a very busy and complex operation that requires exceptional coordination of daily deliveries and requisitions; not to mention the management of our cellar and stores areas. You will be responsible for maintaining purchasing procedures and work closely with the back of house and kitchen teams to ensure that quality controls are in place and accurate; and support the monthly stocktakes and general management of the hotel's inventory with our F&B Controller, Stores Supervisor and Beverage Director.

You will also provide specialist support in the procurement of ad-hoc items, or new product lines to ensure that the best prices are negotiated with suppliers, contracts and TOBs are reviewed and relationships are maintained to manage costs across the business.

Do you have what it takes our Assistant Purchasing Manager (Maternity Cover) ....

This is not a ‘Standard' Assistant Purchasing Manager role so you will need to have serious stamina and passion, be highly social, upbeat and friendly; confident and handle pressure well; thrive in a high-volume, high-energy environment and able to work equally well both independently and as part of a team.

* A minimum of 2 years prior experience in Purchasing as either an Assistant or Supervisor is essential and should have been ideally gained in a similar large scale destination restaurant or wider hospitality business.

* Be available and able to commit to a 1-year maternity contract

* Prior experience of sourcing and purchasing Food and Beverage products

* A solid financial understanding with experience of managing stock takes, implementing stock controls to minimise wastage and preparing inventory and cost analysis reports

* Have strong negotiation skills and have previous experience of procuring new and specialised products

* Have expert/admin knowledge of Birchstreet, as well as good skills on Excel.

* Finally, you will be a highly motivated and pro-active team

Your new company
My Public Sector body acts as an independent regulator within the healthcare sector.

OverviewThe Procurement Manager will play a crucial role in ensuring that the client obtains value for money from its contracts while adhering to the Procurement Act 2023. This position involves managing procurement projects, maintaining compliance, and fostering positive relationships with stakeholders.
Main Responsibilities

1. Procurement Project Delivery:
   • Lead and oversee various procurement projects, including tenders and framework call-offs, in alignment with the Procurement Act 2023.
2. Guidance and Implementation:
   • Contribute to the implementation and guidance related to changes brought about by the Procurement Act 2023.
3. Efficient and Compliant Processes:
   • Ensure that all procurement processes are efficient, legally compliant, and effective in delivering value for money.
4. Policy Maintenance:
   • Maintain and update the organisation's Procurement Policy.
5. Training and Development:
   • Develop, maintain, and deliver training sessions on procurement practices for staff.
6. Stakeholder Relationships:
   • Build strong relationships with colleagues involved in the procurement process to promote best practices.
7. Issue Escalation and Resolution:
   • Act as the point of contact for resolving procurement issues.
8. Transparency Requirements:
   • Ensure transparency throughout the procurement process.
9. Guidance to Team Members:
   • Provide advice and guidance to other members of the Procurement Team.
10. System Support:
    • Support the updating or replacement of the finance and procurement system.
11. Adherence to Management Systems and Policies:
    • Apply relevant management systems, procedures, and policies related to staff management, risk management, health and safety, information security, and business continuity.
12. Safeguarding and Sustainability:
    • Understand and apply safeguarding policy and contribute to sustainability initiatives.
13. Additional Duties:
    • Undertake any other reasonable duties assigned from time to time.

Person SpecificationEssential Criteria

• Knowledge:
  • Familiarity with the Procurement Act 2023.
• Qualifications:
  • Either qualified as a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS) or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and capability.
• Experience:
  • Proven experience of procuring a range of goods and services.
• Skills:
  • Excellent IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft packages (Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
  • Strong influencing and negotiation skills with the ability to establish credibility.
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills for building positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Flexibility to prioritise work and adapt to changing priorities without missing deadlines.
  • Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, capable of explaining complex information to diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated commitment to excellent customer service.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience:
  • Experience of procuring IT services.
  • Involvement in continuous improvement projects, including business process re-engineering and change management.
  • Participation in ERP system implementation.

What you need to do now
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Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.
We are recruiting for a Procurement Category Manager (CAPEX & Operations UK Indirect Procurement), to manage an area of spend of high complexity; creating robust spend category strategies and active business partnering with key stakeholders. This is a hybrid role with an office location of either Manchester, Droitwich or Market Drayton.

Key Responsibilities:
Managing spend area

- Create and implement category strategies for key spend areas aligned with the Business Units and Group Service functions
- Ensure procurement policy, processes and spend compliance rules are in place
- Support new product launches within the Business Units (involvement in strategic projects)

Stakeholder Management

- Create and present recommendations to the business units
- Present key insight/updates to the key stakeholders covering data analysis & market insight in order to ensure effective planning and decision making

Supplier Management

- Implement a supplier relationship strategy to achieve the agreed KPIs and to develop sustainable added value potential

Subject matter expertise

- Significant experience in Utilities procurement or other similarly heavily data-driven procurement categories. Experience in Food stuffs, FMCG or similar operational procurement. Clear understanding of requirements to support business but also what drives costs, able to challenge specifications and operational methods in working with stakeholders to drive value for the business from a procurement perspective.
- A capable project manager in their own right, able to drive action from a project team and deliver sourcing events to a defined and sometimes challenging timescale

Continuous Improvement

- Carry out continuous improvement and efficiency reviews within the function and business units with defined action plans detailing accountabilities and timelines


Key Skills and Experience:


- Minimum 5 years experience in Procurement
- Specialist knowledge & experience in the defined categories of energy, utilities, chemicals, waste management and packaging recycling is desirable
- Ability to turn strategies and decisions into action
- Strong communication skills at all levels within a business
- Excellent data interpretation & analysis skills
- Moderation/presentation skills
- Competent project management skills
- Can participate in and lead project teams as required
- Advanced Project Management skills would be desirable

The Process:
If you are interested in applying for the role or Procurement Category Manager and have the necessary skills and experience, then please apply via www:mullercareers.co.uk
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Car allowance (£6600) or company car, bonus, pension, private medical, holidays, flexible benefits programme

Your new company
A renowned, award-winning social housing organisation in Greater Manchester is seeking an experienced public-sector procurement expert to join their friendly high-performing team. The company places great value on delivering social value into local communities, so it's nice knowing that you will be joining a company who genuinely care about making a positive impact on society. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract opportunity. Only 1 day per fortnight required in the office, with occasional travel to other sites required.

Your new role
The Category Manager will be responsible for the 'Tech and Corporate Services' category and will manage the consistent delivery of high quality, value for money services through an efficient procurement service. You will manage the end-to-end procurement process, which will entail working with key stakeholders to establish specifications, through to contract negotiation, bid evaluations, contract award and contract management. As Category Manager, you will work on high value procurements up to £25m in line with public contract regulations, all the while delivering the best value for money.

You will build and maintain strong commercial relationships with suppliers and key stakeholders. Working with internal stakeholders, you will provide sound procurement guidance and advice on sourcing options which deliver value for money, and then will manage the tender process from start to finish, ensuring best practice, PCR2015 compliance, and mitigating contractual risk.

This role is predominantly home-based, but you will be expected to attend the Manchester office around 1 day per fortnight, along with semi-regular visits to the company's other sites in the Northwest.

What you'll need to succeed

• Prior experience in public-sector procurement, ideally gained within a social housing environment
• Demonstrable experience in category management activities
• Understanding of Public Contract Regulations (PCR2015)
• Good IT skills - particularly within MS Office
• CIPS qualified or working towards
• Category experience ideally within Technology/ICT or Corporate Services

What you'll get in return

• Competitive starting salary of £46,700
• 32 days holiday + bank holidays (plus option to buy more and earn more with long service!)
• VERY competitive pension scheme, matched up to 10%
• Flexible working
• Healthcare cash plan including dental cover, 24hr private GP access, optical care, physiotherapy, and so much more
• Dedicated annual budget / investment in your own learning and development
• Access to lots of discounts and offers

What you need to do now
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Your new company
Working for one of the largest and most successful distribution companies of its kind in the UK, this business is a globally renowned wholesaler with an excellent reputation, and they are on the lookout for an indirect procurement specialist to join them and help deliver cost savings and drive value for money within their indirect spend. Based in Salford, they are easily accessible by car or by public transport due to great surrounding transport links.

Your new role
The Indirect Procurement Manager / Senior Buyer will be responsible for the indirect spend within the company, ranging from anything from utilities contracts, to technology spend, right through to stationery and teabags! The role is a new position within the company structure, so there will be lots of opportunities for you to identify 'quick wins' for immediate cost savings and help to deliver better value for money. The business sources from all over the world currently and they are in the process of formalising and centralising company expenditure, so it's a crucial time to be joining the company. This business has sites and distribution centres all around the UK, so you will be liaising with stakeholders around the country to ensure a smooth and efficient process, but one which is streamlined and cost-effective. The Procurement Manager will need to effectively manage and liaise with a variety of stakeholders, both internally and externally, which will involve strategic negotiations, so you will need to be a confident communicator with good influencing skills.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience in a similar role such as a Senior Buyer, Procurement Manager, Category Manager etc
• Previous track record of delivering cost savings within indirect spend in the private sector
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

What you'll get in return

• A competitive starting salary between £50-55K depending on experience, to be reviewed after initial 6 month period
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working policy (2 days per week working from home)
• Free on-site parking in Salford
• AMAZING company culture (which is why there is such low staff turnover)
• Ongoing development and career progression opportunities

What you need to do now
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Please find attached a copy of the full job description under the supporting documents section for this job advert, this has been provided by the Hiring Manager

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk. Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Your new company
A unique opportunity to work for a leading manufacturing organisation who've won multiple awards and are a leader in their field. An outstanding opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to utilise their expertise working for an established and reputable business.
Your new role

• Reporting directly into the Head of Procurement, you will be responsible for implementing and developing sourcing strategies across a complex portfolio of commodities.
• You will ensure that the sourcing strategy is aligned with the parent companies' procurement strategy across all areas of responsibility.
• Utilising your strategic procurement experience, you will identify cost savings by developing relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders within the business.
• Responsible for the measurement and reporting of all key supplier metrics and KPI's across the portfolio of commodities.
• Builds and maintains information on supply market and key suppliers. Provides market trends and cost analysis/modelling to internal networks to improve long term cost position, drive best practices and ensure reliable supply.

What you\'ll need to succeed

• 4-5 years relevant experience working in a procurement role within Defence, Aerospace or Land Systems.
• Ability to read technical drawings.
• Impressive track record of cost savings within a manufacturing environment.
• Significant experience of using and developing the use of SAP or other MRP systems.
• Proficient within MS Excel.
• Experienced of dealing with complex contracts.
• Strong stakeholder management/negotiation skills.
• Flexible attitude, team worker and ability to work under own initiative.
• Resilient individual.

What you\'ll get in return

• Competitive salary £60,000-£75,000 (DOE)
• Hybrid working options (2 days working from home)
• Death in service x4 salary.
• 25 days holiday + public holidays.
• 7% employer pension contribution.
• Early finish on a Friday.

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