Senior Direct Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager
Our client based in the East Midlands are looking for a Senior Direct Procurement Manager. Our client is in the Engineering Sector having totalled investments of 9 figures and have commissioned thousands of products to hit the marker. Our client plans to invest another 9 figures into the UK market and want a Senior Procurement Manager to join them on the journey.
The Role:

• Strategies and spearhead the development and implementation of strategies for key categories.
• Manage and maintain strategies by ensuring the best cost saving value for money is obtained whilst not sacrificing the level of quality or performance of suppliers.
• Act as the main point of contact across various departments ensuring performance levels are achieves, and issues are raised in a timely manner. Responsible for specific fleets and their procurement requirements.
• Provide a good example and leadership to Procurement colleagues by tracking the development and supporting the development, with the responsibility to cover for Head of Procurement when required.
  

Responsibilities

• Ensure success of the category strategies have taken into account the requirements of the businesses key stakeholders.
• Implement each category strategy, ensuring that it remains in line with customers' requirements and with an eye on future innovations
• Manage the end to end procurement process for categories, from Request for Quotation, through to end supplier management, including, and not limited to:
• Identify opportunities for new services through the use of innovative products
• Track the effectiveness of the category strategy, ensuring that the defined benefits are delivered e.g. cost savings in line with projection
• Oversee the management of the warranty process in relation to each category and ensure direct and indirect reports are undertaking required actions in a timely manner
• Oversee the contract placement of Free Issue Materials to ensure direct and indirect reports are successfully coordinating with project programmes
• Manage supplier performance against contractual service level agreements, ensuring feedback from other functions is received and acted upon. Escalate any issues in a timely manner, both externally to the supplier and internally within the commercial function
• Actively participate in implementing the output of the Heavy Maintenance projected to ensure Heavy Maintenance events are procured in line with business objectives and ensure workload is assigned amongst the Category Management team.
• Indexation annual reviews with suppliers and placement of CVs to record agreement

Building the Procurement Function

• Lead/support the overall drive for cost efficiencies across the procurement function
• Lead / support the development of procurement processes and systems
• Support the delivery of quality accreditation's, including the ISO 20400 in sustainable procurement. Support the development of the overall procurement strategy and annual business plan
• Actively participate in supplier events and create a programme to manage the relationships with all suppliers on a regular basis
• Lead/support other functions (Finance/Commercial/Fleet) in the internal planning and budgeting.

• Support the franchising process with knowledge of relevant categories, how they are developing and the costs for implementation
• Support project managers and other functions during the operational phase of a contract/project and be seen as the point of escalation for commercial issues with the supply base

• Support both the function and business in the drive for continuous improvement

General Requirements

• Able to take a pragmatic approach to challenges and actively solve problems before they become issues
• Experience of taking full accountability for the end to end procurement processes, with a track record in achieving quality results
• An ambitious and driven individual, with a track record in procurement
• Experience of Oracle systems would be desirable but not essential.
• Skilled in contract negotiation with a clear understanding of commercial implications of contracts

Qualifications

• Educated to degree or further education standard, preferably in either Engineering, Law, or Business Management
• MCIPS

Knowledge

• Solid procurement experience as either a Category Manager or Senior Buyer, gained within an engineering environment
• Legal or commercial experience would be advantageous but not essential
• Track record of working to and exceeding KPIs

Key Skills

• Commercially astute with excellent understanding of contracting
• Well organised and experienced in working under pressure
• Experience of e-procurement systems (desirable)
• Numerate with strong analytical skills
• Microsoft Excel skills at intermediate level
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Benefits / Salary

• £60,000 - £65,000 per annum
• 10% bonus subject to company and individual performance.

• Excellent pension scheme
• Financial wellbeing support
• Flexible working
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Adoption & Shared Parental Leave benefits
• Enhanced Armed Forces policies
• Ongoing support with professional and personal development'
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• 25 days' annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy and sell up to 5 days' additional leave
• Additional days annual leave for long service
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking at the business site.

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