Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 dependent on experience + £5000 car allowance

Hours: Monday to Friday: 08.30 - 17.00 (37.5 hours per week)

Hybrid: Minimum 3 days in the office

Our client is a multinational company with a UK division in Dunstable and factories across Europe. We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Procurement Manager.

Main purpose of role: Procurement Manager

The Procurement Manager is responsible for handling the procurement process, sourcing suppliers, and managing vendor relationships to ensure a seamless supply chain and optimised costs.

Use research and analysis to develop sustainability plans that ensure the UK's business practices, products and services are environmentally friendly and complaint with UK and EU government regulations. Be the lead for UK's sustainability initiatives going forward.

Responsibilities: Procurement Manager

• Implement procurement systems and tools to streamline processes and enhance efficiency. Analyse inventory levels, demand forecasts and consumption patterns to optimise stock levels and reduce warehousing costs. Manage the UK procurement budget within set KPIs.
• Source and negotiate with potential suppliers, assess their capabilities and evaluate their suitability based on quality, service and value. Manage our supplier relationships, including regular meetings, performance evaluations and maintain an active list of contingency suppliers.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their procurement requirements. Continuously evaluate and improve procurement practices, including identifying cost-saving opportunities and process enhancements.
• Create and communicate a clear sustainability plan for the UK, including setting goals and targets, and developing action plans that engage the whole UK team.
• Collaborate with Group Sustainability team, based overseas and the UK cross-functional teams to identify and explore new ways of creating value for the business and the wider world by reducing environmental footprints, enhancing social impacts and increasing economic benefits.
• Approve packaging specifications and packaging purchase specifications and complete the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) reports and the Plastic Packaging Tax quarterly report.
• Manage environmental tools such as M2030, ISO14001, GHG Scope 1, 2 & 3, ECOVardis, WRAP, EUDR

Skills & Experience: Procurement Manager

• Worked as a Procurement Manager, preferably with blue chip training
• Experience of working in a production / manufacturing environment
• Experience of building and developing effective working relationships with suppliers
• Strong skills in budgeting, cost optimisation and negotiation techniques.
• Work with ISO14001, ECOVADIS and ESG frameworks (Environmental, Social & Governance)
• Used to reaching, collecting, analysing and presenting information to present to customers and internal stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
• A collaborative, strong team player who is a self-starter and is able to work on their own initiative.
• Experience of delivering Sustainability initiatives and projects

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