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Just Recruitment Group
Posted 14 hours ago, valid for a month
Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3EL, England
£45,000 - £54,000 per annum
Full Time
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Sonic Summary
- Just Recruitment is seeking a Purchasing Supervisor for a growing organization in Ipswich.
- The role requires a minimum of 3 years of experience in purchasing and procurement.
- The position offers a salary of £40,000 to £45,000 per year, depending on experience.
- Key responsibilities include managing team members, improving processes, and maintaining supplier relationships.
- Candidates should possess leadership skills, analytical abilities, and a CIPS level 4 qualification or be prepared to undertake it.
Working collaboratively within a fast paced, team orientated Purchasing function, you will take responsibility for taking the highly successful Purchasing team to the next level of procurement. Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the emphasis of the role is to work with existing team members to build key skills, and to improve current processes. It will involve resolving daily issues, building and maintaining supplier relationships and helping to build the future purchasing team.
Duties include:
Primary responsibility for the daily management of specific team members.
Provide structured training and guidance to pro-actively encourage individual and team development, ensuring team succession planning.
Empower the team to take ownership of their roles/responsibilities.
Responsible for managing up and organising updates/meetings with the Team Manager.
Actively work with other supervisors and management to ensure a consistent approach within the department.
Resolution of daily issues-including data collation of issues.
Manage supplier relationships and performance.
Lead on supplier lead time reviews and relevant internal updates.
Present data on monthly spend and KPIs, and non-conformance tracking.
Lead on demand planning, working with external sales team and suppliers to provide forecasting.
Participate in pricing reviews.
Deliver guidance and training daily to the team
Proactively work on team engagement through coaching, mentoring and regular 1-2-1s
Key Skills/ Qualifications required:
CIPS level 4 achieved or prepared to undertake.
Leadership skills.
Ability to develop and maintain commercial awareness, internally and industry wide.
A proactive approach with "can do" attitude and ability to motivate others.
Analytical skills, with strong problem-solving ability.
Proven negotiation skills.
Good understanding of supply chain procedures.
Proven advanced level of Computer literacy - Microsoft Excel/Word/Access.
Sound Administrative experience.
Knowledge of ERP.
Hybrid Working available after successful completion of probationary period (min. of 3 days in the office, up to 2 days at home).
